Samsung Galaxy Watch 4
The Galaxy Watch 4 is the first good Android smartwatch in years. It’s a near-perfect marriage of Google’s Android ecosystem with Samsung’s hardware-making prowess, making it the right accessory for folks who are deeply embedded in the Android world.
With the Galaxy Watch 4, Samsung and Google worked together to make Android a good experience on a watch. (With past watches, Samsung has relied on its proprietary Tizen OS—but no more.) Samsung also added to its watch lineup’s existing physical health features to be more competitive with the Apple Watch. Like Apple’s wearable, the new Galaxy Watch can measure your blood oxygen levels during sleep, which is a useful health metric.
The Galaxy Watch 4 isn’t perfect—there’s no easy access to the Google Assistant, and the battery life could be better. But this is a sign that Android smartwatches are actually getting better, and it’s about time. —Florence Ion
