The Apple Watch Series 5 brings an always-on display and other minor enhancements, but it's still missing the one thing it really needs: better battery life.

Love love love my apple watch. So good and handy. Stylish and sporty in one. Worth waiting for. Highly recommended watch

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The always-on screen on the Series 5 is a big improvement for fitness fans

The always-on screen is great, especially during workouts where you can now see your stats at a glance without having to twist your wrist to wake the display; Like the Series 4, the Series 5 has highly accurate heart rate tracking, both during and outside of exercise.

The always-on screen currently only works with the main watch face and Apple’s native Workout app. It blurs out other screens and fitness apps and overlays a simple digital time display; Battery life, which has never been the Watch’s strong suit, has taken a hit thanks to the screen.

There’s no question that the Apple Watch Series 5 is the absolute best smartwatch money can buy. It has an incredible screen, excellent app support, and the strongest set of sensors and features you’ll find anywhere.

Always-on display is transcendent; Design is as classic and timeless as ever; App Store and app support is stellar

Battery life is just OK; No native sleep tracking; It's still very expensive

The Apple Watch is still the best smartwatch. Though the Series 5 feels like a minor update to last year’s Series 4, it will fit the bill for the vast majority of people buying Apple Watches for the first time.

Bright screen; Always-on display is useful and power efficient; Compass is handy for hiking and walking directions; International emergency calling on cellular models; Generally fast performance

No battery life improvements; No third-party watchfaces; No new fitness features

From the outside, and on paper, there's not a huge difference between last year's Apple Watch Series 4, and the recently released Series 5. The aluminum and stainless steel models look identical, but the Series 5 has bragging rights, thanks to new titanium and ceramic housings.

All-day battery life; Always-on display; Tight integration with the iPhone

WatchOS 6 is buggy; Still no sleep tracking

Apple’s iPhones numbers may have suffered in recent years, but when it comes to smartwatches, the company remains utterly dominant. Recent figures from Counterpoint put Apple Watch growth at 48% year over year for the first quarter, commanding more than a third of the total global smartwatch market.

Apple's subtly improved watch adds a key overdue feature and improved software with this update, but it remains largely the same great smartwatch as last year.

The Apple Watch Series 5 adds an always-on display, so it can show the time all the time; An added compass aids navigation and improves elevation readings; Cellular models gain an international SOS mode.

Battery life remains a day and a half at best; No new health features, and the watch lacks native sleep tracking; Needs an iPhone to set up and work; Offers only Apple's growing but limited selection of watch faces.

The Series 5 is a small upgrade on paper, but the always-on display has the desired effect of making this feel much closer to a real watch. You do sacrifice some battery life for it, but not drastically so.

Always-on display; Menstrual-cycle tracking; More options than ever