Well-rounded
Samsung Galaxy Watch Active
The Galaxy Watch Active may not have the rotating bezel Samsung’s watches have become known for, but it’s still a solid offering that nails the fundamentals. Between smooth execution, amazing battery life, and great fitness tracking, this is an incredible buy at a reasonable price.
- Better battery life
- Great fitness tracking
- Tizen OS 4.0 is very smooth
- More affordable
Bad:
- Flush buttons can be harder to find
- Fewer apps for Tizen
Worn OS
Fossil Sport (Gen 4)
The Fossil Sport is an extraordinary looking, agreeable watch with a rotating crown that makes exploring through the interface a breeze. Wear OS still has its issues and bugs, however this is the best Wear OS watch for a great many people, with a spotless design and a vast ecosystem of apps.
Good:
- Excellent rotating crown
- Google Assistant is useful
- Available in fun colors
- More apps
Bad:
- More expensive
- Wear OS is still buggy
A look at the hardware
The hardware on both smartwatches is phenomenal. They’re both made for the most part of aluminum, which is essentially lighter than the treated steel used in watches like the Apple Watch Series 4. The Galaxy Watch Active arrives in a single 40mm configuration, while the Fossil Sport is accessible in either 43mm or 41mm. Sadly, this variance in sizes implies that every watch accepts diverse substitution bands; 20mm, 22mm, and 16mm, respectively.
The Fossil Sport’s rotating crown is an awesome method to explore Wear OS.
| Samsung Galaxy Watch Active | Samsung Galaxy Watch Active | |
| Operating System | Tizen OS 4.0 | Wear OS |
| Processor | Exynos 9110 | Snapdragon Wear 3100 |
| Storage | 4GB | 4GB |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, Bluetooth 4.2 | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, Bluetooth 4.2 |
| Speaker | Yes | No |
| Microphone | Yes | Yes |
| Water Resistance | Yes | Yes |
| Dimensions | 39.5 x 39.5 x 10.5mm | 43 x 43 x 12mm |
| Weight | 25g | 29g |
| Colors | Silver, Black, Rose Gold, Green | Black, Smokey Blue, Red, Neon, Light Blue, Blush, Gray |
Tizen versus Wear OS
Fundamentally, the greatest contrast between these two watches is their separate operating systems. The Galaxy Watch Active uses Samsung’s Tizen platform, which has a genuinely small choice of third-party apps — strikingly, it’s missing Google Maps and Messages — yet offers an intuitive UI and smooth performance.
By contrast, Google’s Wear OS on the Fossil Sport has an assortment of bugs and execution issues, however it’s backed by a huge ecosystem of apps from different A-list developers. It likewise has incredibly helpful additions like Google Assistant, which most will concur is far handier than Bixby on the Watch Active.
Moving over to fitness, both models are water safe and offer GPS and pulse rate monitoring to gather health and activity information. Google Fit on the Fossil Sport isn’t exactly as vigorous as Samsung Health, yet you can download third-party solutions like MyFitnessPal on either watch.
Samsung’s blend of good battery life, execution, and health following is difficult to beat.
And keeping in mind that the two watches offer rest following, the Fossil Sport basically doesn’t have sufficient battery life to endure the following day in the event that you leave it on your wrist during the evening. The Watch Active can dependably keep going for two days on a solitary charge — however obviously, that is more uncertain in case you’re exploiting highlights like the consistently in plain view and GPS.