Best Fitness Trackers
Amazfit GTR 3
PROS:
- Affordable
livescience.com - Superior battery life
livescience.com - Lots of customization options
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CONS:
- Limited notifications
livescience.com - Can’t connect to external heart rate strap
livescience.com - No MP3 storage
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Garmin Lily 2
PROS:
Apple Watch SE (2022)
PROS:
- Lower price than first-generation model
pcmag.com - Lightweight
pcmag.com - New car crash detection
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CONS:
- Battery life lower than Fitbits
techradar.com - No ECG built in
techradar.com - Most new features can be found on older watches too
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Apple Watch Series 8
PROS:
- Software improvements fitness geeks will love
livescience.com - Ovulation tracking is a thoughtful addition
livescience.com - On-device Siri
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CONS:
- Short battery life, as usual
livescience.com - New Double Tap gesture can feel awkward
cnet.com - Not much change from last year
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- 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:
- Smaller than the Whoop 3.0
tomsguide.com - Interchangeable bands
tomsguide.com - Heart rate, skin temperature, SpO2 sensors
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CONS:
- It does require a monthly subscription
tomsguide.com - No step tracking
livescience.com - No GPS
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Amazfit Band 7
Garmin Venu Sq 2
Oura ring Generation 3
Fitbit Inspire 3
PROS:
- Find Phone feature works well
pcmag.com - Great battery life
tomsguide.com - 10-day battery life
cnet.com
CONS:
- Tiny text can be hard to read
pcmag.com - No quick release band buttons
cnet.com - Doesn't have built-in GPS
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Fitbit Charge 6
CONS:
- Severely flaky GPS
techradar.com - Lacking in media playback options
livescience.com - No Spotify controls
pcmag.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%)
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- wired.com: 16 Best Fitness Trackers (2024): Watches, Bands, and Rings
- livescience.com: Best fitness trackers 2024
Meh // not enough data:
- Apple Watch Ultra 2 (80)
- Ultrahuman Ring Air (70)
- Oura Ring Gen3 (60)
- Garmin Epix Pro (Gen 2) (80)
- Garmin Fenix 7S Pro Sapphire Solar Edition (80)
- Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 (90)
- 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)
- Oura Generation 3 (80)
- Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 40mm Bluetooth Smartwatch (Gold) (80)
- Coros Pace 3 (90)
- Coros Apex 2 (80)
- Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Review (90)
- Fitbit Versa 4 (70)
- Amazfit Balance (90)
- Garmin Fenix 7 Solar (90)
- Garmin Vivosmart 5 (80)
- Oura 3 (80)
- Samsung Galaxy Watch6 and Watch6 Classic (70)
- Xiaomi Smart Band 8 (90)
- Fitbit Luxe (90)
- Garmin Vivomove Trend (80)