Best Smartwatches and Fitness Trackers of 2023
With more options than ever, it takes a lot to stand out from the crowd of smartwatches and fitness trackers. Here are our favorites released in 2023.
00:00 The best smartwatches and fitness trackers of 2023
00:22 Apple Watch series 9 and Ultra 2
01:49 Pixel watch 2
02:38 Galaxy watch 6
03:24 TicWatch Pro
04:18 Garmin Vivoactive 5
05:23 Fitbit Charge 6
06:36 Final thoughts
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Succinct review. Straight to the point and points well made. Thank you!
Still using my series 7 apple watch. upgrading it next year to the apple watch X
I wear an Apple Watch Series 7, but as far as sleep tracking goes it’s pretty uncomfortable. I’ve been trying out different smart rings like the Oura and RingConn. I would love a review of those.
A watch you must charge daily? Forget it!
Seriously shocked you glossed over the Withings watches.
I don’t think the apple watch or galaxy should be into the list. Because they are Apple only or galaxy only. Well, you could include them but not spend over 2 minutes of 6.
Best will be . GARMIN, POLAR,.COROS, SUNTO even fitbit
Thanks Lexy, been waiting for this!
I want a good hybrid watch list. I like the look of analog watches and just want to know when I’m getting calls or texts so I can go grab my phone if I put it down. And maybe see the weather lol.
Well the Galaxy watch 6 was okay and I feel it wasn’t the best heart rate monitor, but lately notifications stopped working, and when Samsung said to reset the watch, it no longer syncs with the phone so without initial setup to a phone you can’t even view the time on the display and it’s useless. I went in exchange my watch for a different Galaxy watch and I had the same issue. They have some type of update issue and I would not recommend buying that watch. Very expensive paperweight.
Beware Mobvoi and the Ticwatches. They promise support and fall flat on their face. Ticwatch Pro 3 was promised Wear OS 3.0 mid-2022, here we are at the end of 2023 and STILL no update. Go with the Pixel or Galaxy watch instead
As long as it fits your budget….I stopped the video right there
No Huawei watch???? this list is GARBAGE
Disliked after 0:22
I like to track my steps, my sleep score, and other info. Are there watches that don’t sell your data?
Think I’m gonna go with the Garmin Venu 2 (maybe Plus) 🙂
Samsung Watch 6 checks all the boxes for me.
I’ve always wondered how cold my glass of water is 😂
Garmin or nothing. ⚡🔋🏃♀️
I bought a Fitbit charge 5 about a year ago after having other smart watches for almost as long as they’ve been around. I’ve used an Apple Watch, Samsung gear s3, and even a moto 360.
The thing the Fitbit does better than all of these other watches is stay out of my way. It’s made to be used as little as possible and has been a perfect fitness tracker that I don’t even have to think about. It gives me the time and some notifications, and other than that, just sits on my wrist and I love this. Other manufacturers should take note, I shouldn’t be texting and calculating and playing around with a crappy screen on my wrist.
I completely disagree about the Pixel Watch 2 being one of the best looking and "elegant" smart watches available. I absolutely hate how "bubbly" and cheap the pixel watch 2 looks. Maybe the styling appeals more to women?
Can you tell me which one works best with tattoos?! I have the Apple Watch and have both my arms tatted. It’s always pausing on me during my workout smh
I have just started looking at smart watches. Timing of this video is perfect for me. Thanks Lexy.
Garmin is the best smartwatch. The battery is just mind blowing compared to the competition.
My fitbit died and I was about to purchase a Garmin Vivoactive 5, but then I learned that most of the features aren’t available in Canada. So now I’m torn cause I don’t want to give fitbit anymore money, but I want to track my health since it’s been a key part of my weightloss journey and seeing my heart rate go up helps notify what I’m doing is correct.
This might sound weird but hear me out. When it’s too bright to read something, position said item in a way that can be read. Obviously this doesn’t work if you spend all of your time on the surface of the sun.
I understand Huawei is not available in Usa,but without this year models Watch 4/4pro and Gt4 ,list is not complete.
I have the Samsung 5 pro and been very happy with it
Looking for fall alert in watch
I would like to buy pixel watch 2😊
I have an Amazfit GTR4 and it is amazing with Amazing battery life. I am getting around 2 weeks on one charge.
Galaxy Watch ❤
What about amazefit balance?
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enjoying my apple watch se. Might upgrade to another apple watch but the tic watch is neat I’ve seen people running linux on those
Hilarious that you didn’t even bother to mention the sizes of each watch.
Lazy CNET as usual.
🤣🤣🤣
I like my Samsung 6, but it needs to be charged every 2 days which is really a drag. If they could up the battery life to 5 days without increasing the size, then it would be perfect.
Get a Bip 5 with 3 weeks battery life for a fraction of these here!
I have the galaxy watch 46mm. With rotating bezel.
Older model but nothing compares to it. It’s like newer smart watches get worse while smartphones get better.
Has venu 3 everything what vivo 5 also has ?Tjanks in advance
I have the Venu 3 and the battery life is very good. The AMOLED screen and health tracking are also very good. My only complaints are the fact that integration with Android could be better and the lack of 3rd party apps.
I have apple watch and garmin, but i like garmin more because i’m tired to charge apple watch everyday.
I’ve been using a Fitbit versa3 since they came out. No complaints from me at all.
Tbh huawei watches beat all the list here, beautiful sturdy and amazing battery life too
Does Vivoactive 5 look too small on guys wrist?
My Fitbit 5 just died out so I’m looking for another watch
Huawei GT4 is and excellent watch released this year although I’d prob recommend GT Pro 3 with titanium case and sapphire glass. The 14 days battery life amazing. OK Chinese might be tracking every step and heart beat but the smart watch just beautiful. Smart watches that lasts 1 or 2 days simply do not make sense in a modern world. BTW I own GT 2 Pro plus several analogue automatics. Especially useful on holiday as smart watches tend to overheat in direct sunlight with its mini OLED solar panel 😊
All I want is a smartwatch without ANY health tracking useless crap. I don’t care about my heart rate, I don’t care about my sleep quality and I don’t need a notification that tells me to stand up every couple hours. Just cut the crap and the price. Probably never happening unfortunately.
I really love my galaxy watch6 I’ve owned galaxy active2 galaxy watch4 now I’ve upgraded from the 6 all been great from Samsung 👍🏾
better spend it on healthy mealpreps tbh
They are so expensive it is ridiculous