The Best Smartwatches for Women to Buy in 2020

This Fossil Gen 5 smartwatch claims to take the issues of other smartwatches and fixes them, and it must be said that they succeed. Google Pay, untethered GPS, and heart rate tracking are all yours. The snapdragon processor ensures a smooth and enjoyable user experience.

The design is flawless, with a minimalistic and attractive look. A classic rounded watch style allows the device to transition seamlessly from a formal timepiece to an innovative and useful fitness tracker. It tops the list simply because we feel it’s a perfect choice for any woman looking for a generally fantastic smartwatch.

Why we love it: this watch oozes class and includes Google Pay and an untethered GPs, making it the best in our list of smartwatches for women.

The latest wearable device from the biggest tech company in the world tops the list of best Apple smartwatch. The fifth iteration of the Apple Watch used the fantastic basis of the fourth and added an ‘always on’ mode and a brushed titanium exterior. These improvements mean that the device is even more attractive and easy to use.

The beautiful Apple device also includes a range of third-party apps, fitness features, and one model even includes cellular connection. The connectivity between this and the iPhone is (predictably) fantastic, so if you have an Apple phone, this is well worth the money. 

The Apple Watch’s modern design suits any look or style, and with period cycle tracking and phone function integration, it includes a great deal of what a woman is looking for in a smartwatch.

Why we love it: the latest Apple Watch improves on a near faultless device with beautiful design, accurate heart rate tracking and top notch connectivity.

Samsung defines the meaning of style with this beautiful device with a ‘real watch’ look and a great deal of technological usability. A stainless steel rotating bezel with Gorilla Glass screen protection ensures your Samsung device can stand anything you throw at it. 

The Samsung Galaxy Watch is renowned for its connectivity with Android devices and phones. The Tizen OS is a fantastic software that synchronizes with Android operating systems via the Gear app. 

Combine all this with better battery life than the Apple Watch series, amazing cellular function, a voice assistant that provides an informative daily health report, Samsung Pay and many other fantastic fitness and smart features.

Why we love it: this Galaxy Watch has all the style of a classic analog timepiece, with fantastic Android connectivity making it one of the best Samsung watches around.

Michael Kors progresses from its Access Bradshaw design with the slimmer and overtly more impressive Michael Kors Sofie. The design is undeniably attractive and enticing with a pave-encrusted bezel and beautiful brand engraving on the wrist clasp and side button.

Powered by WearOS, this stylish device also comes with fantastic heart-rate tracking and GPS. It also receives texts, calls, and social media notifications, ensuring that you don’t have to delve into your handbag to see who’s trying to reach you on a night out. 

Smartwatches sometimes struggle to combine style with usability, but this can’t be said for the Michael Kors Access Sofie smartwatch. It’s a fantastic gadget that looks stunning.

Why we love it: this attractive watch has an incredibly unique style, and also comes with social media alerts and heart-rate tracking.

Lying on the much more classic end of the hybrid scale comes the Withings HR smartwatch (formerly Nokia HR). The watch’s face is almost entirely analog with only a small digital screen providing most of the fitness analytics. This means that the battery is incredibly powerful, with around a month of battery off of one full charge.

The Withings Health Mate app that comes with it is a fantastic companion. Simple yet powerful, it provides you with all the insight you need and helps make up for the lack of a touchscreen smartwatch interface. 

The heart rate functionality is a stand-out feature for the Withings Steel HR. With 24/7 optical heart rate monitoring combining with its near unbeatable battery life to give you an overarching insight into your hearts activity over a long period of time. 

Its comfortable feel is one of the reasons it tops the heart tracking list. The curved back to the watch face allows it to sit comfortably on the wrist and provide continuous heart rate tracking without hindrance or discomfort. 

Why we love it: this classy timepiece is the perfect analog timepiece with a digital heart tracking twist.

The Active iteration of the Galaxy Watch makes fitness tracking even more straightforward. For a start, Samsung has slimmed down the Galaxy Watch’s design, meaning Samsung Galaxy Watch Active is less weighty and feels a lot better on the wrist of both bigger and more slender people, making it fantastic for women.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active is also much cheaper than the original model, allowing those that want to track calories burned and distance traveled a more affordable option. Some may see these changes as detracting from what made the original special, but we see it as Samsung giving the market much more choice over what they want. 

When it comes to staying active, the smartwatch is superior. Its onboard GPS and music storage mean it replaces your phone when you’re exercising. The list of sports supported by the watch is almost endless, with a particular focus on gym exercises like pull-ups and leg raises. You can also string together a group of exercises into an overall workout through the watch. So if you are a fitness nerdette, you can build your own workout plan from your wrist.

Why we love it: the beautiful interface of the Galaxy Watch with a lighter feel makes it the best running watch on the list.

The Huawei Watch GT represents a huge push into the smartwatch market from the Chinese giant. It is also an improvement on the original GT in a few different ways. The screen of the watch has been upgraded to 3D Glass, which creates a sleek design with no chunky bezel.

Fitness-wise, the GT 2 can also track your heart rate underwater whilst swimming, already improving the massive fitness abilities of the GT Watch series.

Battery life is the reason prospective buyers will get their money out. This watch has it in droves; the Huawei-designed Kirin A1 chipset has intelligent power-saving technology integrated within it. This provides the Huawei watch with a gigantic 14-day battery life. The potential of this battery life is huge, allowing you a tremendous amount of time without having to put the fitness watch on a charge. 

Why we love it: this watch harbors an innovative chipset with huge battery life and sophisticated interface.

Fitbit may only have one smartwatch on this list, but it may be the most important one when it comes to women (that’s why it topped our best Fitbit for Women review). Its fitness tracking is excellent, with accurate heart rate monitoring, high water-resistant capabilities, and in-depth sleep tracking modes as well (as you’d expect from the fitness device company). The sleekness of the design also makes it a great choice for the ladies, borrowing the Apple Watches ‘squircle’ design without feeling clunky or overbearing. 

It is the female health tracking where this watch separates itself as the front-runner for taking care of yourself. The intricately designed health mode allows you to log periods, record any abnormal symptoms, and get a deeper understanding of your ovulation cycle. Fitness is not just running on a treadmill; it’s taking the time to know how your body is functioning truly.

Smart notifications are included, allowing you to see texts, calls, and social media alerts as and when they come in. There’s not much to fault Fitbit’s latest smartwatch. 

Why we love it: this Fitbit does provide the user with everything they need to plan their fitness and their health.

When it comes to value, companies try to cram as many smart features into the design as possible. This can be a bad thing a lot of the time, but this is not the case with the Amazfit Bip. Optical heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, and even a built-in GPS are all features available to you for a price that Apple and Garmin wouldn’t even dream of for their more advanced models.

The Amazfit Bip has a simple design similar to Fitbit and Apple devices; the battery life is incredibly impressive. It also has a 32g weight meaning it doesn’t drag you down when running or out enjoying yourself. As smartwatches for women go, the interface is simple, and the watch comes with several customizable watch faces, allowing for you to make it your own. 

Why we love it: combining the affordability of this watch with its features and battery life makes for a real contender of a watch.

Skagen combines a classy strap style with a beautifully modern watch face in this classy smartwatch. This combination provides the user with fantastic features such as Google Assistant, activity tracking and Google Pay in a beautiful timepiece with a steel-mesh strap. 

The three buttons on the side are an ingenious inclusion. The middle button is a rotating bezel that is used to scroll and open up your apps menu. The two additional ones are customizable, allowing you quick access to Google Pay, an exercise mode or whatever you desire.

Running on WearOS, its interface is smooth and untroublesome. This also means you have access to the Google Play Store that harbors a wealth of third-party apps. It has an attractive, lightweight feel; it’s evident that Skagen has thought long and hard about how to bring style and technology together in remarkable synergy. 

Why we love it: this watch breathes a beautiful style and a noticeably smooth interface.