While a couple of health-tracking features are exclusive to Samsung phones, it otherwise will work perfectly well with your Android phone of choice. Otherwise, for a more affordable and compact device, the Galaxy Watch 5 is the Android watch to beat.īottom line: The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 still offers the best combination of Samsung's hardware ingenuity and Tizen expertise, mixed with Google's software. Without those, it might last Samsung's promised 50-hour max, but you'll need the Pro if you want a watch that consistently works for three days per charge. It also gets about 10 hours more per charge than the Galaxy Watch 4, though the 5 only lasts a day if you use the always-on display and always-listening assistant.

The Galaxy Watch 5 may have the same Exynos processor and 1.5GB of RAM as the last model, but it's just as speedy as ever, leaping through menus where other watches on Snapdragon Wear sometimes tend to encounter more lag. We're disappointed Samsung has yet to activate the new temperature sensor for health readings months after launch, but even without this perk, this watch has few proper rivals for health tracking outside of dedicated fitness trackers with more limited software.

It doubles the charging speed to 10W, which lets you get nearly a full battery recharge in 'under an hour.' Our reviewer loves the revamped sleep coaching tools on the Galaxy Watch 5, which is more comfortable to wear overnight than the thicker Pro.

As our Galaxy Watch 5 review outlines, the newer watch made the 3-in-1 health sensor package sit more directly on your skin, 'providing more reliable readings' in our tests.

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