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Samsung Galaxy Watch

 & Victoria Song Former Analyst, Consumer Electronics

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Samsung Galaxy Watch

The attractive Samsung Galaxy Watch has better battery life and is easier to use than most smartwatches, but its fitness tracking features aren't up to par.

Stylish Design

Available in 42mm and 46mm sizes, it looks stylish on the wrist, with a more professional look than the sporty design you get with many fitness-oriented wearables.

Display

Both sizes have a circular rotating bezel around a crisp 1.2- (42mm) or 1.3-inch (46mm) AMOLED screen.

Buttons

There are two buttons on the right side. The top is a back button, while the bottom lets you select menus.

Rotating Bezel

To navigate within menus, you can rotate the bezel.

Heart Rate Monitoring

Though the Galaxy Watch had mixed fitness results, its heart rate monitoring was highly accurate in testing.

Thickness

The Galaxy Watch isn't particularly slim, but it's not as chunky as previous iterations.

LTE Connectivity

You can get an LTE version of the watch. So far, T-Mobile is the only carrier but Samsung says more are on the way.

Fitness Tracking

You can track 39+ activities directly on the watch, though accuracy results were mixed in testing.

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Victoria Song

Victoria Song

Former Analyst, Consumer Electronics

Victoria Song was a wearables and smart home analyst at PCMag. Since graduating from Temple University's Japan Campus in 2010, she's been found reporting and editing in every corner of the newsroom at The ACCJ Journal, The Japan News, and New York bureau of The Yomiuri Shimbun. In her spare time, she bankrupts herself going to theater, buying expansions to board games, and cleaning out the stacks at The Strand. Someday, she hopes Liverpool FC will win the league, but she isn't holding her breath.

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