Connected bracelets and watches measure your daily physical activity and are ideal accessories for keeping in shape. Discover the models selected by Tech&Co.
The Christmas and New Year’s Eve treats are over. After these excesses linked to the end-of-year holiday celebrations, it’s time to get down to your resolution for the year 2023: get back to sport. The month of January is a good time for such a business and what better than a bracelet or a connected watch to get off to a good start? In fact, these devices offer welcome features to monitor your state of health, analyze your daily physical activity and your sleep.
Connected bracelets, also called activity sensors or trackers, benefit from a more compact format and cost less than connected watches. This makes it an interesting alternative to the latter, which are however more extensive in terms of on-board functionalities and are presented as an extension of the smartphone. The choice will depend on your needs and uses.
The editorial staff of BFMTV made this selection independently. BFMTV is likely to receive compensation when one of our readers makes a purchase via the links included in this article.
Xiaomi Smart Band 7
Discreet and comfortable on a daily basis due to its modest weight (13.5 grams), this activity sensor’s main asset is its 1.62-inch AMOLED screen. Well made, responsive and bright, it provides a comfortable display surface for better readability. It further features always-on display technology that allows the panel to stay on at low brightness. Navigating the menus is easy.
The device offers all the functions necessary for fitness with the presence of 110 sports modes. In addition to the basic fitness monitoring functions (heart rate, number of steps, calorie expenditure, sleep monitoring, etc.), the connected bracelet offers SpO2 measurement, to monitor blood oxygen saturation levels, and VO2 max to assess maximal oxygen uptake. Stress tracking and female health tracking complete the picture.
The bracelet connects to a smartphone via the Mi Fitness application available on Android and iOS. In addition waterproof up to 50 meters, the device has more than 100 customizable dials and displays a rather correct autonomy estimated at 7 days. It is undeniably good value for money for people who want to take advantage of a relatively complete connected bracelet.
Fitbit Charge 5
The Fitbit Charge 5 is a very complete connected bracelet. Compact and comfortable, it is easily worn on the wrist and adopts a color AMOLED screen which allows you to enjoy fairly good readability. In terms of features, the device offers classic activity and health monitoring (measurement of heart rate, number of daily steps, VO2 max…), which includes a detailed analysis of sleep, as well as smart functions (smartphone notifications, payment system, smart alarm clock…).
Efficient, it is also equipped with an AED (electrodermal activity) sensor designed to assess stress based on variations in skin perspiration. This activity sensor, which embeds a GPS, also provides 24 sports profiles and offers the possibility of recording a route taken. All for an announced autonomy of 7 days.
Samsung Galaxy Fit 2
The Galaxy Fit 2 has several tricks up its sleeve. In addition to its discreet design and its 1.1-inch AMOLED screen which allows you to enjoy a qualitative visual experience, the activity tracker of the South Korean manufacturer, also waterproof up to 50 meters, ensures the precise monitoring of your comprehensive health. It thus has five automated functions to optimize your activity and integrates various sensors able to precisely assess your physical condition: accelerometer, gyroscope or even an optical heart rate sensor.
Apart from stress management, it will also allow you record the quality of your sleep. Controllable from its screen or from a smartphone, via the Galaxy Wearable application available on Android and iOS, the Galaxy Fit 2 offers more than 70 watch faces to adapt to your style and your needs. Otherwise, Samsung announces a gargantuan battery life for its connected bracelet: 21 days without going through the charging box.
Fitbit Ace 3
Motivate your child to practice physical activity in a playful way with the Fitbit Ace 3. For good reason, if most connected bracelets are intended for adults, this model of activity and sleep tracker is aimed at young people from the age of six.
Comfortable, robust and waterproof, this activity tracker, which has a 0.72-inch monochrome OLED screen, focuses on the essentials by offering a limited number of functions: tracking the number of hours slept, tracking the number of steps and minutes of sustained physical activity or even a stopwatch and alarm clock.
Just like the bracelet, the accompanying Fitbit application, available on Android and iOS, and which is used in particular to program physical activity goals, is easy to use. In addition, this activity sensor guarantees a satisfactory autonomy of eight days.
Oppo Band Style
This activity sensor is efficient with its affordable price and its simple and functional design. Only the possibility of being able to use different straps, the Sport model or the Style model, contributes to bringing a – very – slight touch of fantasy to this classic-looking model. In detail, its 1.1-inch AMOLED screen is beyond reproach: bright and durable, it displays excellent contrasts for efficient readability day and night thanks, precisely, to the presence of a mode Configurable “Night”.
Obviously the Oppo Band allows in particular to follow daily activity and to indulge in different sports as well as to provide various data such as heart rate, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2). Ergonomic, the Chinese manufacturer’s tracker is distinguished by a very correct autonomy estimated at 12 days.
Garmin Venu 2
With its sober design and high-level finishes, the Garmin Venu 2 presents itself as an elegant connected watch intended for athletes. Its AMOLED panel offers very good contrasts as well as high brightness. Versatile multi-sport watch par excellence, it combines sports and health monitoring functionalities using numerous sensors (GPS chip, optical cardio sensor, pulse oximeter, barometric altimeter) whose precision must be emphasized.
The Venu 2 also includes a music player capable of working with Deezer, Spotify and Amazon Music, as well as an NFC chip for contactless payment. Its hundred exercises, its personalized workouts and its very good autonomy, 22 hours, complete to convince the most reluctant.
Apple Watch Ultra
Designed for physical activity, the Apple Watch Ultra is a sportier and more robust version of the Apple Watch Series. Result: a high-end connected watch with remarkable finishes: a titanium case frame accompanies a very large AMOLED screen (1.9 inches) covered with a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. In addition, the Apple Watch Ultra can be used for scuba diving to a depth of 40 meters.
Its touch interface is fluid and ergonomic and the smartwatch is equipped with many ultra-precise sensors: accelerometer, gyroscope, barometer, altimeter, GPS, ECG sensor or temperature sensor. for monitoring menstrual cycles. For autonomy, it’s almost faultless: the watch announces 36 hours without having to recharge its battery which can go up to 60 hours by activating the “Energy saving” mode.
