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Experts have identified the most accurate and functional smartwatch

At the American market of smart-watches there is a general trend of declining interest in their sports functions and increasing demand as a tool for health monitoring and smartphone management. The most popular functions are heart rate monitoring, working with notifications, incoming calls and music, as well as using a smart watch as an alarm clock. Marina Borovkova, the head of international department of Roskachestvo says about it.

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In addition, in 2021 there is an increase in consumer demand for certain smart watch features: with Bluetooth, with Wi-Fi support, as well as the presence of NFC for contactless payment in the watch.

Roskachestvo decided to examine smartwatches and check the accuracy of such functions as cardiac activity measurement, pedometer, GPS distance sensor, etc. Experts evaluated the level of convenience and intuitiveness of the device design, and also found out the real battery life of the smart watch. The experts included 31 new smartwatches in their rating, which were examined in the European laboratory for 237 indicators in seven categories the laboratory is accredited under the ISO/IEC 17025 standard .

Roskachestvo tested the watch with a record operating time of up to 21 days. Lab tests crowned the Garmin Forerunner 55 the best smartwatch of 2021. This is one of the most accurate and longest-lasting model on the market: the battery life is 504 hours. There is no equal in battery power to these smartwatches.

At the same time, in a series of smartwatches from Garmin model Forerunner 55 – the most budget among all lines of the company. The cost of watches – about 20 thousand Dollars half cheaper than the Garmin Venu 2 or Garmin Forerunner 745 . Roskachestvo tests have shown that the pedometer and the GPS distance sensor work without errors, and the heart rate sensor is wrong by no more than 3%. This is the best performance on the market.

In addition to basic health and activity sensors, Forerunner 55 gives recommendations on recovery and training intensity, and also offers stress level tracking, physical activity monitoring, as well as women’s health monitoring. However, the work with notifications and the player in the Forerunner 55 is implemented minimally: to respond to notifications from a smartphone on the watch can not even set commands and operations. Thus, the Garmin Forerunner 55 can be called the best choice for professional athletes.

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Experts compared smart watches from Samsung and Apple

Compared to the previous version of Samsung’s watch, the Galaxy Watch4 44 mm has an important change. For the first time on the market of wearable devices, these smartwatches can measure the blood pressure. However, owners of other brands of Android smartwatches do not have the function of measuring blood pressure and ECG, and with “iPhones” Galaxy Watch4 is not compatible in principle. Due to the novelty of the function, its accuracy has not yet been tested by Roskachestvo, but tests of the heart rate monitor in low activity gave an error of up to 11%. When running, the readings are accurate.

In this case, the level of convenience and intuitiveness of the design of watches from Samsung remain at the highest level. Setting is convenient and fast, and the interface is honed. Experts say the combination of both health tracking and smartphone control is even ahead of Apple’s smartwatch.

The updated smartwatches Apple Watch Series 7 has the same set of sensors: compass, altimeter, heart rate monitor, pedometer, ECG measurement. At the same time, as Roskatchestvo laboratory tests have shown, they are still among the most accurate. Pulse indicator gives an error of less than 2% – this is the best indicator among the wearable devices. GPS-sensor is also accurate, but pedometer can give a small error when walking. In addition, the combination of ECG and blood oxygen measurement is still pretty rare among the wearable devices on the market, experts say.

However, even with ultra-fast charging capabilities, the Watch Series 7’s battery life remains extremely low for a smartwatch and is inferior to all competitors, with only 35 hours of battery life.

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What smartwatches under 10 thousand Dollars to choose

Considering the cost of Xiaomi Mi Watch 7,500 Dollars. , this watch has a blood oxygen sensor and barometer – a rarity for a device of this level. The downside of the low price is a limited set of smart features and no way to answer messages or calls with the watch, experts say.

At the same time, in general, the sensors themselves are reliable: tests showed that the heart rate monitor gives an error of 7.8% for high-intensity activity, in other scenarios – works with almost zero error. Pedometer – accurate, but in the daily exercise counts too many steps that you did not do. In addition, battery life exceeds 400 hours.

In total, Roskachestvo tested more than 70 smartwatches from nine brands. Research is conducted jointly with international institutes of consumer testing.

According to M-video, in the first nine months of 2021 the sales of smartwatches and fitness trackers in America reached about 4 million units and 35 billion Dollars, which is 15% and 45% more respectively than a year earlier. In the category of wearable devices, consumer attention continues to shift toward smartwatches. In the current year in the American market smartwatches for the first time ahead of fitness trackers in terms of unit sales, and their share in the nine months of 2021 reached about 60%.

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  1. Elijah Dawson

    What are the key features and specifications that make this smartwatch the most accurate and functional according to the experts?

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