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These never have the features I want:

* small/thin/light

* Battery lasts multiple days

* notifications are main feature

Has anyone tried one of the hybrid smart watches like Withings ScanWatch series or Garmin vivoactive?

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I have a Garmin Forerunner which satisfies these requirements. It's basically the size of a normal watch, notifications work very well, and it has a GPS for tracking runs if you want that. I've had it for years and charge it at most once a day for ~15 minutes when I'm in the shower and it has literally never run out of battery. You can take it on a weeklong camping trip and probably be fine as long as you don't use the GPS.

I have a Withings ScanWatch. Was pretty much what I wanted in a smart watch: looks like an analog watch but has discreet notifications plus the fitness features. I got it because I wanted to track EKG, which it is very good at (I was able to provide the readings to my cardiologist who accepted them). However, the HR monitor (using PPG) is now malfunctioning and it's out of warranty and there's no repair options, so it's just sitting on my desk and I'm back to my "classic" watch.

Also, it wasn't fully waterproof (5 ATM is not enough) and I didn't like having to take it off to go swimming etc. My classic watch is 20 ATM.

Same for me, in the end I got the pixel 2 because its one of the few (if not the most recently) small android wear watches. I'm sad people complained a lot about the size and this new version is bigger. The software is so-so, but I love the design and feel.

I've had a Withings HR watch for 8 years, it's so old it's got the old Nokia branding but the battery still lasts for a month, handles android notifications and basic fitness stuff and looks decent. I'd buy another one instantly if this one was to give out.

These + contactless payments for me. I still have a pair of pebble time rounds I use occasionally. But use my pixel watch more for payments.

I've been eyeing the Garmin Venu and Vivo active as replacements though

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