{"id":252183,"date":"2018-03-13T18:01:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T16:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=252183"},"modified":"2018-03-13T18:03:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T16:03:21","slug":"fitbit-launches-versa-smartwatch-for-199","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/252183-fitbit-launches-versa-smartwatch-for-199.html","title":{"rendered":"Fitbit launches Versa smartwatch for $199"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fitbit has unveiled the Versa smartwatch, a more affordable companion to the $299 Fitbit Ionic launched in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Versa is Fitbit&#8217;s second wearable built on the Pebble software platform,\u00a0after its <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/190932-pebble-officially-sells-to-fitbit.html\"><strong>acquisition of Pebble\u2019s \u201ckey assets\u201d<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Versa is Fitbit&#8217;s lightest device to date, and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2018\/03\/the-199-fitbit-versa-is-the-companys-new-mass-appeal-smartwatch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ars Technica reported<\/a><\/strong> that the smartwatch\u00a0has three physical buttons on its sides and a 1.34-inch, 300 x 300 LCD touchscreen.<\/p>\n<p>It is water resistant up to 50m, has\u00a0an optical heart-rate monitor, onboard storage, and on-device coaching with Fitbit Coach.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the Ionic, the Versa does not have a built-in GPS, although it does support a connected GPS when paired to a smartphone.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6wQGOBaDbVU\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/222934-fitbit-profits-higher-than-expected.html\">Fitbit profits higher than expected<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fitbit has unveiled the Versa, a &#8220;more affordable companion&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":252197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[25235,49425,10776],"class_list":["post-252183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-fitbit","tag-fitbit-versa","tag-pebble"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252225,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252183\/revisions\/252225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}