Sensor bands, compared

Preorder flagship with a new Health Sensing System and S11 chip for five-second background heart-rate readings and a readiness score, plus 50-hour battery life and up to 45 hours of extended GPS workouts; available September 18.

Screenless strain & recovery band with continuous monitoring.

Rugged 47mm titanium flagship revealed at Unpacked — the first Galaxy Watch on Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear Elite, with a 5,000-nit display and an 800mAh battery a third larger than its predecessor's; generally available since 7 August.

Fifth-gen Google watch with a boosted Snapdragon W5 Gen 2, 64GB storage and improved dual-band GPS, adding blood-pressure and insulin-resistance trends.

Ultra-slim screenless fitness band with a swappable sensor pebble, offering 24/7 heart rate, AFib alerts, SpO₂ and a week of battery.

Motorola's first LTE smartwatch, pairing Wear OS 6 and Qira with Polar fitness and recovery features in a 46mm stainless-steel case, plus dual-band GPS and up to two days of battery.

Garmin's first screen-free tracker — a subscription-free fabric band with a side button that monitors heart rate, SpO₂, skin temperature, stress and sleep across 80+ activities, with a 10-day battery and phone-connected GPS.

Low-cost always-listening wristband that builds a searchable memory of your day; Amazon bought Bee in 2025 and showed it at CES 2026 as its first wearable AI.

Caregiver-focused screenless band from Fitbit's founders, combining continuous health tracking, voice logging, GPS and included LTE service for family check-ins and help messages.

Now-shipping India-focused screenless health band with a stainless-steel body, 10-day battery and subscription-free recovery, sleep, stress and activity insights.

Neural gesture-control wristband that reads finger movements via surface-nerve sensors to control any device.

Screenless longevity-focused band emphasizing metabolic and biological-age metrics, with up to 14-day battery and PPG blood-pressure trends.

Screenless, subscription-free health band from the Noise founder's new venture, pairing a 10-day battery with a LifeOS engine that tracks HRV, stress, respiration and skin temperature and plans your day through wrist-haptic nudges.

Seven-gram screenless health band that tracks sleep, heart rate, temperature and activity while a solar cell promises continuous use from one minute of outdoor light per day; batch two ships in September.

Japan-focused screenless tracker promising about 30 days of battery while its app logs heart rate, HRV, SpO₂, activity and sleep; Makuake preorders opened for shipping from October 30.

Screenless health band pairing sleep, recovery and fitness tracking with one-minute optical glucose estimates for general wellness; preorders open September 24 ahead of November 18 fulfilment.

Screenless strength-and-recovery tracker built around heart rate, HRV, skin and estimated core temperature, with exercise recognition and optional Wellness+ coaching; final pricing and launch timing remain unannounced.

Screenless 15-day fitness band tracking heart rate, activity and sleep while adding phone-free contactless payments; KSIX lists it as coming soon.

Screenless fitness band pairing heart-rate zones and sleep analysis with a six-axis motion sensor, personalized training and up to two weeks of battery; price and availability remain unannounced.

Brazil-focused screenless tracker feeding heart rate, SpO₂, estimated blood pressure, sleep and activity into Oficial Saúde's Digital Twin app, with beta access opening through a waitlist.