Gemini coaching on the $179.99 Fitbit Edge needs a paid Google Health Premium plan

The example TechRepublic uses to sell the Edge's coach is a person training for a 5K whose work hours keep changing, who gets revised workout suggestions when the schedule moves ^[13]. That coaching is the paid feature ^[3]. A buyer who picks up the Edge for that moment is buying a tracker and a subscription.

The tracker is $179.99 ^[1]. TechRepublic tells buyers interested in Gemini coaching to account for the additional subscription cost ^[10]. The Premium price does not appear in the TechRepublic text, so any first-year total is $179.99 plus an unknown. Whoever signs off on the purchase should get that figure from Google's own pricing page first.

Battery has the same gap between the headline and the daily setting. The seven-day rating applies under standard test conditions ^[4], and TechRepublic says keeping the display active or using GPS continuously changes that estimate considerably ^[5]. With the screen always on, the estimate is two days ^[6]. That is five days, or about 71 percent, below the headline figure ^[12].

We'd sort each planned purchase into one of four cells before approving it. Two yes-or-no questions do the sorting: whether the buyer wants Gemini coaching, and whether the buyer wants the screen always on.

- No coaching, screen not always on: $179.99, with a charge interval of up to seven days ^[1][4]. - Coaching, screen not always on: $179.99 plus the Premium fee, with the same battery rating ^[3][4]. - No coaching, screen always on: $179.99, charged about every two days ^[6]. - Coaching, screen always on: $179.99 plus the Premium fee, charged about every two days ^[3][6].

Only the first and third cells have a complete price today.