Apple Watch Series 6 might very well be the best smartwatch on the market – like the Series 5 before it. The “smart” experience remains fluid and useful while fitness features remain extremely easy to use and analyse. However, there’s little reason to upgrade from last gen.

As far as wearables are concerned, great app support, a vertically integrated ecosystem and rich features has usually kept the Apple Watch ahead of its competitors. But with companies like Huawei, Garmin and even Samsung gaining ground, the company has its work cut out for itself.

The Apple Watch Series 6 isn’t making any changes to how you know or already use an Apple Watch. What Apple is doing instead is adding newer capabilities on to what was already there.

Every year, I would open my drawer and look at my dress watches. Inevitably, they don’t work, the lack of usage resulting in their batteries’ death. The Apple Watch is the cause of it.

When Apple sent over a review unit of the Apple Watch Series 6 , I was intrigued. This was, after all, the very first time that I would be extensively using an Apple Watch—in part, because of my preference for Android smartphones in the past.

Apple didn’t invent the smartwatch, but it’s done a ton to improve it, delivering the same clean design and intuitive controls you know from its smartphones and computers. The Series 6 goes next level with an array of wellness features, including an oximeter to measure blood oxygen levels, sleep...

Always-on retina display; Built-in GPS and LTE; Water-resistant

Pricey; So-so battery power

Longer battery life and faster charging; stunning new colors; potential to be an even more capable health tracker

The potential for deeper sleep analysis and even more advanced health-tracking is unrealized—for now

Well rested. After what seemed like eternal rest Apple has finally awoken and delivered. The new sleep tracking feature is available for older models as well while the new oxygen saturation feature depends on a new sensor only available in Apple's Series 6 Watch. Both of those are features that are already available on other models. Apple is thus playing catch up in regard to health features. Find out in our review whether they did enough to outperform the competition.

Making and taking phone calls, paying, listening to music, downloading popular apps from the app sto...

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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