It's everything I wish Wear OS would be

There's much to like about the latest Galaxy Watch Active 2, even though its flagship health feature hasn't been turned on yet.

The Galaxy Watch Active 2 feels even better on your wrist than the first Active -- it's comfortable during workouts and when sleeping; An updated running coach works fairly well, as long as you can deal with the Bixby voice; The touch bezel lets you navigate between menus easily.

The watch has an ECG, but you can't use it yet; Battery life on the smaller 40mm version does take a beating during workouts, especially when you have the always-on display active; There's no menstrual tracking.

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2's ECG and LTE bring it closer to the Apple Watch

Comprehensive and expansive exercise tracking; Stainless-steel version looks watch-like; Easy-to-read display in all lighting; Two-day battery with light usage; You can scroll Twitter on a watch

Still limited third-party app support; ECG monitoring still not live; Incremental performance over old model

This watch is the best looking smartwatch around. The Design is top notch and Tizen OS is great on a watch. Best: -Notifications on your wrist. Notifications are always available, you can leave your phone on silent and sill get important notifications. -Design.

If you’re looking for a round smartwatch that does fitness and core smartwatch features well in equal measures, the second-gen Active is one smartwatch worth checking out.

Familiar sporty look with two size options; Comfortable to wear day and night; Touch bezel works well; Easy-to-use software; Decent fitness-tracking features

Software a bit clunky for sports tracking; ECG and Fall Detection not available yet; Battery life only slightly improved; Underwhelming app support remains; LTE model bumps up the price

The trouble with releasing a follow-up device so soon after the first is there may not be too much to shout about

Looks great; Digital bezel works well; Fantastic screen

Battery life could be better; Samsung Health isn’t great; Some menu items are hard to find

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 LTE’s big USP is the 4G connectivity and the new touch-based bezel. At Rs 35,990 the watch is not exactly cheap, but if you want constant connectivity on your watch, then it is certainly more affordable than Apple ’s LTE Watches in the market.

The Galaxy Watch Active 2 is still Samsung's most enjoyable smartwatch to live with. It strikes a good balance between design and the features on offer. While the price has crept up, it does still offer good value for money and the promise of ECG support will bolster the feature ranks – hopefully...

Still a lovely smartwatch to wear; Navigating bezel is back; Feature-packed for the price

I really like the lightweight feel of the Actie 2. I have the 44mm which is perfect for me. Fitness tracking is great and battery life seems fine, I'm expecting 3 days based on experience so far. The one disappointment likes the Galaxy Watch I've just replaced, it's hopeless to the point of useless at counting flights of stairs. It's set at 3 metres, so if you live in a typical UK house, you could run up and downstairs all day and it won't register a single flight. Some on Samsung at least let the user configure the floor count, or have it based on location perhaps. Not happy with that side of things. Not sure if Samsung Pay works as pretty much every UK major bank doesn't support it

I have been using the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 for about a week now, and it has accomplished something remarkable: it's made me decide to stop saying there are no good smartwatch options for Android users.

Touch-sensitive bezel; Offline Spotify; Decent battery life

Requires too many Samsung phone apps to work; Bixby; No good mapping solutions