The Gear Fit is Samsung's answer to the activity tracker revolution. It's arrived as a Galaxy mobile-only accessory – rather than compatible with any old Android phone – alongside the other Samsung Gear smartwatches .

Phone notifications; Good looks; Curved AMOLED display; Lots of accessories

Poor sleep tracking; Accuracy issues; Limited analytics; Fiddly charging component

ImageTagInstance gallery-e3bc9c2b-a2a1-406c-a151-ae0809802856 Image: 1 of 2 ImageTagInstance gallery-c7008529-275b-4049-83f0-dd0001053ccb IntroductionThe Samsung Gear Fit is a device that looks like it comes from the future: with its new-fashioned curved display and extremely light footprint, it looks like a gadget straight out of a Star Trek fantasy. At its core, it’s a cross-over between a smartwatch and a fitness tracker, showing you the time, as well as tracking your steps.The Gear Fit has a few tricks up its sleeve as well, like a heart-rate monitor and a coaching mode that can set the exercise pace for runners and cyclers. It also vows to last up to 5 days on a single charge. Can the Fit live up to all its promises? And is it really the best of the two worlds of smartwatches and fitness trackers, or a jack of all trades, but master of none? Let’s find out.In the box:Charging add-on clipWall chargerUser ManualDesignThe Gear Fit has the looks of a Star Trek gadget, with a curved di...

Somewhere in my first few days of using the Gear Fit, I stared at the band on my wrist. Curved display, eye-popping colors. A notification was on my wrist: someone liked my last tweet. My sister posted new photos on Facebook. I pressed the heart rate monitor button, and noticed my heart was beating a little faster than it should.

The Samsung Gear Fit is a great-looking wearable, but doesn't successfully reconcile its dual roles as activity tracker and smartwatch.

The Gear Fit has a forward-looking design, many more extras than the average fitness band, and the ability to measure heart rate; Its curved AMOLED display looks fantastic, too.

The long display means text reads awkwardly on your wrist; The Fit only works with certain Samsung phones; Can’t load apps, so you’re stuck with the features included; And the price is high, so much so that you might consider a cheaper alternative or the same-priced, more full-featured Gear Neo.

The Samsung Gear Fit is a lightweight and good looking, but has too many drawbacks, including accuracy issues and the fact that it's only compatible with Samsung Galaxy devices.

What do you expect of the best activity trackers on the market today? Innovation and tough competition among these modern day pedometers have certainly raised the bar. Some devices can read your heart rate all day and night, while others vibrate to wake you from a precisely timed power nap. Brand-spanking new to the fitness tracker category is the Samsung Gear Fit ($199), a wristband that's so sophisticated looking, with a brilliant touch screen, it may raise your expectations—without warrant, though. Part smartwatch and part fitness tracker, the Gear Fit is best thought of as an accessory to one of the 18 Samsung devices with which it's compatible, including the Samsung Galaxy S5, and not as an independent activity monitor. But even as a smartphone companion, it only does a decent job as a fitness tracker, with key features disabled by default and an app that's already screaming for an overhaul. The smartwatch features are better, but not by enough to edge out our Editors' Choice...

The gorgeous Samsung Gear Fit is part fitness tracker and part smartwatch, but it's mainly an accessory for recent Samsung devices; if you want either an activity tracker or a smartwatch specifically, you can do better.

Part smartwatch, part fitness tracker; Supports bicycling; Records sleep; Smartwatch notifications are well implemented; Touch-screen enabled; Very, very pretty

Not functionally independent; requires a supported Samsung device; Pedometer not enabled by default; Touch screen too sensitive to use while in motion; Requires two apps to use fully; Short battery life

Unique curved screen; Light weight; Good battery life; music control and notifications;

Unresponsive screen; Unreliable heart-rate tracking; Awkward ergonomics;