The 10 Best Smartwatches for Android in 2027

Buy this if you want one watch that won't punish you for your phone choice. It works well with Pixel and Samsung phones, and what you lose away from a Pixel is small: improved smart replies and Proactive Suggestions. Expect a day and a half to two days per charge. Fast charging is the real win. Say you wake up at 15% with a run planned at lunch: about 45 minutes on the cradle fills it, so you barely notice the wait. Two things give us pause. Owners on Reddit are reporting a battery bug that cuts some watches to about 12 hours, so check whether a fix has landed before you buy. Gemini's raise-to-talk is also unreliable, so plan on pressing the button. Skip it if you own a Pixel Watch 4, which is nearly identical. If you see a new Watch 4 for less, we'd take that instead.

Buy this if you care more about training data than apps. Nothing important appears tied to a phone brand, and Android Authority averaged 9 to 10 days with mixed workouts, GPS and sleep tracking, against Garmin's 12-day rating. Say you log five runs and track every night: the charger can wait until next weekend. Heart rate stayed within a few beats of a Polar H10, and GPS held under heavy tree cover. One warning: owners on Garmin's forum have reported freezes mid-run followed by wrong heart rate. Garmin has shipped an update it asked them to try, and we think the strong accuracy results still outweigh those reports, but if you race, test it hard while you can still return it. You give up onboard maps, LTE and a full app store, and voice assistants run through your phone. If you can live without multiband GPS and ECG, the Vivoactive 6 covers a lot for much less.

Buy this if you'll really use the toughness. Its 800mAh battery fixes the old Ultra's main weakness, and we'd plan on two full days, with nearly three possible on lighter use. Say you leave for a weekend away and forget the puck: go easy on GPS and you should get home with charge left. Standard Qi pads won't work, though, so that puck matters. A full charge takes about 1 hour 45 minutes, and owners of this watch and the Watch 9 report charges of two to four hours. We'd trust its heart rate more than its sleep stages. Size is a personal call. It's comfortable if your wrist suits a 47mm, 61.5g case, and too much if it doesn't. ECG and blood pressure need a compatible Galaxy phone, so it's a weaker deal on a Pixel. If you only want daily fitness tracking and notifications, a cheaper watch will do.

Buy this if HYROX is on your calendar, because it's built for that job in a way no other pick here is. Race Mode covers the eight stations and the 1km runs, though you may need to press a button between stations. Say you finish a simulation and want to know which station cost you the most: the Zepp app shows each station's time. Plan on charging about once a week. Heart rate stays close to a chest strap in hybrid sessions and long rides, but it's shakier on tempo and trail runs. GPS results vary, from close to a Garmin on two 7.5km runs to a middling 77% on the5krunner's 10-mile route, and we'd go with the cautious view: fine for training, not a strength. If you don't do hybrid events, the cheaper Balance 2 makes more sense. Small wrists should skip it too, because the case is 51.4mm.

This is the one we'd buy if a nightly charge is your main complaint about Wear OS. Plan on three to four days with the always-on display and daily workouts, and ignore the 16-day figure, which only applies in power saving. Say you fly out Monday and leave the charger at home: you'd likely still have charge on Wednesday night. It's close to the Watch 3, though, so stay put if you own one. Basic features work on any Android 9 or later phone, but advanced running analysis and some health syncs work best with a OnePlus phone. Don't buy it for ECG: the evidence conflicts, so check the listing for your region. We'd also trust a Pixel Watch more for workout accuracy. Expect the occasional software glitch, like a slow wake after bedtime mode. Skip it if you want LTE or have smaller wrists, since 47mm is your only size.

Buy this if you want Garmin's training tools in a case that fits a smaller wrist. At 42mm and about 37g, it slides under a jacket sleeve and sits flat while you sleep. It's a road and gym watch. GearLab's median heart rate gap was 1.0 bpm once about 15 minutes had passed, and it stayed within 0.04 miles on a 2-mile course, but single-band GPS drifts under heavy trees. Say you run city streets before work and lift twice a week: that's its home turf. Plan on about five days with the always-on display, or about 11 with raise-to-wake. Owners on Garmin's forum report battery drain after some updates. One found a restart cured it, so try that first. Sources conflict on offline music and Garmin Pay, so check the listing if you need them. Skip it for trails, or if you want calls on your wrist, since it has no speaker or microphone.

This is the watch we'd recommend if it's your first and you're watching your budget. A week of training on one charge is realistic, and free offline maps give you turn-by-turn directions. Say you've just started running and want to try a new loop without pulling out your phone: that's where it shines. On steady runs, the data is close to a Garmin's: 5.50km against 5.52km and the same 135 bpm average in one Gadgets & Wearables comparison. Hard intervals are different. We believe the warnings that heart rate struggles at high intensity, so pair a chest strap once you start doing speed work. GPS is single-band too, so routes with poor signal may suffer. The smartwatch side is thinner than Wear OS, with a small app store, less polished music and payments that vary by region. If you want a stronger mix of running and smart features, a Garmin Forerunner 165 is worth the extra spend.

We'd buy this only if you carry a Galaxy phone and can live with near-daily charging. With that phone you get ECG, irregular rhythm alerts and sleep apnea detection, none of which are officially available on a Pixel or OnePlus. At 34g and 8.6mm thick on the 44mm model, it's easy to forget it's there, and health data holds up: a 4.3 bpm average gap from a Polar H10 on a Notebookcheck ride. Battery is the catch, at 30 to 35 hours with the always-on display off in Android Authority's use. Say you track your sleep, then a morning ride: you'll want the charger by that evening. A full charge should take about 90 minutes, but some owners on Reddit and Samsung's forums report two to four hours, with heat the likely cause. Watch 8 and third-party chargers may make it worse. Compare it with the Watch 8 before paying more, since little has changed.

The Watch 9 has replaced this model, and we'd still choose it if the price is lower and you own a Galaxy phone. You mainly give up the newer chip, because battery life doesn't improve on the Watch 9. It's still weak here: about 24 hours with the always-on display, or a day and a half of typical use with it off. Say you wear it to bed for sleep tracking: plan a top-up every morning, and allow more than an hour for a full charge. Owners on Reddit also reported sudden battery drain in July across the Watch 6, 7 and 8, which looks like a software problem. On a non-Samsung phone, we see no reason to consider it, since ECG and blood pressure won't work. Heart rate is fine for everyday use, with a 5.2% gap from a Polar H10 during activity. Use a case if you're hard on screens, because the raised glass can crack.

Buy this only if you want it to look like a watch first. Say you wear a dial to the office and don't want your wrist lighting up in meetings: this suits you, and you still get ECG with FDA approval for atrial fibrillation detection, plus good sleep data. It's a fair choice for Android too, since the Withings app doesn't hold back features by phone. Plan on 7 to 10 days, not the claimed 30, which assumes you limit workout tracking and some health scans. Don't buy it for exercise. There's no GPS, and in Tech Advisor's 35-minute swim it recorded heart rate only about a third of the time. Most of the app's extra insights need a Withings+ subscription, and notifications are hard to read on the tiny screen. It's also an older design, on sale since at least 2023. The cheaper ScanWatch Light is worth a look.