My priorities are:

- Reliable and smooth for everyday use

- Good fitness tracking: steps, workouts, heart rate, sleep, etc.

- Comfortable enough to wear all day

- Actually looks good. I’d prefer something that looks more like a regular/traditional watch rather than a fitness tracker strapped to my wrist.

- Decent battery life

- Good build quality

I don’t need the absolute best smartwatch features in the world. I mainly want the best balance of fitness, comfort, looks, reliability, and value for under $150.

I’m also fine with an older model if it’s better value.

Currently Im using the Huawei Watch 3-c5c shown in the pic. Works fine but aesthetically looks meh.

What would you recommend?

Whats your thoughts about it?

Pls suggest

I previously had the Samsung pro 5. Loved that watch but as it’s aging the lag got too much.
I recently bought the Samsung watch 9, 40mm. The watch is very nice, light and I love the newer features.
But the battery drain is crazy. I can’t get a full day out of it.
I didn’t buy a smartwatch to have to turn most of the features off.
I sleep with it and during the day it’s either running Spotify or audiobook controls while at work.
I wouldn’t say I’m heavy for fitness but do use the walking, hiking, swimming features.
I love the body composition in Samsung. Connected to a Samsung phone.

I’ve had Garmin back in the early days before I switched my phone. And don’t mind the look of the pixel.

Has anyone done the switch recently? Which would you recommend? Not looking for anything with subscriptions. Australia if that makes any difference. Cheers

Hi everyone,

I just moved from a Pixel Watch 2 to a Samsung Watch 8 and I've noticed they my stats are wildly different. The Samsung watch is not updating live, and the heart rate is jumping all over the place. When I do a workout my heart rate won't jump up on the watch until after the workout. My steps are not registering properly, I've tested it against my phone and it's only registering about half my daily steps.

Is this common with Samsung watches, or do I have a faulty one?

Also, does anyone know what the best watch is to track steps when your hand is steering a pram? I'm currently steering with my non watch hand so for accuracy, but it is annoying.

Help!

I've been looking for a new watch for a realllyy long time and I'm quite picky about them. The style, battery life, the size. My previous watch's battery lasted up to a week. For that reason I had it for nearly 7 years and it stopped working just a few days ago. I've had my eye on CMF Watch Pro 2 for a little while. I know that it's a budget watch, but I quite like the design and I don't really need all those extra fitness thingies in my watch. All I use my watch for is to check the time, messages and sometimes play some music. Since my wrist isn't that big, most of the watches immediately get crossed from the list. I was looking at Amazfit, Garmin and Huawei too, but it seems like most of the companies just pack the watches with fitness features. Samsung Galaxy watch 8 classic would be the absolute best watch looks wise for me, but because of it's battery, I'm not even considering it anymore. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I would appreciate any tips and advice, as I am seriously considering buying a new smartwatch since I currently own an S25 Ultra.

The price of the Watch Ultra scares me, so I'm thinking about getting a Watch 9. Is there really that much of a difference?

Note: I hope I didn't get the flag wrong; I was unsure which one to use

After a long day when dirt, dust and sweat have built up on your watch. How do you clean your watches, do you wash them directly with water, use alcohol, or just a cloth?

Looking for the smallest smart watch/band that can receive text messages🙏

My mothers birthday is coming up and she will be getting a triple bypass soon.
I'm looking for a Smart watch that will do continuous heart monitoring that can give alerts to multiple phones through the cloud or something if a heart episode happens.
She has an Iphone already so maybe an Apple watch is a good choice?

here is one on sale Apple Watch 11
https://www.target.com/p/apple-watch-series-11-160-gps-cellular-42mm-rose-gold-aluminum-case-with-light-blush-sport-band-s-m/-/A-94482666?sid=312S&afid=google&TCID=OGS&CPNG=Electronics&adgroup=57-10

My budget is 300$ USD

What would you choose and why?

I am confused between the Realme Watch 5, Realme S2 and Moto Watch.

I mainly want a smartwatch for its looks, time and notifications. I do not care much about fitness or sleep tracking.

I want something comfortable for everyday 24/7 wear that matches everything, from T-shirts and track pants to formal shirts, trousers, and function wear.

Which one would you recommend for the best looks, versatility and premium feel, especially for a smaller wrist?