Best WearOS watch

30/08/2023 22:54

There are so many options these days for WearOS watches but very few that support the latest OS.

In my opinion, Samsung has done it the best.
Setup is easy, especially when paired with a Samsung phone and connectivity never falters.

The design is just great with tiny bezels, great build quality while maintaining a light weight.
The screen itself is pin sharp with outstanding brightness when outdoors, a definite improvement over previous generation and I don't need to use my hand to shade it anymore on sunny days.

Health tracking has been great, metrics consistent with my other devices and autodetection of workouts has been very reliable as has sleep tracking.
Body composition is about as accurate as the composition scale I have and works well for measuring trends more than 100% accuracy. This applies to the scales too so to have this on your wrist instead is awesome.

Now I have the 40mm and battery will last me the day and sleep tracking.
If I have a particularly busy day tracking walks and GPS, it will still last the day but will either need to go on charge before bed or will need a top up if I intend to use sleep tracking

This is not really that big a deal as the watch charges surprisingly quickly
quick 20 mins before bed will net me more than enough for the night.

One issue that I've run in to and it might not bother you at all and is not a dealbreaker for me is, despite having a newer CPU this year, the OS still has it's stutters.
If waking from not using it for a while or quickly swiping through the tiles, things can occasionally take a second or two to respond or stutter which does hurt the experience a little..

One feature that cannot be overlooked for those with different work and personal phones, is the ability to switch what phone the watch is paired to without factory resetting.
This is something I've been wanting for years and from what I can tell, Samsung are the only ones to do it.

Notifications, music control and google assistant all work great and I've been really enjoying this watch.
The Watch 6 & Classic series are in my opinion, the very best android smartwatches to date.