Inspire 3 hopes to offer the classic Fitbit features of counting steps, reliably tracking sleep, and even tracking workout time. It also ventures into areas such as stress and health, though none of these features are designed to provide medical-level insight. The device also has red and infrared sensors to capture general wellness data, such as measuring blood oxygen levels during sleep and skin temperature.
Fitbit can track daily steps, as can rival fitness trackers, but where the Inspire 3 really excels is in sleep monitoring. It provides sleep stage breakdowns and scores, giving you a reliable story of how long you slept and how good or bad it was.
[content-egg-block template=offers_logo hide=price]For Fitbit newbies, the Inspire 3 can track steps, heart rate, and blood oxygen levels throughout the day and night. Workouts and sleep can also be tracked automatically or manually, and the Inspire 3 uses a metric called active zone minutes to help you reach recommended activity levels. This takes into account how much time you spend with your heart rate in a specific zone, personalized for your age and fitness level. I love that it passively tracks all of this in the background, even if I forget to start a particular workout. Just going up and down the stairs a few times a day contributes to my goal for active zones.
Notifications also appear, but I feel like the Fitbit Inspire 3 is designed to be ignored rather than interacted with like other products with big screens. To me, that’s not a bad thing; Fitbit seems to recognize this limitation, making the device for passive measurement rather than as a second screen to constantly operate.
Besides displaying the time and recording your steps, there are two other instances where you need to pay more attention to the screen: the first is Inspire 3’s guided breathing, which is surprising in its simplicity; the second is when you want to relax and take a deep breath. Open the app, select the time you want to relax, and match your breathing to the shapes on the screen or the buzzing sound on your wrist if you prefer to keep your eyes closed. Finally, hopefully, your heart rate will drop and you will feel calmer.