The Best Android Smartwatch

The Withings Steel HR is a traditional watch with physical hands and a few smart features (sometimes called a hybrid smartwatch). It shows you notifications and tracks fitness stats like heart rate, steps, and exercise via the small OLED display on the face. It looks refined, and the smaller body makes it extremely comfortable.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch (which works with any Android phone, not just Samsungs) is more stylish and has better fitness tracking features than Wear OS, like automatic exercise detection. Because it runs Samsung’s Tizen operating system, you won’t have access to as many apps and watch faces as you would with a Wear OS watch, but it lasts about twice as long on a charge as the Fossil Sport.

The Fossil Sport is the best smartwatch that runs Google Wear OS, which is designed to work well with the software and services on your Android phone: it has full Google Assistant integration for sending messages or setting reminders, Google Fit support for workouts, and the Play Store for apps and watch faces. The Sport is powered by the new Snapdragon 3100 processor, which means the watch has better battery life than older Wear OS watches, and it has a low-power mode than can display the time for as long as a month. Its milled nylon body makes it light and comfortable, and it comes in plenty of colors and both 43 mm and 41 mm sizes.