Best 2022 Smartwatches

#1 Tag Heuer Connected Calibre E4
4.3

Best for luxury-watch styling, vivid TAG faces, solid build, and casual smartwatch use. Skip it if you need top fitness accuracy, call handling, LTE, or strong value.

Pros: style and design, battery life

Cons: value for money, heart rate accuracy

#2 Garmin Forerunner 255
4.3

Best for accurate GPS, long battery life, comfort, and serious run/triathlon training tools. Skip it if you need full maps, richer smartwatch apps, calls, or a brighter AMOLED-style experience.

Pros: GPS accuracy, battery life

Cons: smartphone notifications, mapping and navigation

#3 Garmin MARQ Gen 2
4.2

Good if you want Garmin’s strongest sports, golf, GPS, and wellness tools in a luxury build. Skip it if you mainly want the same core features for less.

Pros: display quality, battery life

Cons: value for money, smartphone notifications

#4 Garmin Forerunner 955
4.1

Best for accurate GPS, strong training tools, maps and long battery life. Skip it if you want rich smartwatch features, reliable onboard music setup, LTE, or a solar upgrade that...

Pros: GPS accuracy, battery life

Cons: onboard music storage, charging convenience

#5 Garmin Forerunner 255S
4.1

Good if you want a compact, accurate, long-lasting training watch with serious running and multisport tools. Skip it if you expect a slick touchscreen smartwatch, effortless music setup, or deep...

Pros: value for money, battery life

Cons: menu navigation, user interface

#6 Polar Pacer Pro
3.9

Best for deep running guidance, recovery insights, comfort, and strong value. Skip it if you need rich smartwatch features, onboard music, payments, or best-in-class battery.

Pros: GPS accuracy, value for money

Cons: battery life, smartwatch features

#7 Polar Pacer
3.8

Best for affordable run/tri tracking, strong comfort, battery, display and Polar coaching. Skip it if you need dependable GPS everywhere, rich smartwatch tools, onboard music, navigation or wrist-based power.

Pros: value for money, workout tracking variety

Cons: GPS accuracy, mapping and navigation

#8 Coros Apex 2
3.8

Best for long battery life, comfort, rugged materials, strong app support, and solid everyday workout tracking. Skip it if you need class-leading GPS, polished navigation, streaming music, contactless payments, or...

Pros: value for money, GPS accuracy

Cons: mapping and navigation, onboard music storage

#9 Garmin Vivomove Sport
3.7

Good if you want a stylish, comfortable hybrid with useful Garmin wellness data. Skip it if you need built-in GPS, bright outdoor metrics, richer smartwatch apps, or performance-grade heart-rate accuracy.

Pros: value for money, style and design

Cons: battery life, display quality

#10 Garmin Venu Sq 2
3.7

Best for long battery life, strong GPS/heart-rate tracking, and a bright AMOLED fitness watch. Skip it if you want rich apps, calls, voice assistant support, maps, or premium materials.

Pros: battery life, display quality

Cons: smartwatch features, style and design

#11 Suunto 9 Peak Pro
3.6

Best for long battery life, strong land GPS, rugged build, and sleek outdoor style. Skip it if you want bright maps, richer smartwatch features, consistent wrist heart rate, or the...

Pros: battery life, GPS accuracy

Cons: value for money, mapping and navigation

#12 Fitbit Versa 4
3.5

Good if you want a comfortable fitness-first watch with strong sleep tracking and multi-day battery life. Skip it if you need deep smartwatch apps, phone-free music, or dependable high-intensity workout...

Pros: battery life, GPS accuracy

Cons: value for money, heart rate accuracy

#13 Fitbit Sense 2
3.4

Best for multi-day battery life, comfort, sleep tracking, and stress-focused wellness. Skip it if you need strong smartwatch apps, music controls, reliable workout GPS, or top-tier heart-rate accuracy.

Pros: battery life, stress tracking

Cons: value for money, GPS accuracy

#14 Polar Ignite 3
3.3

Good if you want a slim, comfortable fitness watch with a vivid AMOLED screen, strong sleep insights, and Polar coaching. Skip it if laggy software, shaky GPS, missing payments/music/calls, or...

Pros: display quality, coaching features

Cons: value for money, battery life