Best smartwatches for women in 2025

Apple Watch Series 10 on a person's wrist showing a live alert
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The best smartwatches for women aren't radically different to other smartwatches, but they do come in more diverse designs, wrist-friendly sizes, and with features like menstrual health tracking.

After hours testing many of the best smartwatches, we've found some of the best smartwatches for women, including our top pick, the Apple Watch Series 10. But you may have this already on your shortlist (and since it only works with iPhone), so you'll be pleased that it's not your only option.

The most versatile watch is easily the Garmin Lily Active 2, a fitness-focused tracker with many of the features found on the best Garmin watches, but in a more stylish and svelte package that won't break the bank.

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The best smartwatches for women right now

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Best smartwatch for women overall

Apple Watch Series 10 on a person's wrist in front of some flowers

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The best smartwatch for women overall

Specifications

Sizes: 42mm, 46mm
Battery life: 18 hours
GPS: Yes
Swim-Proof: Yes
Mobile Payments: Apple Pay
Compatibility: iPhone
Cycle tracking: Yes
Pregnancy tracking: Yes

Reasons to buy

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Wide-angle OLED displays
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10% lighter design
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Sleep apnea detection
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Ships with watchOS 11

Reasons to avoid

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Same 18-hour battery life
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Blood Oxygen app disabled

The Apple Watch 10 is the best Apple Watch yet. It’s not a major upgrade over the Apple Watch Series 9 in terms of features, but it does introduce some useful updates in terms of design.

What's new is the chassis, which is 10% lighter and thinner before, while the screen is also about 9% larger. The Series 10 comes in an attractive collection of colors and materials, too.

It was the first watch to ship with watchOS 11, the latest version of Apple's wearable software. This delivered a new Vitals app, the ability to translate languages on your wrist, and — finally — the option to disable your Apple Watch rings when you need a rest day. watchOS 11 also tracks more advanced pregnancy data, such as gestational age.

Faster charging, speakers that play music out loud, and the Depth app (carried down from Apple Watch Ultra) on board, it'd be easier to name the things the Apple Watch doesn't do than all the things it does. That's why it's the best smartwatch for women (and for most people) if you have an iPhone.

Best smartwatch for women for Android

Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 on a person's wrist showing the apps list

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The best smartwatch for women with Samsung phones

Specifications

Sizes: 40mm, 44mm
Battery life: 40 hours
GPS: Yes
Swim-proof: Yes
Mobile Payments: Samsung Pay
Compatibility: Android
Cycle tracking: Yes
Pregnancy tracking: No

Reasons to buy

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Accurate and detailed sleep insights
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Useful AI-powered wellness features
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Responsive user interface

Reasons to avoid

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Unimpressive battery life

The Galaxy Watch 7 launched in mid-2024, and is one of Samsung's first smartwatches powered by Samsung AI. Design-wise, it's not visually that different to the previous Watch 6, but these new AI functions power the Galaxy Watch 7's health features.

The watch can help pick up signs of sleep apnea as it tracks your rest periods, and there are new personalized insights in the Samsung Health app based on your data. Plus, the Watch 7 adds a daily Energy Score, one number that combines your sleep, health and exercise data.

It strikes the balance of sleek and sporty, while two display sizes and large collection of interchangeable bands offers ample customization. But the reason it really stands out as one of the best smartwatches for women is its integration with fertility-tracking app, Natural Cycles.

Famously, the Oura Ring works with Natural Cycles, but the data syncs from one app to the other and you need a subscription to both to make it work. Samsung's implementation is different.

Natural Cycles' algorithm powers the menstrual tracking and fertility data in the Samsung Health app. So, you buy the watch and get access to some of Natural Cycles' key features without taking an additional subscription.

Best smartwatch for women for fitness

The Garmin Lily 2 Active in lilac on a user's wrist

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The best fitness-tracking smartwatch for women

Specifications

Sizes: 38mm
Battery life: 9 days
GPS: Yes
Swim-proof: Yes
Mobile Payments: Garmin Pay
Compatibility: Android, iPhone
Cycle tracking: Yes
Pregnancy tracking: Yes

Reasons to buy

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Built-in GPS
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Plenty of sports modes
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Stylish design

Reasons to avoid

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No music storage

The Garmin Lily 2 Active is a stylish smartwatch that will make you forget the bulky GPS wearables the brand is best known for. An offering designed with active-minded female smartwatch users in mind, the $299 Garmin Lily is a great choice for those looking to prioritize health and wellness in a fashionable package.

We like the Garmin Lily 2 Active’s comfortable fit and fashionable appearance, which is accentuated by a patterned lens that somehow doesn't obstruct the display. Of all the best smartwatches for women we’ve tested, this one with some interesting flair.

Between its 38-millimeter button-less case, intricate hardware details and thin straps, it's dainty. For female users, the Garmin Lily 2 Active offers menstrual cycle tracking, as well as a pregnancy tracking guide that gives expecting mothers a more complete overview of their health. While it lacks an always-on display mode and onboard music storage, it's a watch with a lot to offer.

Best smartwatch for women for health tracking

Fitbit Sense 2 on a person's wrist showing a Stress Management alert

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The best smartwatch for women looking to understand their overall health

Specifications

Sizes: 40mm
Battery life: 6 days
GPS: Yes
Swim-proof: Yes
Mobile Payments: Google Pay
Compatibility: Android, iPhone
Cycle tracking: Yes
Pregnancy tracking: Yes (with specific watch face)

Reasons to buy

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Attractive design
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Long battery life
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Comprehensive fitness/health features

Reasons to avoid

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No Spotify storage

The Fitbit Sense 2 is the company's premium smartwatch that comes with more advanced health and wellness features than the Versa line. Not only does it have an FDA-cleared ECG sensor and blood oxygen reading, but the Sense has the ability to measure electrodermal activity and skin temperature, too.

An update to the stress-detecting EDA (electrodermal activity) sensor plays a large role in the device’s success: now called cEDA ('c' for continuous,) the sensor monitors stress levels or heightened responses throughout the day, prompting the user to take action on mood monitoring with Body Response notifications.

During testing, we were impressed by the Sense 2's long battery life and attractive design, as well as the huge number of health tracking options. The Sense 2 works with both iOS and Android, and comes with onboard GPS, Alexa, and more.

Best budget smartwatch for women

Apple Watch SE (2022) shown on wrist

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An affordable Apple Watch for women

Specifications

Sizes: 40mm, 44mm
Battery life: 18 hours
GPS: Yes
Swim-proof: Yes
Mobile Payments: Apple Pay
Compatibility: iPhone
Cycle tracking: Yes
Pregnancy tracking: With third-party app

Reasons to buy

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Less expensive than flagship Apple Watch
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Familiar, reliable design
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Gets annual software refreshed

Reasons to avoid

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No always-on display

The Apple Watch SE is kind of a hybrid device, pairing an older Apple Watch design with the Apple Watch Series 8's chipset. The $249 smartwatch doesn't have all the Series 10's features, but still stands out for its great fitness tracking and safety features.

When choosing between the Apple Watch Series 10 vs. Apple Watch SE (2022), your ultimate decision will be if you want to spend an extra $150 for a brighter display with an always-on option, an ECG monitor and skin-temperature sensor, and a bigger display.

If those tools aren't deal-breakers for you, the SE is a highly capable option for iPhone users. It even gets watchOS 11, the most up-to-date Apple Watch software, so the main difference between this and the Watch Series 10 is you can't access the flagship model's sleep apea notifications. Though it does share the more expensive model's one-day battery life.

How to choose the best smartwatch for women

Among the best smartwatches for women, you have a bounty of options to match your needs and style. That said, if you have an iPhone, you’ll probably appreciate the ecosystem experience of the Apple Watch 10 or Apple Watch SE.

The same goes those with Samsung smartphones, your best choice is a Samsung-made Galaxy Watch, But if fitness tracking or working out is your priority, a Fitbit or Garmin wearable might be better for reaching your goals. Plus both those companies offer diverse design options.

When picking any smartwatch, you’ll also want to get one that fits your wrist comfortably. Those with smaller wrists may find larger smartwatches bulky and cumbersome. All of the smartwatches above have 40mm or smaller size options, though the 38mm Garmin Lily is by far the more compact.

Some of the best smartwatches for women look like high-tech fitness trackers while others look like traditional timepieces, too. If you want something sporty, stick to sleek materials with fewer embellishments. If you want something you can wear on nicer occasions, look for bezels or other eye-catching accents.

How we test the best smartwatches for women

Whenever an attractive smartwatch for women is released, we fully charge it up, then strap it on our wrist for about a week or so to test out all the features.

We gauge how it feels on our wrist throughout our day-to-day, as well as how easy (or not) the interface is to navigate when we need to read notifications, set timers or change other settings.

Next, we look at its fitness features, such as heart rate readings, blood oxygen readings, step counts and, when applicable, GPS. How accurate are all these readings? Does the smartwatch offer female-specific features for menstrual cycle or pregnancy tracking?

Finally we consider battery life claims and compare it to our actual use. Some features like continuous GPS use, playing music or enabling an always-on display chew up juice faster than others. We understand that not all smartwatches last two weeks — we just want our experience to match up with the expectations set by the company.

Kate Kozuch

Kate Kozuch is the managing editor of social and video at Tom’s Guide. She writes about smartwatches, TVs, audio devices, and some cooking appliances, too. Kate appears on Fox News to talk tech trends and runs the Tom's Guide TikTok account, which you should be following if you don't already. When she’s not filming tech videos, you can find her taking up a new sport, mastering the NYT Crossword or channeling her inner celebrity chef.

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