Best Fitness Trackers
Amazfit GTR 3
PROS:
- Built-in GPS
livescience.com - Affordable
livescience.com - Lots of customization options
livescience.com
CONS:
- No MP3 storage
livescience.com - Limited notifications
livescience.com - Can’t connect to external heart rate strap
livescience.com
Garmin Lily
PROS:
Apple Watch SE (2022)
PROS:
- Great mid-tier fitness tracking
techradar.com - Lightweight
pcmag.com - Extremely light and comfortable
techradar.com
CONS:
- No QWERTY keyboard
cnet.com - Not as cheap as Apple Watch 3
techradar.com - No rating for dust resistance
pcmag.com
Apple Watch Series 8
PROS:
- Double Tap lets you use the watch without touching it
cnet.com - Siri finally works offline
tomsguide.com - Carbon neutral build option
pcmag.com
CONS:
- Short battery life, as usual
livescience.com - Not much change from last year
livescience.com - New Find iPhone feature only works with iPhone 15
tomsguide.com
- livescience.com: Apple Watch Series 8 review (90%)
- cnet.com: Apple Watch Series 9 Review: New Tricks Make for a Minor Upgrade - CNET (86%)
- tomsguide.com: Apple Watch Series 9 review (100%)
- wired.com: Apple Watch Series 9 Review: New Chip and New WatchOS 10 Health Updates (70%)
- pcmag.com: Apple Watch Series 9 Review (90%)
Withings ScanWatch 2
Garmin Forerunner 965
Google Pixel Watch 2
Whoop 4.0
PROS:
- Interchangeable bands
tomsguide.com - Sleek and discreet design
livescience.com - Smaller than the Whoop 3.0
tomsguide.com
CONS:
- No GPS
livescience.com - No step tracking
livescience.com - No screen
tomsguide.com
Amazfit Band 7
Garmin Venu Sq 2
Oura Ring Generation 3
PROS:
- Long battery life
tomsguide.com - More sensors than the previous model
pcmag.com - Provides daily personalized guidance
pcmag.com
CONS:
- Expensive
pcmag.com - Fitting process is tedious
tomsguide.com - Some features not available at launch
pcmag.com
Samsung Galaxy Watch 6
Fitbit Inspire 3
PROS:
- Bright color screen
cnet.com - SpO2 sensor for overnight readings
pcmag.com - Great battery life
tomsguide.com
Fitbit Versa 4
PROS:
- Multi-day battery life
livescience.com - Nicely animated interface
livescience.com - Physical button improves usability
pcmag.com
CONS:
- No music or third party apps
livescience.com - GPS can be very slow to triangulate
livescience.com - No third-party app support
pcmag.com
Fitbit Charge 6
PROS:
- + Feature-packed for a fitness band
techradar.com - The button is back!
cnet.com - Heart rate broadcast support
cnet.com
CONS:
- No altimeter
techradar.com - No app store
pcmag.com - Biggest heart rate accuracy improvements only on 3 workout types
cnet.com
- pcmag.com: Fitbit Charge 6 Review (90%)
- tomsguide.com: Fitbit Charge 6 review: a brilliant tracker with more Google (90%)
- cnet.com: Fitbit Charge 6 Review: More Google on Your Wrist - CNET (84%)
- techradar.com: Fitbit Charge 6 review: A fun but flawed modern fitness tracker (70%)
- wired.com: Fitbit Charge 6 Review: Now With More Google (70%)
- livescience.com: Fitbit Charge 5 review (80%)
- pcmag.com: The Best Fitness Trackers for 2024
- tomsguide.com: Best fitness trackers 2024: Tested and rated
- cnet.com: Best Fitness Trackers for 2024 - CNET
- techradar.com: Best fitness trackers 2024 to help you get more active
- wired.com: 16 Best Fitness Trackers (2024): Watches, Bands, and Rings
- livescience.com: Best fitness trackers 2024
Meh // not enough data:
- Ultrahuman Ring Air (70)
- Apple Watch Ultra 2 (80)
- Oura Ring Gen3 (60)
- Garmin Epix Pro (Gen 2) (80)
- Garmin Fenix 7S Pro Sapphire Solar Edition (80)
- Garmin Venu 2 Plus (80)
- Garmin Forerunner 265 — a little watch with a beautiful screen (90)
- Fitbit Sense 2 (80)
- Fitbit Ace 3 (70)
- Polar Pacer Pro (80)
- Coros Pace 3 (90)
- Coros Apex 2 (80)
- Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Review (90)
- Amazfit Balance (90)
- Garmin Fenix 7 Solar (90)
- Garmin Vivosmart 5 (80)
- Oura 3 (80)
- Samsung Galaxy Watch6 and Watch6 Classic (70)
- Huawei Band 7 (90)
- Fitbit Luxe (90)
- Garmin Vivomove Trend (80)