 What does it look like when you combine a fitness tracker and a smartwatch? If you're Samsung, it looks like this. The $199 Gear Fit is Samsung's first attempt at a wrist-worn fitness tracker, and it borrows a lot of elements from the company's line of Gear smartwatches. It's by far the most handsome of Samsung's wearables, with an attractive design and slim enough profile. It's made of rubber and plastic, so it's definitely not premium, but it's not a bad-looking device at all. The real star of the show here, though, is the Fit's gorgeous curved touchscreen display. It's bright, vibrant, and has incredible viewing angles. It's also easy to read outdoors, which is really important for a fitness device. The Fit is the first device I've seen where a curved display actually makes sense and fits in with what the product is supposed to do. The Fit's rubbery band is comfortable to wear, and the clasp is easy to close, which I can't really say for competitors like the Fitbit Force or Flex. But for all the nice things I can say about the Fit's hardware, unfortunately that beauty is only skin deep. The main problem with the Fit is that it's just not a very good fitness tracker, and not a very good smartwatch. The Fit's horizontal layout proves to be pretty hard to use. By default, the display is oriented horizontally, which makes it awkward to read when you're wearing it. There's an option to switch that orientation to vertical, and that's what I ended up using most of the time. But then text is condensed, and reading anything on the display requires a lot of swiping. The touchscreen isn't always responsive either, requiring me to tap at it repeatedly at times. The Fit does do the things that you'd expect from a fitness tracker. It can count your steps, track your sleep, and even has a built-in heart rate monitor. But the step counter proved to be wildly inaccurate, awarding me far more steps than it should have for many activities. Likewise, the heart rate tracker is painfully slow and gives me readings that don't always line up with my state of activity. Or lack thereof. Using the Fit to track your activity is also a chore. Unlike the Fitbit Flex or Basis Band, you have to actually tell the Fit to track your steps. If you forget to turn the pedometer on, it just won't record your activity. Likewise, the sleep tracking requires you to remember to tell the Fit that you're going to sleep and that, well, you've woken up in the morning. With every other fitness tracker offering these functions automatically, it just seems like a real oversight by Samsung with the Fit. The Fit pairs with Samsung's S-Health app on your smartphone to organize all of your fitness data, but S-Health proves to also be lacking in many areas. There's also a built-in fitness coach that's designed to give you challenges to meet your goals throughout the day. But there's no way to view my sleep activity, and Samsung just doesn't do a great job of tying all of this data together into something I can actually use. On the smartwatch side of things, the Fit can show you basic notifications from your phone including those from third-party apps. But there's little you can do with those notifications other than just clear them. You can set up message templates for quick replies to text messages or to reject incoming calls, but aside from that, the smartwatch functions are quite limited. And the fact that the screen isn't always on makes it a poor replacement for an actual watch. Finally, the Fit's battery is also just disappointing, requiring a charge every two days or so. It charges through this awkward USB adapter that will most surely get lost, and even though the Fit has a small battery, it takes a lot longer to fully charge than I expected or really wanted to wait for. There's going to be a lot of smartwatches on the market this year, in addition to a lot of fitness trackers. The Gear Fit's limitations, price, and the fact that it only works with Samsung devices put it at a disadvantage right from the start, and I have a feeling that those who are patient will have much better options in the near future.
 What does it look like when you combine a fitness tracker and a smartwatch?
 If you're Samsung, it looks like this.
 The $199 Gear Fit is Samsung's first attempt at a wrist-worn fitness tracker, and it borrows
 a lot of elements from the company's line of Gear smartwatches.
 It's by far the most handsome of Samsung's wearables, with an attractive design and slim
 enough profile.
 It's made of rubber and plastic, so it's definitely not premium, but it's not a bad-looking
 device at all.
 The real star of the show here, though, is the Fit's gorgeous curved touchscreen display.
 It's bright, vibrant, and has incredible viewing angles.
 It's also easy to read outdoors, which is really important for a fitness device.
 The Fit is the first device I've seen where a curved display actually makes sense and
 fits in with what the product is supposed to do.
 The Fit's rubbery band is comfortable to wear, and the clasp is easy to close, which
 I can't really say for competitors like the Fitbit Force or Flex.
 But for all the nice things I can say about the Fit's hardware, unfortunately that beauty
 is only skin deep.
 The main problem with the Fit is that it's just not a very good fitness tracker, and
 not a very good smartwatch.
 The Fit's horizontal layout proves to be pretty hard to use.
 By default, the display is oriented horizontally, which makes it awkward to read when you're
 wearing it.
 There's an option to switch that orientation to vertical, and that's what I ended up using
 most of the time.
 But then text is condensed, and reading anything on the display requires a lot of swiping.
 The touchscreen isn't always responsive either, requiring me to tap at it repeatedly
 at times.
 The Fit does do the things that you'd expect from a fitness tracker.
 It can count your steps, track your sleep, and even has a built-in heart rate monitor.
 But the step counter proved to be wildly inaccurate, awarding me far more steps than it should
 have for many activities.
 Likewise, the heart rate tracker is painfully slow and gives me readings that don't always
 line up with my state of activity.
 Or lack thereof.
 Using the Fit to track your activity is also a chore.
 Unlike the Fitbit Flex or Basis Band, you have to actually tell the Fit to track your
 steps.
 If you forget to turn the pedometer on, it just won't record your activity.
 Likewise, the sleep tracking requires you to remember to tell the Fit that you're going
 to sleep and that, well, you've woken up in the morning.
 With every other fitness tracker offering these functions automatically, it just seems
 like a real oversight by Samsung with the Fit.
 The Fit pairs with Samsung's S-Health app on your smartphone to organize all of your
 fitness data, but S-Health proves to also be lacking in many areas.
 There's also a built-in fitness coach that's designed to give you challenges to meet your
 goals throughout the day.
 But there's no way to view my sleep activity, and Samsung just doesn't do a great job
 of tying all of this data together into something I can actually use.
 On the smartwatch side of things, the Fit can show you basic notifications from your
 phone including those from third-party apps.
 But there's little you can do with those notifications other than just clear them.
 You can set up message templates for quick replies to text messages or to reject incoming
 calls, but aside from that, the smartwatch functions are quite limited.
 And the fact that the screen isn't always on makes it a poor replacement for an actual
 watch.
 Finally, the Fit's battery is also just disappointing, requiring a charge every two
 days or so.
 It charges through this awkward USB adapter that will most surely get lost, and even though
 the Fit has a small battery, it takes a lot longer to fully charge than I expected or
 really wanted to wait for.
 There's going to be a lot of smartwatches on the market this year, in addition to a
 lot of fitness trackers.
 The Gear Fit's limitations, price, and the fact that it only works with Samsung devices
 put it at a disadvantage right from the start, and I have a feeling that those who are patient
 will have much better options in the near future.