The more friendly, nondescript design,
Fitbit Pay support and lower price point further reinforce this.
It comes in Black, Rose Gold, and Silver color options, and you can also pick up a Special Edition that comes in Graphite and Rose Gold with NFC for
Fitbit Pay support.
Outside of a different color and extra watch band, the biggest difference between the two is
Fitbit Pay support.
Not exact matches
That's only in the U.S. though — in all other parts of the world, both models
support Fitbit Pay.
For some reason, the pricier special edition Versa in the States has
support for
Fitbit Pay, but the $ 200 regular model doesn't.
Fitbit Versa also has
support for
Fitbit's contactless payments system, called
Fitbit Pay.
Fitbit Pay contactless payments work really well — we know this because
Fitbit put some credit on the watch we tested — but we are still awaiting
support from UK banks for
Fitbit Pay so you, sir or madam, can not use it.
The Versa also
supports NFC - based
Fitbit Pay and will give 4 + days of battery life.
Fitbit Pay will work with American Express cards and select Visa and Mastercards in the US and Canada from
supported banks.
Fitbit Pay is also getting updated with
support for more banks and the ability for multi-card payments.
At $ 229, the special edition model includes an NFC chip to
support mobile payments through
Fitbit Pay.
Both have
Fitbit Pay, Bluetooth music, the same exercise tracking, notification support, FitBit Coach, and all other fea
Fitbit Pay, Bluetooth music, the same exercise tracking, notification
support,
FitBit Coach, and all other fea
FitBit Coach, and all other features.
Lastly,
Fitbit has added new
supported banks for
Fitbit Pay, a
Fitbit Leaderboard app, and general enhancements to speed up touch interactions.
It tracks your steps, heart - rate, and sleep,
supports a variety of apps, alerts you of any notifications on your phone, lets you make payments at stores with
Fitbit Pay, and more.
The following banks are listed as
supporting Fitbit Pay, meaning you'll be able to use these cards to make mobile payments via your watch.
Moreover, in a strange move,
Fitbit Pay — the company's mobile payments platform, which launched in Canada with
support for RBC credit cards and later added
support for Capital One credit cards as well — is only available in North America on the more expensive special edition models.
I was let down with how few banks are
supported on
Fitbit Pay at the moment versus Apple
Pay, Android
Pay and Samsung
Pay, which is why I don't tend to use it.
In the US, the baseline Versa model doesn't have
Fitbit Pay, but everywhere else it'll come standard; even if you choose to pay the extra $ 30 for the Versa Special Edition, though, Fitbit's bank support is limit
Pay, but everywhere else it'll come standard; even if you choose to
pay the extra $ 30 for the Versa Special Edition, though, Fitbit's bank support is limit
pay the extra $ 30 for the Versa Special Edition, though,
Fitbit's bank
support is limited.
Both offer
Fitbit Pay, allowing contactless payment (through
supported banks) and both will also offer Bluetooth connections to headphones.
In the U.S., only the Special Edition Versa comes with NFC to
support Fitbit Pay.
Other banks that will
support Fitbit Pay are sure to be announced soon.
I prefer the use of Spotify on the Sport as opposed to Pandora on the Ionic for storing songs, and Samsung
Pay has
support for a lot more banks than
Fitbit Pay in its early stages.