You can do better than the Apple Watch Series 3 in 2021, even if you want to save money

Better options for $199 or less

Once you turn away from just considering the Apple Watch, there are several other options that handle many of the Apple Watch’s best features and in a few ways perform even better.

Fitbit is particularly stacked with products under $199 that might do everything you want the Apple Watch to do. The aforementioned Fitbit Versa 2 at $180 has six days of battery life, fitness tracking, sleep tracking and an oxygen saturation (SpO2) sensor. That last sensor is available on the Apple Watch, but only if you pay up for the Apple Watch Series 6 or the upcoming Series 7. If you are willing to trim the battery life down to two days, you can use that watch’s always-on display. The weaker points of the Versa 2 are its limited third-party app support, which is unlikely to grow now that Fitbit will be turning its attention toward supporting Google’s Wear OS.

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