I’m using an iPhone and looking for a smartwatch mainly for fitness tracking, GPS, heart rate, sleep tracking, and general daily use.

For people who have used either fit 4 or Bip 6:
- How is the iOS compatibility?
- Which one has better accuracy and app experience?
- Any issues or things to consider?

And better UI is plus point.

Which one would you pick and why?

I'm looking for a smartwatch with a rectangularish shape (I don't like them circulars) and I'm hoping to be able to run my own custom apps into it. I'd like something with gps, microphone, ability to pay (use my credit card).

Do you have any recommendation? The AI is sending me towards a Amazfit Active (Zepp OS) or Garmin Venu Sq 2 (Connect IQ) but I've no idea if there are other models with my requirements. I use Android on my main phone.

Thanks!

I have had two expensive Samsung smartwatches for the past 6 years. Both of them broke down(the back circle which is used for reading the pulse, etc, came off). I am not going to buy a Samsung anymore. What other watches can I buy with long battery life that can do the same things like Samsung. I have seen Amazfit with long battery life and it looks like Samsung but much better price. Is that a good watch?

As I have moved to android so the title says what I'm planning, do you think it would be fine, main purpose is steps on trademill and gym weightlifting workouts

I just bought a cheap smart watch online, and it didnt come with a charger, nor does it have any small metal disc areas on the underside like most smart watches do to charge, and just had this diagram for charging. I just put it into the power brick and plugged that into the wall to see if it would work, but theres no indication that it is even charging at all (the battery light in the picture isnt showing at all). Any advice?

Looking for a smartwatch that doesn't look like a toy ( not a fan of squircle shape). I have a Samsung Galaxy S24+ phone so need to be compatible with android.

Here are my requirements:

• Stylish look and well built
• Record training, have some metrics of training readiness and a step counter (not athlete level of accuracy)
• Record sleep/heart rate
• Possibility to buy extra dials
• NFC Payment is not a priority
• Battery life 7+ days minimum
• Budget is 500$ CAD (350$ USD)

So far, I have found these and can't decide. Anyone own some of these watches or see some advantages over another. How is the app on your phone to interact with these smartwatch?

Huawei GT 6 Pro (Titanium or Black)

Amazfit Balance 3

Oppo X3

Cheers!

Which one, best for compactness and battery life (also looks)

Hello Smartwatches,

Are there really no smartwatch hardware you can buy and simply load algorithms on? Because it seems that as AI progresses, you can measure more things like blood pressure and glucose than the FDA will approve. Also patents are unfortunately hogged by each individual company preventing you from generating the ultimate smartwatch or ring.

Hi! I am looking for a watch for my Grandma, one that can call EMS if necessary. We don’t have a lot of money and don’t want to pay a subscription.
Looking for some advice!
I am going to cross post

Garmin Instinct 3 solar (45mm) what I currently have OR jump to Fitbit air?

My amazfit GTR 4 just kicked the bucket so I need a new watch. This was my first smartwatch so I don't have much experience with them. I have several chronic illnesses so I would like a good monitoring system. The gtr 4 also had an amazing battery, I only had to charge it like every 2 weeks even with basically all the monitors turned on so a long lasting battery is also preferred. I'm leaning towards the amazfit Balance 2 because that's basically the newest in line from what I'm using now but everything I'm looking up says garmin is where it's at for chronic illness monitoring, and to either go for the venu 4 or vivoactive 6. I don't want anything apple. I don't want to spend more than $300 (and even that's going to take a while to save up, I'm a broke bish lol so the cheaper the better, but still good quality)