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Likes: Always-on display wide variety and sizable number of compatible apps can be used as a pedometer even when disconnected from smartphone water resistant to 120 feet compatible with iPhone and Android smartphones. And neither seems to have a killer app, a feature so compelling that people would clamor to buy it. They both would be more useful if they could interact with more apps. In my tests, neither lasted more than two days without needing a charge - even with light use. But using its non-touch-enabled, monochromatic screen felt like taking a step back in time.īy contrast, I loved the beautiful screen on the Gear Fit, and its touch-screen control was much more intuitive than the Steel's.īut I didn't like that it's only compatible with Samsung smartphones and tablets or that its screen was normally turned off, and it was frustrating trying to figure out the exact gesture required to turn it back on.īut both devices need polish. I liked the much wider array of apps for the Steel, like finding out the time by just glancing at it, and that it works with the iPhone and a wide array of Android devices. You can use this to check your heart rate while at rest or have it continuously monitor you while you exercise.Įach device has its strong points and weaknesses. The Gear Fit offers one feature that the Pebble lacks: a built-in heart-rate monitor. And you can't use the built-in music controllers on either device to search for particular songs or artists.

I couldn't use the Pebble to ask my dog walking app to start or stop tracking my excursion, for example. To be sure, even with the Pebble watches, you may find that the apps you use regularly aren't compatible or offer only limited features.

Both devices, for example, have pedometer apps that can run even when the smart watches aren't connected to their companion phones, and the Steel has a mini version of Yelp that can help users find nearby restaurants without pulling out their smartphone.īy contrast, you'll only find about three dozen apps that work with the Gear Fit, although Samsung representatives say more should be coming soon.

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And in some cases, full or partial versions of apps will run on the smart watches themselves. You can pause or play your music app or fast forward to the next song using the buttons on Steel or the Gear Fit. When you run a fitness app on your phone, for example, your smart watch might display how long and how far you've walked.īoth smart watches let you control some apps. In other cases, they simply display data transmitted by particular smartphone apps. In some cases, they display notifications from your smartphone, such as when you get a phone call or when one of your friends updates their status on Facebook. By contrast, you interact with the Steel using one of four buttons on its sides.īoth watches allow you to interact with apps in different ways. To access particular features or apps, you swipe up or down or tap on-screen buttons. The Gear Fit has a touch screen like that on most smartphones. The two watches also function differently. While the Steel's display is always on, the Gear Fit's is typically turned off and only lights up when the wearer presses a button or raises the watch close to his or her face. The Steel has a flat, squarish, low-resolution, black-and-white display, while the Gear Fit has an elongated, high-resolution, full-color screen that's curved to wrap around a user's wrist. Their differences are obvious even before you strap them on. Pebble's Steel and Samsung's Gear Fit show the range of smart watches now on the market. There are no standards yet for what a smart watch should look like, what kind of screen it should have or how it should work. Smart watches are wrist-worn devices that not only display the time, but also can interact with applications, alert you when your phone rings or notify you of an upcoming meeting.Īlthough they have their own processors and sometimes include sensors and full operating systems, smart watches are designed to be accessories to smartphones and rely on the phones for their connection to the Internet, location information and often apps.ĭespite these common features, smart watches have a lot of variation.

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