Top 15 Best Smartwatches That Aren't The Apple Watch (2023)

Reviewing the top 15 best smartwatches of 2023 to suit any budget, focusing on Wear OS and Android users rather than the Apple Watch. From Samsung's Galaxy Watch 5 Pro and the Ticwatch Pro 5 to Google's Pixel and more budget friendly wearables, here's my favourite smartwatches right now for fitness tracking, battery life and more.

The Ticwatch Pro 5 is my newest pick, the greatest Wear OS watch for longevity thanks to the clever dual display design. If you have a ridiculous amount of cash you might prefer the Huawei Watch Ultimate, which is a sleek and super-tough outdoor/diving smartwatch. It's certainly one of the best looking options, although the £700 plus UK asking price is a bit tasty.

That Google Pixel Watch is certainly one of my favourites for Android smartphone owners. You've got impressive features like turn-by-turn navigation and that Google Assistant works well. However, the battery runs dry every day, so the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro will suit you better if you're always on the go. Especially as that Sammy smartwatch is more durable.

I've reviewed the Pro as well as the regular Samsung Watch 5, plus big rivals like the Huawei Watch GT3 which delivers even better battery life. That's certainly one of the greatest options in 2023 for longevity if you don't mind the lack of Wear OS.

Best Smartwatches 2023 Chapters:
0:00 - The bit everyone skips
0:33 - Samsung Galaxy 5 Pro
2:14 - Samsung Galaxy 5
2:56 - Google Pixel Watch
4:02 - Fossil Gen 6
4:55 - Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro 5
6:06 - Oppo Watch WiFi
6:54 - Huawei Watch Ultimate
7:49 - Huawei Watch GT3 & GT3 Pro
9:11 - Huawei Watch Buds
9:49 - Xiaomi Watch S1 Pro
10:28 - Amazfit T-Rex Pro
11:10 - Amazfit GTR4 & GTS4
12:10 - Withings Scan Watch

[hoshbenben]

Huawei GT3 pro. The titanium looks and feels spectacular, the battery is stellar, dispaly is great and very intuitive. Their is also the newer Huawei 4 pro.

[damiancdavis]

"Tough as a Weatherspoons lamb chop!" - Magnifico.

[mynameiszoro]

Thanks for the fantastic review!
Btw can I get the anime watch faces you used? or are they part of the specific watches you reviewed?

[panzr]

Exactly the video I was looking for cheers 🎉

[SchoolofDogs]

Really like the way the describe the products, excellent.

[MyNaday]

A very comprehensive review enriched with a big amount of humour. I really like that 😊

[Shinimawastaken]

How does the galaxy 5 pro compare to the 4classic? I've been debating about the 2.

[dantefitipaldi]

Great review! which one out of those do you use personally? Brgds from Argentina!

[Dimitrozavar]

Whats with the battery life of those? I have Huawei GT2 and it last up to 13-14 days if I don't mess too much with it, and easily about 10 when using the exercise tacking. And it's 3 years old already.

[TomScryleus]

I'm looking for a smartwatch with the best looking "always on" . I haven't seen any videos on this topic. Just to be clear, I'm not looking for the best smartwatch, but the one where I can choose several always on faces. any tips?

[Danielle]

Please please do a comparison for the 4 or 4 pro and ultimate. NO ONE has a video on those two together and the differences and I would love to know what you recommend….

[torrid]

What about the Citizen CZ series? It would be great if you could cover it.

[johnwhitehead]

Hi Uncle Spurt! Greetings from Texas. I'm back in Samsung universe picked up the a14 5g on Thursday. Really good phone for the money. Had a Motorola edge + 2022 for 14 months. No longer receiving any security patches or OS updates. So long Motorola!

[will]

As tough as a Weatherspoons chop! Brilliant my man! 😂

[Fastinsilence]

I would like to know which watch has the most accurate sleep/ Heart monitor, my original galaxy watch seems all over the place.

[bigjdubbbb]

Do you think the tic watch 5 is a reasonable upgrade from the tic watch 3gps

[baldyhead]

I'm glad to say that my Amazfit GTR3 pro is still a fantastic watch. Even though it is an old model, I think it is still better than the latest one, or rather the latest one isn't an improvement.
I'd like a Garmin that Runners Need keeps trying to flog me, but the price is ludicrous.

[casualtechreviewer]

A lot of these watches supports NFC payments one way or the other. Does any of them also supports access cards?

[jrighteous]

For me its the Tag Heuer E4 ! .. I get a ton of compliments

[davidmccarthy]

Now Pixel watches seem to be falling apart, and I stopped considering the TicWatch for their incredibly bad customer service. Got a Skagen Gen 6 for half price a week ago to tide me over to the fall and see what comes out then. I have its wellness bits turned off to get me over a day of battery since I just use it for texts & calls to keep from digging my phone out of my pocket constantly. But my Pixel 6 Pro can only be used indoors during summer due to overheating every 10 minutes so end of this year I expect to fully switch over to Samsung devices.