Guidemaster: Smartwatches worthy of replacing your favorite timepiece

Enlarge / The Apple Watch Series 5. (credit: Valentina Palladino)

Update: Our Smartwatch Guidemaster was originally published in February 2018. But recently, we've been looking back at all of the smartwatches we've tested in the past two years in order to update our picks. Below is our guide to the best smartwatches you can buy in January 2020.

If you hate looking at your smartphone all day, you should consider getting a smartwatch. While it may seem counterintuitive to get a new gadget to lessen your dependency on another, it can be more effective than you think. Smartwatches take the most crucial parts of a smartphone-call and text alerts, app notifications, and quick controls-and put them on your wrist.

That means no more fumbling with your smartphone during a meeting to silence a call, no more checking Twitter or Facebook every two minutes for the newest post. Instead of absentmindedly staring at your smartphone's display, the most important information hits your wrist as it happens. As wearables, smartwatches can also track daily activity, and some even double as high-end fitness watches equipped with heart rate monitors, GPS trackers, music storage, and more.

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