Review: Motorola Moto Watch

The latest Moto Watch is a remarkable step up. Motorola is one of the fastest-growing mobile companies in the world. Its phones are reasonably priced, have great battery life, and are easy and fun to use. Those characteristics haven’t necessarily crossed over to its watches, however. Last year, I tried the Moto Watch Fit. It was … OK. But $200 is way too much, and there’s no reason to buy a cheapish, Android-compatible watch when the Garmin Vivoactive 6 or the CMF Watch 3 Pro are sitting right there.

This year, Motorola has taken another stab at it and partnered with Polar, the fitness tracker company. This makes good sense. Polar’s fitness wearables are scrupulously accurate, but I’ve always found the interface to be obscure and difficult to interpret (unless it’s the company’s heart rate monitor, in which case, full steam ahead ...