Apart from making smartwatches like the Gear S2 and the new Gear S3 , Samsung has not forgotten about their fitness wearable segment. The latest incarnation of Samsung's fitness bands, the Gear Fit2 certainly sports quite a few upgrades compared to its predecessor. Read on to find out what we think.

The first Gear Fit wasn't a bad product. It was just one that wanted to be something for everyone, disappointing most in the process. Of course, 2014 was a few lifetimes ago. Much has happened in the world of wearables.

Sharp screen; Good fit; Solid battery life

Data collection is hit or miss; Limited app offerings; No iOS compatibility

The Samsung Gear Fit2 around my wrist thinks I am the world's most ambitious stair-climber. On Tuesday, the sensors packed inside believed I'd climbed 96 flights. At the most, I climbed 70. OK, fine. More like ten.

Better than your average fitness tracker with an AMOLED screen, music player, GPS, and notifications; Great price for feature set; Comfy fit; Automatically recognizes some types of exercise

Android-only phone features; It's waterproof, but wearing it in the shower can confuse the barometer; Not many apps available for the band itself

I have to give Samsung credit: it went from making a me-too wearable to making something that feels like a serious commitment, something that its intended audience would actually want to use. I'm talking about the Samsung Gear Fit 2, the company's new activity-tracking wristband.

Comfortable band; Tracks everything except swimming; Built-in GPS

Band still isn't very attractive; Display not visible in sunlight; Android only

Smarter and sleeker than a Fitbit, Samsung's Gear Fit 2 is our favorite fitness tracker.

Wide curved display shows stats; Heart rate tracking; Tons of fitness metrics; Notification support; 3 day battery life

Still too big for the small wristed; The interface is too dense; No iOS support -- yet

Samsung's first effort, the Gear Fit , was an attractive and functional fitness tracker held back by some irritating limitations. Chief among them was the fact that you needed a Samsung Galaxy phone to use it. Samsung has solved this issue, along with many others, with the Gear Fit2 ($179.99).

Sharp, colorful display; Comfortable; Doesn't require a Samsung phone; Integrated GPS and heart rate monitor; Standalone music player with Bluetooth streaming capability

No iOS support; Few additional apps or watch faces available at launch; Narrow screen results in cramped, awkward layouts; Heart rate monitoring isn't continuous

I read lots of reviews on this piece before it was available in Canada and they didn't disappoint. I am very pleased with this device. I use it paired with my Galaxy S7

Smart watch features; Screen Clarity; Custom watchfaces; comfortable; water resistance

Glass

There's no perfect fitness tracker. The good ones achieve a balance, working around the inherent flaws that plague the product class: namely battery compromises, awkward UIs, and managing Bluetooth connections. The Samsung Gear Fit 2 achieves this balance.

Comfortable for most; Great display; Feature rich

Too bulky for small wrists; Alerts tough to feel; Only compatible with Android smartphones (as of this writing

There's no doubt that Samsung packed a lot of value into its $179 Gear Fit 2. This small and attractive fitness tracker has a colorful display, a heart-rate monitor, GPS and 4GB of storage. It also automatically tracks your activities and delivers notifications from your smartphone.

Inexpensive for features; GPS; Bluetooth; heart-rate monitor; Built-in 4GB of storage for music; Automatic activity tracking

Only works with Android phones; Display is hard to view in sunlight; Short battery life

The Samsung Gear Fit 2 is more evolution than revolution. Unlike other fitness trackers, it adds valuable smartwatch features to a slim and simple design but that seems to come at the price of inaccurate, and oddly vague fitness readings.

It's slim; sleek and hardy with a waterproof body; That screen is utterly; utterly gorgeous; Its smartwatch skills can rival Android Wear

Fitness tracking feels more like fitness guessing; The Tizen store remains fairly empty; Although improved; Samsung's smartphone apps are still problematic