Many handset makers have thrown their weight into Android Wear. Making the right choice for your needs can be difficult, perfect smartwatch should work effortlessly. Google’s smartwatch OS is a hotbed of wearable innovation. Some watches offer still minimalist functionality, others stand out seriously, because of the presence of elements can make a difference, a GPS or a heart rate monitor.
Fitbit Blaze
A smart fitness watch built with continuous heart rate, Connected GPS. It offers a significant advantage over its rivals and supports 5 days of battery usage. Inside, you’ll find the traditional heart rate sensor that will keep track of your physical activity. By connecting to your smartphone, the watch allows you to access your calls, SMS and calendar events directly on its dial and even control your music. It is quite compatible with our smartphones under the Google OS.
Key Specs
- Display: LCD of 1.26 inches
- Battery: Up to 5 days standby
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.0
- Sensors: heart rate monitor,
- Weight: 40 grams
- Protection: splashproof
Samsung Gear S3
Promising battery life of 4 days, powered by the 380 mAh, more power than 250 mAh on Gear S2. Equipped with a round dial with stainless steel brushed, the new watch from Samsung, offers beautiful finishes and a rotating ring that will navigate between different menus, it runs under Tizen, the Samsung home OS.
- Display: 1.3-inch sAMOLED with screen resolution 360 x 360 pixels
- Processor: Exynos 7270 clocked at 1GHz
- RAM: 768 MB
- Storage: 4GB
- Battery: 380 mAh
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, GPS
- Connectivity: USB 2.0
- Weight: 62 grams (Frontier) / 59 grams (Classic)
- Protection: IP68
- OS: Tizen
LG G Watch R
Beautiful and elegant design, LG G Watch R follow the footsteps of the Moto 360 with a round screen. Korean tech giant planning to develop a competing product in the same vein. LG G Watch R features a rectangular design of the previous model for a 245 dpi round screen that will offer deep blacks and intense colors, Thanks to Plastic OLED technology. And battery supports two days of smart watch usage.
- Display: P-OLED 1.3 inch with resolution 320 x 320 pixels
- CPU: Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 1.2 GHz
- Memory (RAM): 512 MB
- Internal Storage: 4GB
- Battery: 410 mAh
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.0 Low energy
- Connectors: 5-pin charger
- Weight: 62 grams
- Waterproof under water up to 1 meter for 30 minutes
Motorola Moto 360
Motorola Moto 360 is one of the first Android Wear smartwatches announced by the Motorola, premium design with a brushed metal, On board you can find a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 400. With its 400 mAh battery for model 16 mm, and 300 mAh for the 42 mm model, the Moto 360 smartwatch offers a full day of battery life.
- Display: IPS LCD Backlit, protection Gorilla Glass 3
- Man 42 mm and Woman 42 mm: definition 360 x 325 (263 dpi)
- Processor: Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 clocked at 1.2 GHz
- GPU Adreno 305
- RAM: 512 MB
- Storage: 4GB
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.0 LE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g
Sony Smartwatch 3
First connected watch from Sony under Android Wear, includes of TFT screen of 1.6 inches with an anti-glare, which gives it a very good visibility in full sun and supports up to 1.50 meters of immersion. Resistance guaranteed by the protection index IP68, Runners, walkers and cyclists will appreciate the Sony Smartwatch 3 for its onboard GPS, Small flat in design.
- Display: TFT LCD of 1.6 inches with resolution of 320 x 320 pixels.
- Processor: ARM Cortex-A7 Quad-Core 1.2 GHz
- Memory (RAM): 512 MB
- Internal Storage: 4GB
- Battery: 420 mAh
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy, NFC, WiFi, GPS
- Connectivity: USB 2.0
- Colors: black, yellow.