Thinking about buying a smartwatch? Wondering what the best smartwatch is? What matters most to you? Having something that looks great on your wrist? Or a device that is packed full of features and connects seamlessly to all the apps on your smartphone?

Luckily, there are plenty of options out there these days that deliver both. If you own an Android phone, here are some of the best smartwatches for high quality, feature-rich, dangerously on-trend smartwatch.

Best Smartwatch For Android 1: Samsung Galaxy Watch 3

Techradar rates the Galaxy Watch 3 not just as the best Android smartwatch out there, but the best smartwatch full stop. It’s not hard to see why. We’re used to Samsung and Apple slugging it out at the premium end of the smartphone market, and the Galaxy Watch v Apple Watch debate pretty much repeats the more of the same. 

The first thing you notice about the Galaxy Watch 3 is that it looks every inch a classic designer wrist watch, the sort of thing you wouldn’t mind wearing with your smartest outfit. But it is smart in plenty of other ways as well, letting you connect to and control a wide range of Android apps on your phone, and boasting a phenomenal 8GB extra storage on your wrist to boot.

Best Smartwatch For Android 2: Samsung Galaxy Active Watch 2

Given Samsung’s apparent determination to dominate the smartphone and tablet markets with the number of devices it offers, it’s no surprise that it has plenty of high-quality smartwatches on the market too. Android Central likes the Active Watch 2 for its sportier range of features, including better battery life than the Watch 3, better battery life and better range of health/fitness tracking features. It also doesn’t look bad on your wrist in a sports-casual kinda way, plus it costs less than the Watch 3. 

Best Smartwatch 3: Garmin Fenix 6

There is a whole area of discussion these days about when a fitness tracker becomes a smartwatch, and the truth is it’s a grey area that probably doesn’t even matter. A rule of thumb if you like making such distinctions, however, is that a smartwatch should at least look and function like a watch as well as a fitness tracker. The Garmin Fenix 6 straddles both camps beautifully, making a very attractive if heftily priced digital timepiece. But as this review in Men’s Health highlights, the Fenix 6’s real strength is as a premium accessory for fitness and running enthusiasts, coming packed with GPS tracking, pre-loaded route maps, heart and sleep rate monitors, training features, and much more.

Best Smartwatch 4: Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 4G/LTE

Finally, although many watches rely on linking to a smartphone for most of their features, there is a growing market for stand-alone devices that function just as well if you don’t happen to have your phone in your pocket. One of the key issues for these types of the smartwatch is connectivity. As the name suggests, the Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 4G/LTE has this covered with high-quality 4G/LTE connectivity built into the device, which means you can keep streaming music on your run without having to carry your phone.

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