How to use your Fitbit Versa

Learn about all the awesome things your Versa can do!

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Fitbit Basics

Wear your Versa everyday to track a variety of stats.

  • Steps taken

  • Distance covered

  • Calories burned (total for day including rest)

  • Active Minutes with strenuous activity

  • Floors climbed

  • All day heart rate and zones

See your stats on Versa in the Today app

From the clock face, swipe up to see the Today app, which shows your daily tips and tracks these stats:

  • Core stats: steps taken today, calories burned, distance covered, floors climbed, and active minutes
  • Hourly activity: steps taken this hour and the number of hours you met your hourly activity goal
  • Heart rate: current heart rate and average resting heart rate over the past 7 days
  • Exercise: up to 3 of your most recently tracked exercises over the past 7 days (if you have no tracked exercises over the past 7 days, this tile won't appear)

Each tile can be swiped left or right to view the complete set of stats.

To reorder the tiles, press and hold a row, then drag it up or down to change its position.

Find your complete history and other information automatically detected by your watch, such as sleep stages, on your Fitbit dashboard.

Daily Goal

Versa celebrates when you reach your main goal. By default this is set to 10,000 steps and it resets at midnight. You can change your goal in the Fitbit app settings.

Sleep Stages & Insights & Reminders

Your watch will automatically track your sleep. Just wear it to bed! Using heart rate, you can now track your time in light, deep & REM sleep, plus time awake.

Use the Fitbit app to edit your sleep logs or set a Bedtime Reminder to help you maintain a consistent sleep schedule.

Silent Alarms

To wake up in the morning or alert you at a certain time of day, you can set silent alarms that gently vibrate. If you don't press the button to dismiss the alarm, it will snooze once for 9 minutes.

Reminders to Move

Reminders to Move help you get moving every hour. Throughout your day, try to hit 250 steps each hour.

Customize the hours you receive reminders in the Fitbit app.

Exercise

The Exercise app on Versa tracks specific activities to capture more precise heart-rate data and stats. Choose from over a dozen exercise types to customize the app with your favorites. Some exercises, like running, biking, and hiking, have a GPS option.

Connected GPS

Connected GPS is available for all supported phones with GPS sensors. To use Connected GPS, make sure GPS and Bluetooth are enabled on your phone, and keep your phone with you while you exercise

Heart Rate

Using PurePulse technology, Versa tracks your current and resting heart rate all day. When you exercise, see your heart rate zone right on your wrist.

Track your overall cardio fitness in the Fitbit app and see how you compare to others.

Fitbit Coach

Complete guided workouts anywhere with Fitbit Coach. Provide feedback to create personalized workouts.

Notifications

Stay in touch with call, text, calendar, and app notifications from your phone. Read a message when it's received or check your messages later.

See incoming notifications when your phone and Versa are within range, a notification causes the watch to vibrate. If you don't read the notification when it arrives, you can check it later.

Swipe down on the clock screen or press and hold the top right button.

Guided Breathing Sessions

Complete a guided breathing session on Versa to find moments of calm throughout the day. Choose between 2-minute and 5-minute breathing exercises.

Clock Faces

Versa comes with several clock styles so you can track the stats that matter most. Change your clock face in the Fitbit app.

Wear & Care Tips

  • Clean your band and wrist regularly with a gentle cleanser.

  • Take your watch off from time to time.

  • If you notice skin irritation, please remove your watch. See our full Wear and Care Tips.

Versa is water resistant up to 50 meters. If your watch gets wet, remove and dry completely after your activity.

Changing Wristbands

Versa comes with a small wristband attached and an additional large bottom band in the box.

To remove the wristband

  1. Turn Versa over and find the quick-release lever—there's one on each end where the band meets the frame.
  2. To release the band, push the quick-release lever inward.
  3. Gently pull the band away from the watch to release it.

To attach a wristband

  1. Slide the pin in the left hole notch on the watch.
  2. Keep the band at an upwards angle.
  3. While pressing the quick-release lever inward, slide the other end of the band into place.
  4. When both ends of the pin are inserted, release the quick-release lever

Charging

To charge your watch plug the charging cable into a USB port and connect the magnetic charger to your watch. Make sure the gold pins are aligned.

You'll see a low battery indicator on your watch when your battery level is low. Charging may take up to 2 hours, depending on the current power level.

Your fully charged Fitbit Versa has a battery life of 4+ days. Note that battery life and charge cycles vary with use, settings and many other factors; actual results will vary.

Music

Store several hours of your favorite music and podcasts on Versa. Listen via Bluetooth headphones and leave your phone behind while on the go.

Payments

Fitbit Pay-enabled watches include a built-in NFC chip, allowing you to use eligible credit and debit cards on your Versa. Make purchases in stores that accept contactless payments—even when you’re traveling internationally.

(Currently available in select countries.)

Your Versa is payments-enabled if you see "Fitbit Pay" on the back of your watch.

Power Tray

To access music controls, Fitbit Pay, turn on or turn off notifications, or change your screen wake setting, press and hold the back button.

Apps

The Fitbit App Gallery offers free apps for Versa to meet a variety of health, fitness, timekeeping, and everyday needs. Customize your watch by arranging apps for easy access.

From the clock face, swipe left to scroll through the apps installed on your watch. To open an app, tap it.

To change the placement of an app, press and hold an app on Versa until it's selected, and then drag it to a new location. You know the app is selected when it increases slightly in size and the watch vibrates.

Wi-Fi

Versa connects to Wi-Fi to download new music and apps and for faster firmware updates. For best results, use your home or work Wi-Fi network.

PIN code

Set a personal 4-digit PIN code to help keep your watch secure. A PIN code is required when using Payments.

Bluetooth Audio Devices

Connect up to 8 Bluetooth audio devices with Versa, including Fitbit Flyer headphones, to listen to music, podcasts, and audiobooks. Check the battery level for your Bluetooth device right on your watch.

More Information

For more information and the full manual, visit Fitbit Help or ask the Community.