Best Fitness Trackers of 2026 for Walking, Swimming and More

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With summer fast approaching, it's the perfect time to exercise outdoors, whether you're walking, running, hiking, swimming or trying a new-to-you form of exercise. To monitor your progress with any workout -- along with your heart rate, steps, calories burned and more -- a fitness tracker can do all the work for you so you can focus on the activity at hand. Most of these devices now also track stress, sleep and other lifestyle factors.

To find the best fitness tracker, CNET's wellness and wearables experts have spent years testing various models, specifically focusing on price, comfort and special features. Most recently, Vanessa Hand Orellana, CNET’s wearables expert, put five smartwatches to the test to determine which is the most accurate heart rate monitor, including the Apple Watch Series 11, which landed on this list with a CNET Lab Award.

What is the best fitness tracker overall?

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