For three years, runners who wanted their first proper Garmin faced a specific frustration. The Forerunner 55 — Garmin’s entry-level runner — was capable and affordable. But its LCD display looked dated next to competing watches at the same price. And it lacked the training tools that made paying for a Garmin worth it in … Read more
If you are thinking about buying a smartwatch and wondering whether it will drain your phone battery faster, you’re in the right place. The short answer is yes, a paired smartwatch does use some of your phone’s battery. But the real answer is more useful than that: how much it drains depends on several specific … Read more
Most fitness trackers want your attention. They buzz, they glow, they show you notifications from people you were already ignoring on your phone. You end up glancing at your wrist fifty times a day for reasons that have nothing to do with your health. The Fitbit Air goes in the opposite direction completely. There is … Read more
The question is simple. The answer takes thirty seconds to find — if you know where to look. If you use an iPhone, the Apple Watch Series 12 is the correct choice, and no further reading is technically required. If you use a Samsung phone or any other Android phone, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 9 … Read more
You are about to step into the shower, and you wonder whether you need to take your smartwatch off first. Maybe you take it off every time out of habit. Or maybe you have been wearing it and hoping for the best. The answer is not the same for every watch. Some smartwatches are completely … Read more
Garmin didn’t choose the name of its Fenix 9 launch event by accident. Play Harder. Not train smarter. Not perform better. Play harder. The two words tell you exactly what kind of person Garmin built this watch for. Someone who treats the outdoors as the point, not the backdrop. Someone who runs trails, climbs peaks, … Read more
Most parents of primary school-age children describe a specific moment that changes how they think about their child and technology. The child is old enough to walk to a friend’s house alone. Old enough to attend after-school clubs without a parent waiting outside. Old enough to handle a one-hour period of independence without supervision. But … Read more
Every smartwatch advertisement makes the same promise. Buy this watch, and it will monitor your heart. It will track your sleep. It will measure your stress. It will detect your blood pressure. It will even track your blood sugar. Some of these claims are completely true. Some are partially true with important limits. And some … Read more
For six years, wearing a recovery band meant choosing between two uncomfortable options. Pay a significant annual subscription for the data insights the band was built to provide. Or buy a fitness tracker that tracks steps and heart rate but stops well short of the recovery-focused analytics that make a band genuinely worth wearing overnight. … Read more
Buying your first smartwatch feels overwhelming at first. Hundreds of options, dozens of features you have never used, and ads that make every watch sound like the most important purchase of your life. The truth is simpler than the marketing suggests. Most people only regularly use three or four features on their smartwatch. Most people … Read more