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I have exactly the same problem. My Fitbit Alta HR is a few years old - I don"t remember exactly when I got it - and, while it"s always been hard to see outside in the sunlight, over the past few months it"s become almost unreadable in daylight, even indoors or in the car. It"s only clear in the complete dark. The other functions still work fine. My partner has my old Alta and the display is much brighter. I tried restarting and it makes little or no difference.

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Fitbit recently reduced the prices of its devices in the United States, including the stylish Fitbit Alta that went from $129.95 to $85. Today we understood why - the company introduced the new Fitbit Alta HR which adds a heart-rate monitor.

The fitness company threw in doubt investors and fans after it announced terrible financial results for Q4 2016 but apparently had something up the sleeve - the new Fitbit Alta HR. It is still stylish like its predecessor Fitbit Alta, but now has a heart-rate monitor on the back. It also has a tap-sensitive OLED display and five-day battery life. The device tracks steps, sleep cycles and shows notifications from the smartphone if constantly connected through Bluetooth.

Charge, Blaze and Surge fitness bands already had heart-rate monitors and now the Alta joins the family. Fitbit used to collect sleep info for a long time but now it can show light, deep and REM sleep stages in Sleep Insights. The same software will be rolled to the Charge 2 band and the Blaze watch next month when the Alta HR hits the shelves.

If you decide to go for Fitbit Alta HR, you have to pull $150 out of your pocket which is $20 more than the original Fitbit Alta when launched. The device will ship worldwide in early April.

The company’s upcoming Alta HR wristband, a new version of its slim fitness wearable that’s been refreshed with a heart rate monitor and longer battery life, will be one of three devices to get Fitbit’s forthcoming sleep tracking features. Called Sleep Stages, the update will allow the Alta HR, Blaze, and Charge 2 wristbands to detect light, deep, and REM stages of sleep. That goes beyond what Fitbit’s trackers can currently monitor, which include metrics such as the number of times wearers wake up throughout the night, the amount of time they spent awake, and the times at which they’ve fallen asleep and woken up.

Fitbit will also provide users with more feedback about how their sleep habits impact their overall health, as well as tips for getting a more restful slumber. For example, Fitbit could tell a user that they get 20 more minutes of restful sleep on nights following a workout compared to a day spent idle. Gadgets that support Sleep Stages will also alert wearers on the wrist when it’s time to go to bed in order to meet their sleep goals. (The Alta HR will have other improvements that distinguish it from the standard Alta besides better sleep tracking, like the ability to view target heart rate zones on the device.)

Sleep Stages is only available on the Alta HR, Blaze and Charge 2. But the other new feature, Sleep Insights, will be coming to all Fitbit devices with sleep tracking features. (That includes every Fitbit except for the Zip.) The new sleep-oriented capabilities will launch later this spring, while the Alta HR will hit retail stores for $149.95 in April and is available for preorder starting Monday.