The 4 Best Smartwatches Under $50 in 2027

This is the one we'd buy. It has a big AMOLED screen you can read in direct sun, built-in GPS and enough battery to forget the charger for a week. Say you walk the dog before work and check your stats at lunch: the route is logged, and the screen stays clear outdoors. Plan on about 7 days with the always-on display and full monitoring, or about 12 with them off, per AndroidGuys. Ignore the 18-day claim. Buyers on PcComponentes keep praising the battery and screen, though a couple complain about route recording, which is worth knowing if you ride or hike long routes. The real weakness is counting: steps and calories can be wrong, so treat them as rough. You also can't reply to messages. Xiaomi has since released the Redmi Watch 6 Lite, so this isn't the newest model.

Pick this only if you run or walk outdoors and want a round AMOLED screen with GPS. It has the strongest single accuracy result here: on one run, iXBT Live logged 17.33 km against 17.02 km on an Amazfit Cheetah Pro. That's one run in a blog post with an advertising disclosure, so we treat it as promising, not proven, and that's why this watch sits last. Battery looks good, with 9 days of mixed use that included GPS and treadmill workouts. Ignore heart rate for the first 5 to 10 minutes of a workout, when it can read about 20 bpm high. Say you're out in a winter coat: the weak vibration makes it easy to miss an alert, and messages cut off at around 90 characters anyway. Its 1ATM rating covers rain and sweat, not swimming, so skip it if you swim.

Buy this for how it looks and feels, not for GPS. The round AMOLED screen, working rotating crown and swappable bezels make it the most fun watch here, and it suits calls, alerts and light activity. The problem is outdoor tracking. GSMArena saw 2 to 5 minute locks but logs that nearly matched Samsung, Garmin and Coros devices, so the data can be fine once it starts. We still side with the doubters, because owners on the Nothing Community forum keep reporting long waits or no lock at all, with no confirmed fix, though not everyone hits it. Say you step out for a run before work: you could spend those minutes standing in the street. Battery's solid, at about 4 to 6 days with the always-on display and close to 10 without. Skip it if you want dependable GPS or sleep stages. CMF has since released the Watch 3 Pro.

Buy this if you hate charging and mostly want calls, alerts and sleep data. Expect about a week per charge even with workouts and calls on. With lighter use it goes much further: The Week still had 55% left after 12 days at about 40% brightness. Say you leave your charger at home for a long weekend: you won't think about it. Don't trust the step count, though. Some accounts call it accurate, but Outlook Business saw 20% to 30% fewer steps than a OnePlus Watch 2R, and that side-by-side comparison is the evidence we believe. Use it to compare one day with another, not as an exact total. There's no built-in GPS, always-on display, message replies or swim mode. The chunky, uneven bezel only matters if looks matter to you. Xiaomi has since launched the Redmi Watch 6 Active.