--- description: Product testing nonprofit Consumer Reports ranked Apple Watch as the top smartwatch among 10 other popular models. title: Here's What Consumer Reports Says About the Apple Watch image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a1dbe81226b6b0a/6987eea5e20a872f59a89436/apple-watch-consumer-reports.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's What Consumer Reports Says About the Apple Watch  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 24, 2024 2:21 PM CUTPublished: May 6, 2015 4:56 PM CUT  Customers look at Apple Watches on display at an Apple Store in Palo Alto, Calif., on April 10, 2015. Customers look at Apple Watches on display at an Apple Store in Palo Alto, Calif., on April 10, 2015.David Paul Morris—Bloomberg  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 24, 2024 2:21 PM CUTPublished: May 6, 2015 4:56 PM CUT Apple Watch is the top smartwatch when compared to a handful of other popular devices on the market, a new [report](http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2015/05/apple-watch-comes-out-tops-in-consumer-reports-smartwatch-tests/index.htm "undefined") says. Product-testing nonprofit _Consumer Reports_ said Monday that in a pool of 11 smartwatches, the Apple Watch scored the highest in lab tests of durability, health functionality, readability, ease of use and ease of interaction. Second place was a tie between the Android-powered LG G Watch R and the Apple Watch Sport, which is the low-end Apple Watch. Here’s a look at the top four smartwatches (not counting the 38mm and 42mm Apple Watches as different devices): --- > “” --- “In the end, our top-rated smartwatch is the stainless-steel Apple Watch. Its performance on the scratch-resistance test and excellent scores for ease of pairing and ease of interaction make it our top choice,” Consumer Reports [writes](http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2015/05/apple-watch-comes-out-tops-in-consumer-reports-smartwatch-tests/index.htm "undefined"). “Not an iPhone user? Not to worry, several Android-compatible models and one multi-OS-compatible smartwatch \[Pebble Steel\] got very good overall scores as well. ” **Read next:** [_7 Most Surprising Things About Owning an Apple Watch_](http://time.com/3844866/apple-watch-secrets/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3848892/apple-watch-consumer-reports/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3848892/apple-watch-consumer-reports/"},"headline":"Here's What Consumer Reports Says About the Apple Watch","datePublished":"2015-05-06T16:56:55.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T14:21:40.000Z","description":"The product-testing nonprofit ranked 11 smartwatches","url":"https://time.com/3848892/apple-watch-consumer-reports/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Gadgets","Innovation","Apple watch"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a1dbe81226b6b0a/6987eea5e20a872f59a89436/apple-watch-consumer-reports.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a1dbe81226b6b0a/6987eea5e20a872f59a89436/apple-watch-consumer-reports.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Apple Watch Consumer Reports","caption":"Apple Watch Consumer Reports","creditText":"David Paul Morris—Bloomberg","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3848892/apple-watch-consumer-reports/","name":"Here's What Consumer Reports Says About the Apple Watch"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Apple Watch Event In Under 2 Minutes","description":"The Apple Watch is the company's' first entirely new product category since the original iPad. 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