Best Smartwatches for Display Quality (2024)

It is a kid-focused wearable device that rewards children for being active.

The Fitbit Ace tracks steps, active minutes, and even sleep.

Even though it is a heart rate sensor, you won't see a heart rate reading.

The battery can last approximately 16 hours between charges.

It can charge from 0 to 100 in about an hour.

It has LTE connectivity, allowing you to perform GPS tracking, make calls, and send text messages.

The LTE features don't require another phone number, but they do require a subscription.

The Ace LTE also works with a series of interchangeable bands.

It has a water resistance rating of 58, so it can be submerged in water and used for swimming.

The Fitbit Premium paywall is starting to recede a little bit.

The watch offers additional fitness and sports features, including personalized workout routines and AI-based suggestions.

Regarding battery life, you'd be lucky to get about 12 hours out of that thing before you need to charge it.

With the 45mm Pixel Watch 3, I can charge it once a day and have the same performance as charging twice a day with the Pixel Watch 3. Alternatively, I could choose not to charge it at all and it would still last an entire weekend.

This watch has Ultra Wideband, which is a protocol for short-range communication.

Right now, there is not a whole lot of functionality, but having that technology on the watch, as I said, I think is going to be great.

The Pixel Watch 3 looks very similar to the Pixel Watch 2, which, of course, closely resembles the original Pixel Watch.

The biggest physical difference between them is the bezel on the Pixel Watch 3, which has a 16% smaller bezel surrounding the display.

The major health update this time is the detection of sleep apnea.

There's sleep apnea detection, and there's training load as well.

Now, it can show the second hand continuously when the Always On Display is on because it doesn't consume extra battery.

You can now use the speakers for anything other than a phone call.

It is also 10% thinner and 10% lighter.

There are a lot of new finishes and colors this time around too.

The Galaxy Watch 6 Classic can also auto-detect various exercises.

The Samsung fitness app and the information it provides show everything I want without having to tap or fiddle with the screen in use.

Sleep stage and sleep phase accuracy are available for pretty much all wearables. Now, there is a new sleep consistency screen on both the watch and the phone.

You'll be able to get about two days of use out of this larger Galaxy Watch 6 Classic on a single charge.

Samsung claims 30 hours of battery life for both units with an always-on configuration.

The battery life, though, has been excellent so far. I've routinely gotten two days of use without really worrying about it at all.

You can get the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic in two different colors.

You also have the option of choosing one of Samsung's offer programs for educators, military personnel, first responders, etc.

I'm sure Android, or at least Samsung users out there, are already experts in this, but it was just as easy to get going as my Apple Watch.

The rotating bezel is made of metal, and the Watch Six Classic features a stainless steel body.

The Galaxy Watch 6 is nice and tough. You've got sapphire glass protecting the display, and it has also passed various military standard tests.

This feels super premium. Seriously, everything about this exudes quality. The buttons are great to press, and the glass back feels awesome against my wrist.

It's actually the first of the five main reasons I prefer this over Apple and Samsung watches.

It can track over 30 sports types, including swimming, biking, and running.

It's missing a few swim features, which really can make or break it for those of us who like to swim, and it doesn't have a triathlon mode.

We're also getting a longer battery life here, with 14 days per charge.

In always-on mode, I'm seeing about four days of battery life, but I've also got significantly more outdoor GPS activity time.

On the left side, we have a speaker, so you can now answer phone calls here and use a voice assistant.

The main drawback is that it doesn't integrate as tightly with your phone as those other watches do.

The app selection is really limited, so you're not going to get Uber on your watch.

We have a stainless steel, ridged bezel on the outside that feels and looks very nice.

The larger 455mm Edition essentially comes only in white or black.

The most important things for me are GPS and heart rate tracking.

I love that it has dual-frequency GPS.

The double-tap feature is like the perfect symphony of impressive processing power and clever computation.

The battery life remains unchanged, providing 36 hours of normal use.

You get 12 hours of use with the Ultra 2s, including full heart rate and GPS recordings.

The S9 package also includes a new Ultra Wideband chip that enables precise location tracking of your iPhone.

All editions of the Ultra 2 include cellular connectivity built into the watch.

The Ultra 2 has a DLC finish on the outside, making it substantially stronger and more resistant to scratches.

The Ultra Watch 2 features a ceramic and sapphire crystal back case.

Another thing I've used this Apple Watch for a lot is fitness tracking.

The main feature is this double-tap functionality.

Sleep apnea detection is available on both the Series 9 and the Series 10.

Apple consistently targets the same 18-hour battery life as they always have.

The battery life is still the same as on the Series 9, rated for up to 18 hours of use.

The S9 package also includes a new Ultra Wideband chip that enables precise location tracking of your iPhone.

The S9 package also now has twice as much built-in memory and a neural engine with double the speed.

The perfect symphony of impressive processing power, clever computation, and high-quality sensors.

This watch looks almost exactly the same as last year.

It has all the sensors you'd expect in a smartwatch.

The impressive feature that jumps off the page to me is the dual GPS antennas.

I think there are over 100 different activity trackers, including my personal favorite physical activity: badminton.

This one lasts 100 hours.

The way they're achieving this battery life is that this watch has two entirely separate processors.

It will provide a full day's charge in 10 minutes and a complete charge in an hour.

It's just all about Bluetooth pairing with a number.

Apparently, the NFC antenna is up here.

If you're in a crowded or loud environment, it is not that usable.

The whole thing is actually both IP68 dust and water-resistant.

It is 25% lighter.

Aluminum is a slightly softer metal, which means that if you ding it against something, it could sustain more damage.

It has a fairly strong, if not comprehensive, sensor suite with an acceleration sensor, gyroscope, optical heart rate sensor, optical pulse oximeter sensor, geomagnetic sensor, light sensor, and barometric sensor.

The feature that really impresses me and stands out is the dual GPS antennas.

I think they have over 100 different activity trackers, including my personal favorite physical activity: badminton.

It enables you to achieve a 100-hour battery life without significantly limiting any features on the watch.

It supports 7.5-watt fast charging, which is quite impressive because, along with some of their more efficiency-minded modes, you can charge up for a day's worth of use in about 10 minutes, according to their claim.

They are saying you can get 100 flipping hours out of this thing.

The feature that really impresses me and stands out is the dual GPS antennas.

It serves no purpose in the pairing process; it's just all Bluetooth pairing with a number.

It is 25% lighter, so you might say, 'All right, well, if it's 25% lighter, is this made out of plastic?' No, it's not; it's still a metal watch.

It uses an aluminum chassis rather than a stainless steel one.

It's IP68, so I can definitely use it for swimming without damaging it.

This is the most accurate Samsung watch I've ever tested.

The Samsung watch does have an ECG feature.

One feature that the Samsung watch has, which the Apple watch does not, is stress measurement.

The Samsung Health app automatically connects to InBody and imports all the data.

The Galaxy Watch Ultra is rated for 60 hours of normal use.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra is at 80%, and the Apple Watch Ultra Two is at 66%.

I love that Apple is now cooperating with Samsung and other Android phones by incorporating RCS.

The Galaxy Watch Ultra features smart AI replies.

It features a highly durable titanium case and a sapphire lens for enhanced scratch resistance.

It also has a 10 ATM water resistance rating.

My complaint is about the adjustment process, where you have to remove this pin to adjust the fit.