


And both offer GPS and optical heart rate monitors.įitness tracking is at Fitbit's core and it offers step counts, stress tracking, and some of the most reliable sleep tracking going. Both will measure blood oxygen levels for wellness purposes. There's no app support here at all, and it's a very basic smartwatch compared to Apple's.īoth offer ECG sensors to measure your heart rate rhythms – and both will also alert the user to low/high heart rates. The Apple Watch can only be paired to iPhones, while the Sense 2 works with Android and iOS devices and offers notifications and the option of Google or Alexa smart assistants. On the smartwatch front, Apple offers LTE connectivity (on selected models), notifications, Siri smart assistant support, a built-in music player, and extensive app support. On the looks front, there are AMOLED displays across both devices and removable bands with plenty of first and third-party strap options to choose from.Īpple includes a watch crown to help navigate its software, while Fitbit builds a button into the case. These are the two flagship smartwatches in the respective families, and offer plenty in the way of features, sensors, and tracking smarts and wrap them all up in neat designs. It's rugged, with 100m water resistance as well as dive rated, and it also features 36 hours of battery life as standard (which in our testing was more like 2-3 days). It comes in a single 49mm size, which means it's pretty huge and is designed for outdoors and extreme sports. However, it does have car crash and fall detection.Īnd now there's the all-new Apple Watch Ultra. Notably, it lacks the ECG, and the edge-to-edge, always-on display of the Series 7.

You get GPS, ECG, and blood oxygen sensors, and there's a new temperature sensor on board this year that focuses on menstrual health tracking.īelow that sits a revamped Apple Watch SE, which comes in 44mm and 40mm case sizes. The Apple Watch Series 8is the main event, with its always-on display, and comes in 41mm and 45mm sizes. On the other hand the Apple Watch is the company's only wearable. Last up there's the Fitbit Ace 3, a fitness tracker designed for kids, which removes some of the features included on the other trackers like heart rate, focuses on steps, and offers features like bedtime reminders. The Charge 5 adds GPS, ECG, and stress tracking and hosts a color AMOLED touchscreen wrapped up in a wristband form factor.Īnd the slightly aging Fitbit Luxe, does everything the Inspire 3 does, but in a more attractive design.

It was the most "basic" Fitbit tracker, but the new version packs a color screen, temperature and SpO2 sensor – and it's a brilliant tracker that most people will love. Our pick of the Fitbit trackers is the Inspire 3.
