ZDNET’s key takeaways

Google just unveiled the $180 Fitbit Edge, a smart watch with a slim display.

It’s a new product, but it resembles Google’s own Fitbit Charge, among other slim smart watches.

Despite a price increase, not too much is different between the devices.

The Pixel Watch 5 , for all intents and purposes, is my ideal platonic smartwatch. Of all the exercise smartwatch apps I’ve used, Google Health is the most approachable for tracking sleep, stress, readiness, and exercise.

But the chunky watch was never my favorite to wear. At 12.3 mm, the bubbled display is too thick and round for my liking — thicker than the Galaxy Watch (8.6 mm) and Apple Watch Series (9.7 mm) lineup.…