Smart Watches for Men Android & iPhone, Alexa Buil…

I ordered this for my teen son. He loves it. He immediately got it up and running. He's had it on since just after it arrived. The only problem occurred when I did not receive it as indicated, but Amazon immediately sent a new one once I reported that it had not been delivered. It was a very easy process.

I have another smart watch purchased from Amazon, but this was such a good price point I thought I would try this one out. Since I already have a smart watch I know what to look for in selecting one.

First, charging – it didn't take that long to charge to 100% so that's a good thing.

Second, downloading the watch app is pretty simple, then just create an account, pair the watch and you're almost done. After that I did have to customize some things like the preferences for 12H/24H, weight and height measurements, and then I had to make sure it was tracking my location for the weather info.

The app does ask for access to a lot of information like your contacts, following fitness data from your phone and other things, but you can decline. It might not be as functional as you'd like it to be, but you can choose yes or no.

Some options are free, like a few select watch faces, some sleep music (played through your phone but can be controlled by your watch) but they also have upgrade options for a fee. There are things that cost extra like their Smart Recipes, which is a monthly fee.

Third, the app gives you many options for tracking your diet and health like sleep monitoring, stress levels, calorie consumption and it can also give a reminder to drink water or track your menstrual cycle!

Fourth, the watch itself is pretty easy to navigate, even though it idles for only a few seconds before you have to push the button on the side or move your wrist around. There are many things to do on the watch like make and receive calls, use Alexa, and of course track your activity and heart rate. The watch is lightweight and doesn't feel heavy on your wrist and of course it can be adjusted to how tight or loose you want it.

So here are my negatives:
First, I don't like the buckle on the watch band. It's plastic and feels cheap. The watch itself is metal so it doesn't look like it fits with the band. However I do like the green color.

Second, the phone can only store so much data. So if you want to save watch faces, for example, you have to have enough memory space. And a couple of selections I tried didn't even download, they just said "waiting" so that was frustrating.

Overall I think it is still a good watch and good value. The positives outweigh the negatives.

Smart Watch review

I got this watch for one purpose, to track my heart rate while exercising. But I really pleasantly surprised at what this watch can do! Not only will it track your heart rate (I turned on "Continuous heart rate measurements" to not have to do it manually), your steps, your sleep, but it can remind you to drink water and to get up and walk around a bit. If you have a sedentary job like I do, this is a big bonus. I was also surprised when I was on the treadmill and it recognized I was running indoors using the "Intelligent exercise recognition".

There is a lot of customization you can do through the app, but you might have to dig around a bit.

I was a little confused about the "110 sport modes", so let me tell how you it works. The watch will hold 20 at a time, and you can customize which ones show up. On the app under Settings/Sports Type, it lists the 20 on your watch, and you can change the order they show up on your watch which is really nice. If you do Treadmill running more often, put that at the top. If you click the Edit button and then the "Add" button, you then have access to the other 90 activities. You must remove some from your current list, but you can add all kinds of activities, like Pilates, Planks, Sit-ups, Cricket, etc. You then launch the activity from the "Workout" item on the watch menu.

PROs: Continuous heart rate and blood oxygen measurements, step counting, sleep measurements. I have previously used several different apps and devices for each of these, so it is great to have them all in one spot. It even has a high-pulse rate alarm if you are really pushing yourself (which I do) in your cardio. There is a menstrual cycle tracking part of the program, but that is not my area of expertise.

It charged pretty quickly.

CONs: When I was tracking my heart rate through the heart-rate app, it took at least 10 seconds to get the reading, but the screen turns off at a maximum 20 seconds, so that was very frustrating, and that manual measurement was very different from the treadmill's heart rate measurement. The watch only holds 5 screen layouts at a time. There are a few free ones from the app, but you buy others. You can earn points by checking in every day, and use those points to buy new screens. The app is useful, but you have to be patient with it. I noted above that it was not intuitive how you could track the many activities.

Overall: Once you get used to how the watch and app work, this watch will be your go-to device!