Garmin is one of the most reputable brands making top-tier fitness watches. Its on-wrist heart rate sensor and GPS are arguably the most accurate on the market — two things crucial to proper activity ...

Finally, battery life has improved! New watchOS health updates are useful and clinically validated. Satellite messaging for communication off-grid on the Watch Ultra 3. Slim case. Blood oxygen is back ...

Early reviews of Apple Watch Series 11 seem to agree that while it looks just like its predecessor, this incremental update delivers meaningful improvements in some areas. The biggest upgrade: longer ...

I’m too tired to write this review. Last week, I penned a work-in-progress version because I hadn’t yet spent enough time to fully explore the new features Samsung packed into the Galaxy Watch 8. One ...

UPDATE (June 27, 2025): The Huawei Watch 5 is getting a new update, a rather notable one. Read more about it at the very end of the article. Huawei supplied us with a review unit of the Huawei Watch 5 ...

One of my biggest issues when testing smartwatches—and I test a lot of them—is that I can never seem to keep them charged. After a few days, I find myself with a dead watch on my wrist and I’m ...

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. Editors' note: The Apple Watch Series 11 builds on Apple's ...

Everyone uses smartwatches differently. There are the people who wear them all day, those who only wear them when they’re outside, those who only use them while working out and even those who only ...

Experts say Walt Odets’s detailed assessments, written in the late 1990s for an online forum, became the template for reviews we see today. By Allen Farmelo At exactly 10:22 p.m. on Nov. 30, 1992, ...

A Mashable Choice Award is a badge of honor, reserved for the absolute best stuff we’ve tested and loved. The Apple Watch Series 11 is perhaps the easiest review I’ve ever had. The new Apple ...

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