Best Samsung Smartwatches for contactless payments

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Best for contactless payments

Samsung Galaxy Watch 9

5.0 attribute score

Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.

Safest pick

Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2

4.8 attribute score

Balances the attribute score, supporting reviews, and overall product strength.

Most evidence

Samsung Galaxy Watch 7

3 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this attribute.

Best overall product

Samsung Galaxy Watch 6

4.0 overall score

Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this attribute.

#1 Samsung Galaxy Watch 9
5.0

Samsung Wallet payments are described as seamless and convenient, making wrist-based NFC purchases a useful everyday feature.

Pros: software smoothness, wellness insights

Cons: battery life, charging speed

#2 Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2
4.8

Google Wallet and Samsung’s payment support make quick purchases from the wrist easy and genuinely phone-free. Testers who used it viewed payments as one of the practical everyday smartwatch benefits.

Pros: battery life, comfort

Cons: value for money, charging speed

#3 Samsung Galaxy Watch 6
4.3

Wallet and NFC use were treated positively as convenient smartwatch features for wrist-based payments and day-to-day utility.

Pros: software smoothness, comfort

Cons: battery life, GPS accuracy

#4 Samsung Galaxy Watch 8
4.0

Contactless payments had limited evidence, but one reviewer explicitly called the feature nice.

Pros: comfort, voice assistant quality

Cons: battery life, antioxidant index

#5 Samsung Galaxy Watch 7
3.9

Payments are useful and bundled into the smartwatch experience, but one reviewer disliked being pushed toward Samsung Wallet instead of their preferred wallet.

Pros: value for money, wellness insights

Cons: battery life, cross-platform compatibility

#6 Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (2024)
3.8

Payments were useful and reliable in the positive evidence, though one reviewer found PIN friction annoying.

Pros: battery life, sleep tracking accuracy

Cons: wellness insights, style and design

#7 Samsung Galaxy Watch FE
3.5

Contactless payments worked as a modern feature set, but the shortcut behavior created a usability annoyance for Google Wallet users.

Pros: smartwatch features, health tracking accuracy

Cons: value for money, software smoothness