Doctors tell us to try and get 10,000 steps a day, but almost no one uses a pedometer to check. Instead, we rely on our fitness smartwatches to tell us when we've hit our goal. But should you trust your watch's step counter accuracy?
I decided to test this for myself. I strapped on six smartwatches at once — an Apple Watch Series 6, Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, Garmin Forerunner 265, COROS APEX 2 Pro, Fitbit Sense, and Amazfit T-Rex Ultra — and walked laps around my neighborhood while counting every single step in my head (and oh boy, was it tedious).
