Ah, good ol’ wearable devices! There are so many options today, from the slew of Wear OS based watches, to the many fitness trackers from the usual suspects (Fitbit, Garmin)- and of course the Apple Watch. Are any of these… better than the other? And really, what makes a watch… “smart”?

Sources:

Apple Watch:

• PCMag, Updated: 9 November 2020, Accessed: 31 May 2021, “Apple Watch Series 6 Review“
• Wareable, 2 October 2020, “​Apple Watch Series 6 review: The best may not be the right choice“
• Apple.com Newsroom, 9 September 2014, “Apple Unveils Apple Watch—Apple’s Most Personal Device Ever

RTOS:

• Gadgets Now, Updated: 21 May 2021, Accessed: 31 May 2021, “What is RTOS, the ‘most popular’ smartwatch OS for Android phone users”
• The Verge, 13 April 2021, “OnePlus Watch review: big, basic, and boring“

Samsung Galaxy Watches/Tizen OS:

• Tom’s Guide, 19 April 2021,”Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 review“
• Samsung.com, Galaxy Watch3
• Tizen.org, About

Fitbit Sense:

• Android Authority, 31 January 2021, “Fitbit Sense review: A work in progress“
• PC Mag, 22 September 2020, “Fitbit Sense Review”

Wear OS Problems:

• Droid Life, 12 May 2021, “In a Year, We Got Exactly 1 Snapdragon Wear 4100 Watch“
• SmartwatchCrunch, 27 January 2021, “Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100 vs 3100 vs 2100 [Plus Comparison with Exynos vs Apple s5]“
• Notebookcheck.net, “Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226”

Wear Partnership (announced Google I/O 2021):

• Wareable, 19 May 2021, “Samsung ​Galaxy Watch 4: Wear OS and big changes confirmed“
• Ars Technica, 18 May 2021, “Google, Samsung, and Fitbit team up to save Wear OS“

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