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Jane McGuire

I took 14,000 steps with the Garmin Forerunner 570 vs Galaxy Watch 8 — and I'm shocked by the results

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 and Garmin Forerunner 570 on the wrist.

If you’re looking to upgrade your watch and you’re trying to decide between the Garmin Forerunner 570 and the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8, you’ve come to the right place. I’m a fitness editor with a decade of experience testing the best smartwatches on the market; below, I’ve compared the step-counting abilities of Garmin’s newest mid-tier Forerunner and Samsung’s newest watch.

Of course, both watches will do an awful lot more than track your steps. They are both designed to be worn 24/7 and will track your heart rate, sleep, menstrual cycle and more.

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