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Photograph: Simon Hill<\/p>\n As you might expect with my job, I am frequently asked what fitness tracker to get, and this year, more often than not, I have told people to just buy an Oura Ring 4 (9\/10, WIRED Recommends)<\/a> . You don’t have to wear it on your wrist, the battery life is longer than most trackers, and Oura issues interesting, meaningful software updates regularly. This is the first time it’s gone on sale and you should get it.<\/p>\n The Best Fitness Tracker<\/p>\n Courtesy of Fitbit<\/p>\n Fitbit has faced pretty stiff competition over the years (most notably from the Apple Watch<\/a>) but its flagship Charge line is still the best overall fitness tracker for the money. Even tracking multiple activities a day, the battery lasts over a week. The updated app looks great and multiple Google integrations make the Fitbit Charge 6 (7\/10, WIRED Recommends)<\/a> easier to use than ever.<\/p>\n The Best Kids’ Watch<\/p>\n Photograph: Adrienne So<\/p>\n I have personally convinced many parents in my life to buy the Fitbit Ace LTE (7\/10, WIRED Recommends)<\/a> for their kids. It’s a Fitbit, so it works even if one parent is Android and the other is Apple (if so, why?), and the $10\/month subscription includes data, so you don’t need to fuss with adding service to your cell plan. Fitbit Arcade incentivizes my kids to keep their watches on and charged, and I like Google’s included kids’ safety features.<\/p>\n A Great Garmin<\/p>\n Photograph: Garmin<\/p>\n Garmin is known<\/a> for its Forerunner series of running watches. The Forerunner 255 (8\/10, WIRED Recommends)<\/a> is the older version of the Forerunner 265 that we recommend in our roundup, but Garmins age well, and the older version does have some features to recommend it over the newer one, like better battery life.<\/p>\n The Cheapest Tracker You Should Buy<\/p>\n Photograph: Adrienne So<\/p>\n It may be cheap but the Amazfit Active 2 (6\/10, WIRED Reviewed)<\/a> is no slouch on the sensor front with a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, barometric altimeter, ambient light, and temperature sensor to track your sleep, heart rate, and blood oxygen saturation. It also boasts tons of workout modes, long battery life, and 5 ATM water resistance.<\/p>\n A No-Subscription Smart Ring<\/p>\n Photograph: Simon Hill<\/p>\n While the Oura Ring 4 is undoubtedly the champion of smart rings, you’ll be paying $8 a month if you want the full experience. The Ultrahuman Ring Air (7\/10, WIRED Recommends)<\/a>, though, comes with an included \u201clifetime subscription,\u201d meaning you’ll have full access to your data and analytics when you pick one of these up. It’s the first time the price has dropped this low too, so if ever there was a time, it’s now.<\/p>\n Power up with unlimited access to WIRED<\/a>.<\/strong> Get best-in-class reporting that’s too important to ignore for just $2.50 $1 per month for 1 year. Includes unlimited digital access and exclusive subscriber-only content. 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