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Garmin Forerunner 645 Music review

Garmin’s latest wearable, the Forerunner 645 Music, is a full-featured fitness tracker that doubles as an impressive smartwatch. Featuring offline music streaming and storage, as well as the ability to make contactless payments, it’s a true jack-of-all-trades.
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Marc Jacobs Riley Hybrid Smartwatch review

The Marc Jacobs Riley Hybrid Smartwatch has a quirky design and comes with a variety of smart functions. In our review, we take a closer look to see if its capabilities are as bold as its looks.
A.B. Art Touch X Review

A.B. Art Touch X hands-on review

Attracted by minimalist watches, but want to have some connected features too? The A.B. Art Touch X may fit the bill, with its understated design and hybrid smartwatch capabilities. We’ve worn it, and this is what it’s like.
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Mondaine Smart Helvetica hands-on review

Swiss watch maker Mondaine is ready to release a new smartwatch, the beautiful Helvetica Smart. The classy style hides sensible smart features, backed up by a strong app, making a very desirable overall package. We out it on, and didn’t want to take it off.
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Sequent Supercharger hands-on review

Forget charging and forget replacing batteries, because the Sequent Supercharger hybrid smartwatch uses a true automatic movement to power its extensive smart features, including GPS and a heart rate sensor. It’s a revolution, and we’ve tried it out.
Hublot Big Bang Referee review

Hublot Big Bang Referee hands-on review

Hublot’s first smartwatch is the Big Bang Referee, a tie-up with FIFA, and is as ostentatious and expensive as you’d expect from the famous brand. We’ve got up close with one of the first examples.
Nixon Regulus review

Nixon Regulus hands-on review

It won’t connect to a smartphone but Nixon’s Regulus is the ideal wrist companion when you’re worried about smashing a touchscreen watch or an expensive alternative. Nixon developed this $150 digital timepiece with help from special ops soldiers to ensure it survives in harsh environments.
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Kronaby Apex Review

The Kronaby Apex hybrid smartwatch mixes a high class watch design and premium materials with connected smartwatch features, creating a tempting package. We’ve been wearing it to see if it’s with the equally premium price tag.
Haier Asu review

Haier Asu hands-on review

At this year’s Mobile World Congress, Haier announced the Asu Smartwatch – which looks like a calculator watch until you turn it on its side to reveal a built-in projector.
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Fossil Q Venture review

The Fossil Q Venture Android Wear smartwatch for women may not be packed with features, but it looks stylish and is easy to use.
Nokia Steel HR review

Nokia Steel HR review

In our Nokia Steel HR review, we discuss why this beautiful-looking hybrid watch -- which doubles as an extremely capable fitness tracker -- is worth the money.
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Blocks Core hands-on review

In our Blocks Core hands-on review, we look at what could be a transformative wearable device that solves the modular puzzle.
Kate Spade Scallop review

Kate Spade Scallop hands-on review

In our Kate Spade Scallop hands-on review, we look at how the company has tied its first Android Wear smartwatch into its quirky, fun range.
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Garmin Vivoactive 3 review

With the new Vivoactive 3 Garmin left the big behind and delivered a GPS multisport smartwatch that’s a nice reminder watches don’t have to be big and burly to deliver the goods.
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Samsung Gear Sport review

The best Android smartwatch doesn’t run Android Wear. It’s the Samsung Gear Sport and the company’s proprietary operating system
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Emporio Armani Connected smartwatch review

In our Emporio Armani Connected review, we find out if this Android Wear smartwatch’s looks are enough to overcome the slight lack of high-tech appeal.
Nokia Go Review

Nokia Go review

In our Nokia Go review, we discover a stripped-down wearable that’s still capable of tracking a variety of health and fitness metrics.
Fitbit Ionic Review

Fitbit Ionic review

Fitbit just entered the smartwatch industry. Our Fitbit Ionic review puts it through its paces to see if it's worth a $300 investment.
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Apple Watch Series 3 review

In our Apple Watch Series 3 review, we find out if Apple has given people what they always wanted: A smartwatch that can potentially replace your phone.
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Movado Connect review

Movado’s smartwatch works with Android Pay, runs Android Wear 2.0, and looks sleek. In our Movado Connect Review, we ask if it’s worth the $600 price tag.
Michael Kors Access Grayson

Michael Kors Access Grayson smartwatch review

In our Michael Kors Access Grayson review we test an Android Wear smartwatch that trades features for style.
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Diesel On Full Guard Smartwatch review

Diesel has brought it’s own unique watch styling to the world of wearables with the On Full Guard, a big, bold Android Wear 2.0 smartwatch.
Samsung Gear Sport

Samsung Gear S3 review

Samsung’s Gear S3 builds on previous Gear smartwatches incrementally, but Samsung Pay support means you can pay with your watch almost everywhere.
Motorola Moto 360

Motorola Moto 360 (2015) review

Update: How does the Moto 360 (2015) stack up against the smartwatches of today, and is it still the best choice for women? Read our updated review.
LG Watch Sport.

LG Watch Sport (Android Wear 2.0) review

Google and LG wanted to showcase the best of Android Wear 2.0 in the LG Watch Sport, but as our review shows, will it even fit on your wrist?
Huawei Watch 2 Sport review

Huawei Watch 2 review

LG’s Watch Sport may have been the first Android Wear 2.0 smartwatch, but the Huawei Watch 2 Sport is the one to buy. Here’s our full review.
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Mighty Cast Nex Evolution review

The Nex Band Evolution is a highly-configurable IFTTT-friendly smart wearable. You can use it as a remote to trigger all sorts of actions, but how useful is it? We take a closer look.
Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR Watch

Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR review

With stunning on-screen graphics, stats, and performance metrics, the Spartan Sport Wrist HR is a great training watch.
ZTE Quartz Watch review

ZTE Quartz review

All that glitters is not gold – or quartz. ZTE’s Quartz may not be the most glamorous smartwatch, but it offers basic Android Wear functionality at a fraction of the cost.
Martian Alpha T10

Martian Alpha T10 review

You can call on Alexa and your smartphone's voice assistant with a Martian mVoice smartwatch, but the device also ditches features found in competitors. Can you really rely on voice for your smartwatch needs?
Huawei Fit review

Huawei Fit review

Part activity tracker and part smartwatch, the Huawei Fit’s standout feature is its heart rate monitor, which maintains a careful eye on your heart health on a daily basis. Does this make it worth wearing?
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Emporio Armani EA Connected Watch review

Fashion brands aren’t about to miss out on the wearable tech craze, and Emporio Armani is the latest to come out with a smartwatch. However, it has made the sensible decision of creating a hybrid smartwatch. We’ve been wearing it, and here’s what it’s like.
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Fossil Q Crewmaster Hybrid Smartwatch Review

Not everyone wants to wear a touchscreen smartwatch, or a sporty fitness band, but does want the benefits both bring. The Q Crewmaster may be the answer, as it combines the best features found in both, and matches them with a cool, traditional watch body.
Garmin Forerunner 35 GPS watch

Garmin Forerunner 35 GPS running watch review

The Garmin Forerunner 35 is a sassy little Chiclet of a watch that is the most attractive, affordable heart rate monitoring GPS running watch Garmin has ever made.

Joe Maring has been the Section Editor of Digital Trends’ Mobile team since June 2022. He leads a team of 13 writers and editors with the single goal of publishing the best mobile tech content on the Internet. While much of his time is spent planning and editing the work of his section’s amazing contributors, Joe equally loves writing himself — whether he’s digging into wonky AI apps on phones or explaining why you should buy the latest iPhone.

Joe started talking and writing about phones in 2012 with his tech-focused YouTube channel and website, MobileCupOfJoe. He’s contributed to PhoneArena, XDA Developers, and 9to5Google. He held the titles of News Editor and Senior Editor at Android Central between 2017 and 2021. Before joining Digital Trends, Joe was a Senior Writer and Editor for Screen Rant’s tech section.

Throughout his years in this industry, Joe has attended major trade shows such as CES, MWC, and IFA. He’s also appeared on major tech podcasts, including Tech News Weekly, Clockwise, and the Android Police Podcast.

Joe lives in Michigan with his two cats (Minnie and Polo), a very sweet and dumb pit bull/boxer mix (Damon), and Kenn — his partner of 10 years. When he’s not working, you’ll likely find Joe walking a nature trail, reading at his favorite coffee shop, or watching the Lions.

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