The Apple Watch Series 11 and Google Pixel Watch 4 are two of the best smartwatches on the market. Both are designed to be worn 24/7, and can keep track of everything from your heart rate variability to your menstrual cycle. But if you’re spending hundreds of dollars on a smartwatch, you expect it to do the basics well, so I set out to test just that.
I walked 20,000 steps with both the Apple Watch 11 and Google Pixel Watch 4 strapped to my wrist, while manually counting my steps as I went, using a trusty clicker counter. I split these steps up over several walks, and when I got home I downloaded all of the data to see which watch was more accurate. Read on to find out what happened.
