Easy to read, always on screen ; 10 days of battery life ; Reasonably priced

Basic companion app ; Unnecessary happiness monitor ; Doesn't stand out from the crowd

The Asus VivoWatch is fun to use and comes with great battery life but lacks advanced features.

Quality design and well-built for the price, easy to use, great battery life, continuous heart-rate monitoring, UV sensor, LED indicator useful for when training too hard, waterproof

Basic activity tracking, no distance calculation, no third-party app integration, HiVivo platform needs work, uncomfortable to wear, limited notifications, can't specify activity

The Asus VivoWatch is one smart looking activity tracker. But despite hot looks its basic feature set simply doesn't match or surpass the best devices in its field, such as the Fitbit Charge HR.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Some wearables have made the mistake of trying to support everything, and only succeeded in seeming too complicated. The VivoWatch chooses to keep things simple, and for the most part it pays off.

Elegant design ; Highly visible heart rate zone LED ; Automatic sleep tracking ; Great battery life ; Continuous heart rate monitoring

Doesn't track distance ; No app notifications ; App still needs some polish ; Can't export data to third-party apps

While this may be ASUS' first attempt at making a fitness watch, it's a surprisingly good one. At $150, the VivoWatch manages to beat the crowd by bringing in a handy set of features -- especially continuous heart rate monitoring and automatic sleep...

Smartwatches have evolved beyond simple step counters. Now, they’re actually monitoring your health and helping you make better choices –– at least that’s what Asus is attempting to do. Rather than being a pseudo smartphone, delivering notifications,...

Reasonable price ; Great battery life ; Built-in heart rate and UV sensor

No GPS ; Only useful for running ; Basic smartphone companion functionality

The ASUS VivoWatch is an interesting alternative to the numerous fitness trackers available on the market like the

Good looks Decent battery life IP67 water resistance

Iffy as a smartwatch Fitness and health tracking is inaccurate Companion app produces confusing and complicated data

The Asus VivoWatch hopes to achieve a balance between smartwatches and fitness trackers, but unfortunately gets neither right. Although it looks good and has acceptably good battery life, its abilities with pushing notifications and tracking fitness...