Checking your blood oxygen is a very reasonable addition to the company’s suite of health features.

Blood-oxygen-measuring tool is useful. Faster charging time. Slightly larger display. Still the best smartwatch or fitness tracker for the iPhone.

Battery life remains mediocre. The SE's existence irritates me. Many of the best features are still theoretical. You need an iPhone to use it.

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The Apple Watch Series 6 may seem like an incremental upgrade, but the introduction of blood oxygen monitoring is a game-changer. And the brighter always-on display is welcome. Yes, there’s not much different from the Apple Watch 5 to the Apple Watch 6, but the SpO2 monitor is a tool you might find...

Blood oxygen (SpO2) app, New colorful casings, Brighter always-on display, Faster charging

Same 18-hour battery life

You take your health for granted, right up to the point where a global pandemic makes it abundantly clear just how fragile we all are. I’ve not taught myself a new language during lockdown, or written a bestselling novel, but for the past six months the Apple Watch Series 6 on my wrist has...

Tight integration with iPhone, Comprehensive fitness tracking, Blood oxygen and ECG sensors are useful & reassuring, Long battery life

Siri can be hit & miss still, Cellular version gets expensive

The Apple Watch Series 6 boasts plentiful features that focus on health tracking and wellness. While it's an exceptional fitness tracker that comes with hundreds of app options to optimize your needs, it's not ideal for GPS tracking as its accuracy isn't as good in covered areas.

Excellent and numerous features, integrates across software platforms easily, easy to set up and use, sleek and low profile, quick updates

Poor battery life (both smartwatch and GPS settings), inconsistent GPS accuracy, difficult to find some features, can only be used with an iPhone

Today’s powerful GPS watches have all the sport-specific features to track every stride on the roads, but they’re also packed with other sensors and technology to keep you connected the rest of the day, too.

“Always on” screen stays on without gestures, Recharges quickly, GPS accuracy is as good as every other watch here, Simple, intuitive maps, Hill detection mode, Highly detailed maps, Up to 100 hours of run tracking, Heart rate monitoring, Long battery life, Virtual pay, Syncs with Spotify to store...

Battery drains quickly when using Bluetooth, GPS, and data, Maps don’t show street names, Maps interface a little clunky, Expensive, One color, Short battery life when using GPS and playing music, No onboard music storage, Screen can be unresponsive at times

Almost all the reviews of the Apple Watch Series 6 say the same thing: Yeah, it’s great, but it’s an incremental upgrade, and if you already have a Series 5, skip the upgrade. That’s sage advice, I guess, especially in the middle of a crushing pandemic that’s ruined the economy, left millions...

Despite the new sensors feeling like a tick-box exercise, there's still no better smartwatch on the market. It's just that this time around it offers many features you'll want, along with many that you aren't aware you'd want, plus lots that you'll simply never use.

New dimmed display option; Display is brighter than before; Fluid performance; Lovely design options for both size options;

No game-changing improvements over Series 5; Sleep tracking raises battery charging questions; Altimeter doesn't feel well executed; Why do we have a blood oxygen monitor?;

The Apple Watch has been our longstanding Editors' Choice for its excellent performance, unparalleled app selection, and ample health and fitness tracking features. With the Series 6 (starting at $399), Apple builds upon its flagship smartwatch with the addition of a blood oxygen saturation sensor that calculates your SpO2 level on demand and captures periodic background measurements when you're sleeping and inactive. Putting this technology in a consumer wearable has never been more important given the global COVID-19 pandemic, as it indicates how well your circulatory and respiratory systems are delivering oxygenated blood to your body, and can help you gauge whether a hospital visit is necessary. Beyond this, Apple's changes include a faster processor, an always-on altimeter that lets you see your elevation in real time, and a bump in screen brightness when your wrist is down. These improvements, plus many new additions in watchOS 7, including a 20-second handwashing timer and...

With an unrivaled user experience, fantastic apps, and potentially lifesaving health and fitness features, the Apple Watch Series 6 is the best smartwatch you can buy.

Measures blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) on demand; Always-on altimeter for real-time elevation tracking; Improved wrist-down screen brightness; WatchOS 7 adds a handwashing countdown timer and sleep tracking; Fast new processor; Best third-party app selection; Attractive new watch colors and band options

Expensive; Offers only a slight battery life improvement

Apple just made the Watch even better and although not a lot has changed, it’s still the best smartwatch you can buy.

Great performance; Great screen; Useful health features;

Poor sleep tracking; Still have to charge every day;