Moto 360 smart watch

 Smart watch

The Apple Watch is a great, luxury bit of kit but it’s of no use whatsoever if you are one of the majority of the world’s smarts phone users sporting an Android device. The Moto 360 smarts watch is a beauty that’ll look at home on even the most well-to-do wrists thanks to its classy stainless-steel body, rotating crown, leather strap and weighty feel.

This is the third generation Motorola watch, and it seems that this time they have nailed the balance right between form and functionality. It is powered by Wear OS (that’s Android’s but you can use it with iPhones too), so the majority of what you can actually do on the smart watch is dictated by this, but on the whole, the operating system is so much better now than it was a few years ago.

The watch itself not only looks cool, but it also has some novel features that set it apart from other smart watches. For a start, it is amazingly fast with silky-smooth transitions between screens and no lag, which is important, as there is no point marketing you as a silk purse if it’s a sow’s ear to use. It also comes with GPS and NFC for contact less payments.

The always-on display is bright and sharp, adapting to the changing light conditions so you don’t need to flick the wrist or tap to see the time. After about a day and a half under normal use, it switches to time-only mode to eke out more battery life, which is great, but that said, an hour’s charge should be enough for it to see out a whole day.

For the fitness inclined, it comes with a silicone strap, is waterproof to 3 ATM and in testing measured generally sedentary lifestyle and my (limited) attempts of exercise throughout the day, taunting me with my apparent lack of ‘heart points’. I should get out more I think is the takeaway here.