Apple Watch, Galaxy Watch, Pixel Watch, Garmin Venu or the $80 underdog? It was a tight race, but one watch ultimately pulled ahead.
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I Ran 30 Miles With 5 Smartwatches. Here’s the One You Can Actually Trust
Best Android Smartwatch for 2026
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Apple Watch Series 11
Garmin Venu® 4, 45mm
Google Pixel Watch 4 (45mm)
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8
Amazfit Bip 6 Smart Watch 46mm
Polar H10 Heart Rate Monitor Chest Strap
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00:00 Intro: Which Smartwatch is Most Accurate?
00:51 Let’s meet our five contenders
01:13 Test Time: Steps count
01:55 Test Results
02:11 Test for distance
02:29 Test distance result
02:55 Heart rate
03:15 Quick science lesson
03:39 Heart rate test explained
04:04 Heart rate test results
04:28 Second-by-second metrics
05:40 Which watch tracked my heart rate the closest?
06:33 Final thoughts
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April 13, 2026 at 10:05 am
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I Ran 30 Miles With 5 Smartwatches. Here’s the One You Can Actually Trust
Best Android Smartwatch for 2026
@BobMcBurger1
April 13, 2026 at 10:43 am
Not even using the Apple Watch Ultra.
@kalleeshwarelumalai3437
April 13, 2026 at 10:53 am
Next time you can include the sleep monitoring
@sarid246
April 13, 2026 at 11:03 am
As usual Apple always does a better job
@lifesgoodie
April 13, 2026 at 11:04 am
Super stuff
@aki2065
April 13, 2026 at 11:18 am
If you have used Samsung smartwatches long enough, then these test results were not so shocking after all. In fact, Galaxy smartwatches have been known for showing inaccurate walking and running distances, VO2 Max, and the worst of all, battery life.
@nuyou21
April 13, 2026 at 11:24 am
Poor Samsung and Google 🤭😂
@jerdorr
April 13, 2026 at 11:31 am
Amazfit ( esp my Max ) make WearOS irrelevant
@videobiker9131
April 13, 2026 at 12:24 pm
Great job!! I got my first Apple watch after I found out I had a heart condition ( a bad one but still). I lost one for about six or eight months and by the time I found that I couldn’t remember the password and so I’m gonna try and reset the password but if I can’t, I’ll just get the Apple Watch 11.
@KasunGamage
April 13, 2026 at 12:24 pm
I left Apple and other smartwatches for Garmin a long time ago. My Garmin Fenix 8 has been doing a great job for me for years now. Previous i had forerunner..love it..garmin all the way..
@yaakovc2601
April 13, 2026 at 12:44 pm
Galaxy watch just got blood pressure compare with BP cuff
@HarlemGreatest
April 13, 2026 at 12:50 pm
I trust cnet as much as I trust a total stranger taking my 10 year old daughter to the store for candy
@emka9537
April 13, 2026 at 2:41 pm
Apple watch isn’t smartwatch only wearos watches is smartwatch. Calling a Garmin, Apple , amazfit smartwatch is so misleading and wrong
@atehrani
April 13, 2026 at 2:43 pm
If you want accurate HR monitoring get a chest strap. Smart watches will have some error due to their sensors and how snug they fit on your wrist.
@jonathanleach3914
April 13, 2026 at 2:49 pm
Very good. I appreciate the amount of work that went into making this film. Many thanks.
@vanessahandorellana
April 13, 2026 at 6:36 pm
Than you so much for the positive feedback 🙏🏼
@AnthonyGale
April 13, 2026 at 3:25 pm
I wish the pixel 4 came closer to apple.
@QMaverick1
April 13, 2026 at 3:54 pm
I’d be interested in how other variables impact the accuracy of the readings. For example, you’re a sample size of one person . . . but we all have different sized wrists, veins, etc. In other words, would the Pixel or Samsung watch have worked better on someone else?
This is by no means a complaint! I loved the video–I’d just love to see a follow-up with similar testing across multiple people of multiple body-shapes, ethnicities, etc. That may be a little too . . . big, but I’m extremely curious!
@vanessahandorellana
April 13, 2026 at 8:20 pm
There are sooooo many variables! Even the weather impacted HR results… I imagine because of differences in blood flow at different temps.
@mstreich
April 13, 2026 at 4:06 pm
So the Samsung was off by 10% for walking distance? That seems high. 2:30
@SpelledWithPH
April 13, 2026 at 4:50 pm
This was a great video! I love how you approached it like a science project — actually measuring your distance, heartbeat, and steps with accurate tools really made it stand out as genuinely informative. Bravo!
@vanessahandorellana
April 13, 2026 at 6:35 pm
Appreciate the feedback 🙏🏼! That was exactly the approach I was going for, glad it came across.
@CorneliusJermaineHightower-k9b
April 13, 2026 at 5:19 pm
The problem with Samsung watches is the chipset period it’s good and way better then past version, but it’s not where it should be let Qualcomm handle all mobile devices not just for Samsung’s but all android devices which at this rate is just Samsungand Pixel products 😅. And that’s their problem, everything she said, is right on the money. Apple has a really good chip. That’s why it tracks so well.
@anthonyvallejo1537
April 13, 2026 at 7:05 pm
Best video!!!
@johnmckay428
April 13, 2026 at 7:24 pm
outstanding, thanks
@nuraprilia9694
April 13, 2026 at 7:29 pm
Where is the drop test?
@CoinOpTV
April 13, 2026 at 8:09 pm
I jumped ship from the Apple Watch last year to Garmin Venu 4 – really enjoy the new watch and battery life — price isn’t cheap but feels like something that is going to last a handful of years.
@JoeyFigueroa83
April 13, 2026 at 8:12 pm
6:45 What about Apple Watch Ultra users?
@vanessahandorellana
April 13, 2026 at 8:18 pm
Same sensor on both! In theory will have similar outcome.