Fitbit’s Charge 6 and Ace LTE are now as cheap as the new $100 Air
Fitbit’s Charge 6 offers more features than the Air and is currently the same price. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Whether you’re shopping for Father’s Day or trying to keep your kids entertained over summer break, you don’t need to spend a fortune to get a great Fitbit right now. You can currently pick up the Fitbit Charge 6 for $50 off at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target, the Fitbit Ace LTE for $80 off (Amazon, Best Buy, Target), and the new Fitbit Air (Amazon, Best Buy, Target), and all come in around $100. Fitbit Air Where to Buy: $99.99 at Amazon $99.99 at Best Buy $99.99 at Target While all three cost about the same, they’re designed for very different users. The Fitbit Air is geared toward anybody who wants a simple wearable focused mainly on health and fitness tracking, without the distractions of a screen or smartwatch features. It’s lightweight with...
Fitbit’s Charge 6 offers more features than the Air and is currently the same price. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Whether you’re shopping for Father’s Day or trying to keep your kids entertained over summer break, you don’t need to spend a fortune to get a great Fitbit right now. You can currently pick up the Fitbit Charge 6 for $50 off at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target, the Fitbit Ace LTE for $80 off (Amazon, Best Buy, Target), and the new Fitbit Air (Amazon, Best Buy, Target), and all come in around $100.
Fitbit Air
Where to Buy:
$99.99 at Amazon
$99.99 at Best Buy
$99.99 at Target
While all three cost about the same, they’re designed for very different users. The Fitbit Air is geared toward anybody who wants a simple wearable focused mainly on health and fitness tracking, without the distractions of a screen or smartwatch features. It’s lightweight with no b***ons, and tracks activity, steps, sleep, as well as core health metrics like heart rate and nightly blood oxygen levels. It also supports Bluetooth connectivity with certain gym equipment, allowing you to broadcast your heart rate to compatible machines during workouts. If you pay for a $9.99 monthly (or $99.99 annual) subscription, you’ll also gain access to Google’s surprisingly useful AI-powered Health Coach, which can create personalized fitness plans and offer recommendations based on your activity, sleep, and overall health data.
Fitbit Charge 6
Where to Buy:
$159.95 $99.95 at Amazon
$159.95 $99.95 at Best Buy
$159.95 $99.95 at Target
The Charge 6, in contrast, looks more like a traditional Fitbit fitness tracker and offers a few extra perks. In addition to a bright OLED touchscreen, it boasts an FDA-cleared EKG reader and notably offers smartwatch-like functionality such as built-in GPS, turn-by-turn navigation via Google Maps, support for Google Wallet, and the ability to display call, text, and app notifications. As a result, it’s a better fit for people who want a wearable that can do more than simply track their health and workouts.
Fitbit Ace LTE
Where to Buy:
$179.99 $99.95 at Amazon
$179.99 $99.99 at Google
$179.99 $99.99 at Best Buy
The Fitbit Ace LTE, meanwhile, is geared toward kids, offering fun movement-based games and rewards while tracking activity, sleep, and other basic health metrics. With the $9.99 monthly Ace Pass subscription, kids can call or text preapproved contacts, share their location through Google Maps, and even make purchases using Google Pay, making it a handy smartphone replacement with parental controls.
Read our review of the Fitbit Charge 6 and our hands-on impressions of the Fitbit Ace LTE and Fitbit Air.
Netflix looks worse on my PC than on a $30 streaming stick, and it isn’t the hardware
There is a major hardware contrast between my $2,500 custom gaming PC that features an RTX 40-series GPU, a high-end 4K HDR display, and a Gigabit fiber connection, and a $30 Amazon Fire TV Stick plugged into the same monitor. Yet somehow my PC delivers a blurry, artifact-ridden 720p or...
There is a major hardware contrast between my $2,500 custom gaming PC that features an RTX 40-series GPU, a high-end 4K HDR display, and a Gigabit fiber connection, and a $30 Amazon Fire TV Stick plugged into the same monitor. Yet somehow my PC delivers a blurry, artifact-ridden 720p or low-bitrate 1080p Netflix stream, and the streaming stick offers crisp, instantaneous 4K Dolby Vision with zero user configuration.
Olivia Miller Seattle
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You, too, can play Minecraft on the SNES with this surprisingly playable version of the hit game
Minecraft is pretty graphically simple. Sure, rendering huge worlds can really tax your CPU, but if you cut it down to a smaller size, you can theoretically get it running on all kinds of hardware, such as a smart bulb. Now, someone has managed to get Mojang's hit game up...
Minecraft is pretty graphically simple. Sure, rendering huge worlds can really tax your CPU, but if you cut it down to a smaller size, you can theoretically get it running on all kinds of hardware, such as a smart bulb. Now, someone has managed to get Mojang's hit game up and running on an SNES, and it doesn't even need the advanced 3D tech Nintendo made at the time.
Alizee Lacroix France
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I replaced Google Keep with a self-hosted alternative that works offline and syncs to your phone
Saving notes isn't a problem when looking for a solution. Plenty of software solutions are designed to fit whatever your needs are. From simple tools to full-on productivity managers, there's something for everyone. Over the years, I've dabbled in several permutations and combinations. I might save a note in a...
Saving notes isn't a problem when looking for a solution. Plenty of software solutions are designed to fit whatever your needs are. From simple tools to full-on productivity managers, there's something for everyone. Over the years, I've dabbled in several permutations and combinations. I might save a note in a notes app, or leave a reminder in a reminders app. But for the most part, Google Keep has been my go-to for consolidating all these features.
Madison Thomas Australia
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I spend all day at my PC, and these 4 desk upgrades are the ones I’d never give up
Ten years ago, I never thought about ergonomics, whether I was working on my laptop in the office or playing on my PC at home. Having turned 34 this month, however, I'm a lot more careful about my posture when working for 6–8 hours and gaming for a few more...
Ten years ago, I never thought about ergonomics, whether I was working on my laptop in the office or playing on my PC at home. Having turned 34 this month, however, I'm a lot more careful about my posture when working for 6–8 hours and gaming for a few more — all at my desk. The body can only take so much, and having dealt with neck and back pain for years, I don't intend to make things worse for myself.
Jane Smith Los Angeles
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De-Googled GrapheneOS is coming to Motorola’s foldables next year
The Razr Ultra line is among those due to receive GrapheneOS support next year. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge GrapheneOS, an open source version of Android that prioritizes security and privacy, has detailed its plans for supporting Motorola smartphones. Official support is set to arrive next year, starting...
The Razr Ultra line is among those due to receive GrapheneOS support next year. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge GrapheneOS, an open source version of Android that prioritizes security and privacy, has detailed its plans for supporting Motorola smartphones. Official support is set to arrive next year, starting with traditional flagships, before rolling out to Motorola's foldable phones and perhaps cheaper models, eventually. In a Mastodon thread, the GrapheneOS Foundation announced that it will initially support a Motorola slab flagship phone, but will later support both Razr Fold and Razr Ultra foldables - the latter of which would be the first flip phone to officially run GrapheneOS.Graphene has always had stringent security standards when it com …Read the full story at The Verge.
Sophia Wilson Atlanta
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I turned an old laptop into the most useful device in my house, and it took an afternoon
Devices that once served a great purpose in your life slowly become neglected as they become technologically weaker or obsolete. I have a decent collection of such devices, ranging from old Hi-Fi speakers to smartphones and laptops that feel outdated by today's standards. My oldest laptop was tucked inside a...
Devices that once served a great purpose in your life slowly become neglected as they become technologically weaker or obsolete. I have a decent collection of such devices, ranging from old Hi-Fi speakers to smartphones and laptops that feel outdated by today's standards. My oldest laptop was tucked inside a cabinet, collecting dust because it couldn't run the latest operating systems anymore. It was also too weak for mainstream Linux distributions like Ubuntu, which also ran poorly on the old hardware.
Bojana Ninković Serbia
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Humanoid robots smash Usain Bolt’s 100-meter record
Tiangong Ultra (left) also broke the 400 meter world record during this year’s World Humanoid Robot Games. | Image: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images The 9.58-second 100-meter dash record set by Usain Bolt in 2009 has been outpaced by Chinese robots participating at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. In a...
Tiangong Ultra (left) also broke the 400 meter world record during this year’s World Humanoid Robot Games. | Image: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images The 9.58-second 100-meter dash record set by Usain Bolt in 2009 has been outpaced by Chinese robots participating at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. In a preliminary heat on Saturday, Tiangong Ultra, made by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, ran the distance in 9.39 seconds, followed by the Honor-developed Lightning at 9.47 seconds.It's one of several notable achievements to take place at the event, which can best be described as a sort of annual robot olympics that's designed to showcase advancements in bipedal bot technology. After launching in 2025, 2,056 robots from 16 countries are participating in this year's …Read the full story at The Verge.
John Doe New York
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I found this Claude feature so good that I canceled ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity
I have spent enough time switching between ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude to know that most AI assistants are starting to feel similar. Switching between them often comes down to small differences in speed, integrations, or output quality.
I have spent enough time switching between ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude to know that most AI assistants are starting to feel similar. Switching between them often comes down to small differences in speed, integrations, or output quality.
Daryl Lawrence United Kingdom
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Someone modded their Steam Deck to look like an Xbox 360 handheld, and I’m in love
I think every Xbox gamer has their favorite console in terms of aesthetics. As much as it had a bulky controller and a very 2000s-like vibe, my vote definitely goes for the original Xbox. However, some people fell in love with the Xbox 360, such as this tinkerer who decided...
I think every Xbox gamer has their favorite console in terms of aesthetics. As much as it had a bulky controller and a very 2000s-like vibe, my vote definitely goes for the original Xbox. However, some people fell in love with the Xbox 360, such as this tinkerer who decided to tweak their Steam Deck to make it look more like Microsoft's second console. And while making the modifications wasn't the easiest walk in the park, I think all the effort was well worth it.
William Garcia Boston
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This ESP32-powered WLED matrix mirrors your movements on a colorful RGB screen
ESP32 projects can be extremely practical, but they can also be a lot of fun. Take, for instance, this colorful display that sees you via a camera and draws your outline in rainbow colors on a WLED matrix. It may not have much use outside of a disco, but hey,...
ESP32 projects can be extremely practical, but they can also be a lot of fun. Take, for instance, this colorful display that sees you via a camera and draws your outline in rainbow colors on a WLED matrix. It may not have much use outside of a disco, but hey, it looks amazing, so who cares?
Michael Johnson Chicago
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My Jellyfin server has four layers of protection, and RAID isn’t the most important one
I’ve invested enough time in my Jellyfin library that losing it would be more than a storage problem. The media files matter, obviously, but so do everything I’ve done around them: folder organization, metadata, artwork, watched status, collections, and all the little choices that make the server behave the way...
I’ve invested enough time in my Jellyfin library that losing it would be more than a storage problem. The media files matter, obviously, but so do everything I’ve done around them: folder organization, metadata, artwork, watched status, collections, and all the little choices that make the server behave the way I expect. None of those things sound especially painful to rebuild on their own. Put them all together after a drive or server failure, though, and I’d be looking at hours of tedious work I’ve already done once.
Jane Smith Los Angeles
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I switched from Notion to a plain Markdown folder and Syncthing, and I’m faster than I ever was before
I have been a long-time Notion user. I have used it to take notes, prepare documents, write my articles, and even present things to people. I stuck around primarily because it has a dark mode, which Google Docs doesn’t have on desktop, and I found features like rich embeds helpful.
I have been a long-time Notion user. I have used it to take notes, prepare documents, write my articles, and even present things to people. I stuck around primarily because it has a dark mode, which Google Docs doesn’t have on desktop, and I found features like rich embeds helpful.
