Samsung's Gear Fit 2 beats Fitbit at its own game
HIGHS
- Wide curved display shows stats
- Heart rate tracking
- Tons of fitness metrics
- Notification support
- 3 day battery life
LOWS
- Still too big for the small wristed
- The interface is too dense
- No iOS support -- yet
Fitbit may be the best-known name in wearables, but it has competition. Samsung is getting back in the game with the new and improved Gear Fit 2.
After the company released the original Gear Fit back it 2014, it took a hiatus from fitness trackers, but during that time, Samsung learned a lot. The Gear Fit 2 builds upon the blueprint of the first-generation model and improves upon it.
The Gear Fit 2 does more than track your workouts, and it incorporates smarts in a brilliant way that differentiates it from smartwatches. Its attractive form factor is just the icing on the cake. We spent a week with Samsung’s new and improved fitness tracker, which has quickly become one of my favorites.
Although the 1.5-inch curved AMOLED screen on the Gear Fit 2 is technically smaller than the 1.84-inch screen on the original model, it boasts double the screen width. The wider screen certainly is much easier to navigate than the slimmer, less touch sensitive screens on most fitness trackers. The watch face is customizable, too.
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