The Apple Watch has become one of the most popular smartwatches available, particularly for iPhone users. It’s a perfect complement to an iPhone, offering all of the features you’d expect from a smartwatch, including activity and sports tracking, phone notifications, app integration, access to streaming music through Apple Music, and more.
But it isn’t the only smartwatch around, and, when it comes to those who don’t own an iPhone—or who don’t want to fork out $500 (or more) for the latest version—there are plenty of other options to consider.
Smartwatches come all in forms, with some resembling traditional analog watches and others like big, bulky computers on your wrist. But these 10 smartwatches are great alternatives if you’re looking for something different.
10 Fitbit Versa 2
Fitbit is a leader in the smartwatch space, and the Versa 2 adds some interesting advantages over the Apple Watch. First, is its intense focus on sleep tracking, including not only telling you how many hours of sleep you got in a night, but also detailed data about sleep stages, including your breakdown of light, deep, and REM sleep. You can get this with the Apple Watch using a third-party app like SleepWatch, but it’s not integrated into the Apple Watch app itself.
This watch also has a much longer battery life, so you can charge it twice per week or so versus nightly, and it includes features like Alexa voice control.
9 Withings ScanWatch
You can use the Apple Watch to take an ECG and check for atrial fibrillation, but this new watch focuses predominantly on heart health if that’s of primary importance to you. In addition to checking for Afib by simply pressing and holding the two side buttons for about 30 seconds while wearing it, it can also check for sleep apnea.
Its design is sleeker and more traditional with a sapphire glass face and analog clock face, and it does all of the same tracking as an Apple Watch, including steps, workouts, heart rate, and calories.
8 Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2
This smartwatch is a much better partner to a Samsung Galaxy Android-based smartphone if you have one, though it will work with any device. Like the ScanWatch, it looks more like a wristwatch than a smartwatch with a round analog face versus the Apple’s square face.
It can track workouts and has a running coach that will provide real-time feedback, and, with smart assistant, you can use your voice to remotely control your phone’s camera, like posts on social media, and even get on-the-go language translations.
7 Fossil Sport
Compatible with both iPhone and Android devices, this Sport smartwatch is tailor-made for active individuals, yet it is also designed to be fashionable and traditional-looking. You can use a low-power mode to get a bit more juice out of the battery, though it will still only be about two days.
Use Google Fit for coaching while working out, use GPS to track your runs, and play music stored directly on the watch. It also provides access to Google Assistant if that’s your preferred smart voice assistant partner; along with Google Pay for making mobile payments.
6 Fitbit Ionic
This watch looks a lot more like the Apple Watch with a square-faced design. but it packs all of the same features as the Versa 2, including detailed sleep tracking, long battery life, and built-in coaching through workouts, including both free and paid options with a Premium subscription.
The Premium option, available for the Versa 2, as well, offers other upgrades including the ability to get more details about your sleep patterns and how these might impact your overall wellbeing.
5 Mobvoi Ticwatch E2
This Wear OS-based smartwatch can be worn while swimming (as can the Apple Watch) but it, like many others on this list, boasts a sportier, more traditional, wristwatch look.
Your main advantage with this smartwatch is very detailed swim tracking, including swim style detection, lap count, stroke count, duration, and pace, along with a waterproof rating that lets you go as deep as 50 meters. The Apple Watch does swim tracking and can go as deep as 50 meters as well, but this one offers that at a much lower price. Plus, it also has a cadence sensor and damage-resistant glass.
4 Huawei Watch GT 2
This smartwatch boasts one of the most impressive batteries of any smartwatch that doesn’t use a replaceable coin-cell battery at up to two weeks per charge. Compare that to the Apple Watch that typically has to be charged every night! Resembling a sporty Casio watch, it has a much more minimalist design than the Apple Watch, with those who appreciate simplicity might like.
It has sleep tracking, activity tracking, in-device music, message notifications, and more—and it’s much cheaper.
3 Garmin Forerunner 245
For those who focus on running, this smartwatch is an ideal companion. It can monitor your training load, tracks running dynamics, and can run for up to seven days per charge. While the Apple Watch can work with third-party apps to track this detailed data, it all comes loaded with this watch.
It also works with Garmin Coach for adaptive training plans, which will be appreciated by those who are serious about fitness. Plus it can track your VO2 max, accounting for changes caused by heat or even altitude.
2 Michael Kors Access
If fashion is your thing, this smartwatch offers much more bling that you would get with an Apple Watch—unless you upgraded the band to something much flashier, adding to the cost. It also has the fashionable Michael Kors name on the screen for those who want to impress with labels.
It works on Wear OS by Google and offers all of the basics you’d want in a smartwatch along with compatible with both iPhone and Android devices. Plus, it comes in super stylish options including rose gold and pave silver.
1 Polar M600
For sports fanatics, this smartwatch is closer in design to the Apple Watch than others on this list (Fitbit Ionic excepted), and it is specifically optimized for use while working out. This includes Polar Smart Coaching that will provide actionable insights based on your data so you can work to make changes to your lifestyle to improve on your health and wellbeing.
Operating on Google Wear OS, it is waterproof, has integrated GPS, and works with both iPhones and Android devices—and you can grab one for less than an Apple Watch.
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