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Fitbit is doubling down on style with the charge - and flex to these new fitness trackers join fitbit's already large lineup of choices charged to is a full-fledged heart rate tracking band with a large display and lots of band styles and the others a waterproof little tracker that can be worn as jewelry and doesn't have a display at all so what's new the $150 charge - is a replacement to our favorite charge HR and now resembles that already available Fitbit Alta it has a metal body interchangeable bands with a larger display to show text messages calendar alerts and caller ID when your smartphone is connected an interesting feature is the new guided breathing sessions the tracker is able to determine your breathing rate and will then guide you to relaxation the charge - also includes a variety of sport profiles for running strength training interval training and more it still has an optical heart rate sensor Fitbit is also using that sensor for a new feature called cardio fitness level which is a rough estimate to determine how fit you are as for the $100 flex - this is fitbit's first swim proof fitness tracker and perhaps its most stylish it supports a variety of different bands bangles and there's even a necklace you can place the pot into because it's waterproof the flex 2 can now track swimming workouts and while there isn't a display 5 small LED lights are used to notify you about step progress remind you to move into incoming calls and text messages the Fitbit app has also received a slight update adding a new adventures' feature this is a non competitive challenge that lets you digitally travel to remote locations based on your daily step goal as of right now there's only one location Yosemite National Park which consists of three different trails both trackers are available for order now we will have a full review in the coming weeks so be sure to keep an eye on CNET calm