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Apr 20, 2026BF6S-0023Partly right

Droid-Life: Fitbit Air offers four band styles

Fitbit Air was expected to offer Performance Loop, Active, Elevated SoftFlex, and Metal Mesh band families.

Droid-Life reported that Google's Fitbit Air would ship in three colors with four band families, Performance Loop, Active, Elevated SoftFlex, and Metal Mesh, priced around $93.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedFitbit Air was expected to offer Performance Loop, Active, Elevated SoftFlex, and Metal Mesh band families.
  2. Who said it, and whenIt was reported on Apr 20, 2026 in Droid-Life, and we could not tell who reported it first.
  3. What happened, and whenGoogle Fitbit Air was announced on May 7, 2026, 17 days after this report.
  4. The verdict, and whyPartly rightSome of this was right and some of it was not.Why: Performance Loop, Active Band and Metal Mesh shipped, while the reported Elevated SoftFlex accessory launched under the name Elevated Modern.
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Droid-Life
Product
Google Fitbit Air
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The story of this report

  1. Apr 20, 2026This report · Droid-Life
  2. May 7, 2026Google Fitbit Air was announced
  3. VerdictPartly rightWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

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Questions about this report

Did this Google Fitbit Air report turn out to be true?
Partly right. Some of this was right and some of it was not. Performance Loop, Active Band and Metal Mesh shipped, while the reported Elevated SoftFlex accessory launched under the name Elevated Modern.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 17 days before Google Fitbit Air was announced on May 7, 2026.