As a certified personal trainer, I tested 16 wearables while training, running and swimming. Here are the best fitness trackers and watches in 2026.

It’s not the best buy for its price, but it’s a welcome addition to Garmin’s lineup.

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We ran more than 1,000km to test top-rated GPS fitness watches including Apple, Garmin and the best for beginners ...

Need a smartwatch that's different? You should take a look at Huawei's Watch Fit 5 Pro.

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Battery life: You want your device to keep up with you and your lifestyle, so battery life is key. There's nothing worse than finishing a workout and realizing that it wasn't tracked. Water resistance ...

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FITNESS. We evaluate the wearables' accuracy of the device's key fitness measurements. The OnePlus Watch 3 has excellent fitness tracking features, such as heart rate measurement. This device provides ...

The Apple Watch’s Cardio Fitness measurement is a more user-friendly term for VO2 max, a universally recognized and established fitness metric that measures how much oxygen your body can transport to ...

Software can be tricky for newcomers Lift-to-wake is still unreliable Limited smart features Included strap prone to dirt “Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, ...

The Apple Watch, which was released on April 24, 2015, wasn’t the first fitness tracker or even the first smartwatch. (Depending on how you define those categories, they had been around for as much as ...