In short, yes. Your Fitbit Charge 5, the health tracker, can receive text messages. However, your phone needs to be paired and within 30 feet from your device for it to do that. And, if you're an iPhone user, you cannot reply from your fitness tracker. However, given its bigger screen size, it is a really nifty way to sift through your messages at a glance, and the display is big enough to enable you to do that, without the need for magnifying glasses.