What Smartwatch should I get?

Just don't get the cheapo U8 watch. I read an article that the app you install with it sends phone data to some I address in China...

I'm liking the look and functionality of my 2014 moto 360 that I got for $108 delivered, but the one true downside I see is that it requires ambient screen off for a reasonable battery life. I hear some complain about flat tire and cpu sluggishness, but I use watch face that looks fine with flat tire, and I don't notice any sluggishness.

Zenwatch 2 sounds like a pretty darned good deal if you like the square look. Has speaker. I don't think it has heart rate monitor, but that's not a big feature for most.

I just saw lg watch urbane dropped to 170. Nice round watch with amoled display (unlike m360). Not sure if it has heart rate monitor.

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Samsung Gear S2 is a pretty good watch except for the fact app support just isn't there yet.

It has very very few apps. Hopefully more app makers get on board and write to Samsung's operating system which happens to be Tizen

Castiel Novak said:

•Can be used for fitness (heart sensor, Google Fit)

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Castiel Novak said:

Will this [ZenWatch 2] still allow me to control Google Play Music and be used with Google Fit? Because if it can, then I'd go for that.

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Zenwatch 2 does not have heart-rate sensor, so it may not meet your personal expectations.

I don't consider it a problem myself. While most of the other watches do have a heart rate sensor, they are sometimes inaccurate and they only monitor intermittently (not continuously). When I exercize I use a Zephyr HxM chest-strap continuous heart rate monitor instead of the hrm on my watch. That cheststrap hrm feeds into SportsTracker Pro app on my phone, which also senses my speed/distance/stride by phone sensors. Real-time results / progress are displayed on phone or watch (I bring both on my runs). The phone also shows in-progress and historical graphs of a workout session.

I agree with Electric pete.

An Asus zenwatch 2 and a real good htm would probably be a better/cheaper combo.

Asus zenwatch 2 goes for 129 or 150 mattering on what size you get.

Its supported by android wear so it does pretty much everything any other android wear watch can do. Texts calls (this is a big one. It has a built in speaker and a recent android wear update has code to support it's function) I believe only the moto360 (2nd gen) And the zenwatch2 have built in speakers so you can take advantage of that.

I assume you could also play music on the watch's speaker if that's what you prefer to do instead of using headphones while you workout (I personally hate headphones/earbuds. I always end up with sweat in my ears)

I been strongly considering the Sen watch. Minus the hrm it has and does pretty much anything any other android wear watch does but for half the price.

Regarding the ZW2's lack of a HR sensor: Last I checked not a single wrist HR sensor worked well, except when you were at rest. Being a bit of a fitness buff: A HR sensor that isn't spot on when I'm aiming for max heart rate is worthless to me. So the HR sensor being removed in v2 was no loss, to my way of thinking.

Jim

I know this question has been answered already but just in case someone else wants another opinion.

For fitness, I would suggest 3 Android wear smartwatches or maybe 4. =)

Sony Smartwatch 3- This one is under $200. It has GPS built-in and it works pretty good with Ghost Racer. No heart rate monitor but you can attach a bluetooth heart rate monitor and no external speaker but bluetooth headsets work fine. It has everything else though.

Moto 360 sport- My friend has this one. He got it for under $300. I like the Moto Body app. It also has GPS that's fairly accurate. It has a heart rate monitor but like all heart rate monitors on Android wear devices accuracy varies.

LG urbane 2nd edition- This one is $360. I just posted something on the LG urbane device forum. I haven't used it yet but I did buy it. See my post for my reason as to why I haven't even turned it on. On paper, this is the beast of all beasts for Android Wear for now. For fitness it should cover all basic needs but will have the same caveats in regards to heart rate monitoring. GPS, external speaker for music without bluetooth headsets, a big round screen to see your stats better and its a watch you can wear anywhere if you like big watches! If you don't then it might be a turn off for some.

And just to add for super basic needs like tracking steps and stuff, then Asus Zenwatch 2 is an easy choice. I bought that for my mom. She walks with it while listening to music without her phone. She uses the UP app to track steps and workouts.