Christmas 2025: Best Smartwatch options to gift this festival

With the year coming to a close, e-commerce firms and retail brands are offering big discounts on wide variety of consumer electronics goods.

And, with Christmas just around the corner, this is right time to shop for gadgets for lower prices.

Smartwatches are a thoughtful gift option to present a family member. It not just offers the convenience of quick access to messages, but also helps with screening phone calls, and most importantly enables people to track their health and fitness.

.Christmas 2025: Best smartphone options to gift this festival. We have already listed the some of the best smartphone options. And, now, we have listed seven really good smart watches worth checking out.

. The Watch Series 11 boasts of all-new hypertension detection and Sleep health improvements.

Additionally, the watch’s powerful sensors can capture data during sleep like heart rate, wrist temperature, blood oxygen, and respiratory rate. Now, with watchOS 26, Apple Watch can help users understand the quality of their sleep and how to make it more restorative with a new sleep score feature.

It also supports 5G cellular, a first for Apple smart wearable to date. It promises better call network signal during calls and faster response to messages. Thanks to Apple S10 system-on-chip, the device will be able to last a whole day under normal usage.

Apple Watch Series 11 is available in aluminium in a new space gray, as well as jet black, rose gold, and silver, and also in polished titanium in natural, gold, and slate with prices starting at Rs 46,900 in India.

. It comes with a new optical electrocardiogram (ECG), which can track and record ectopic beats.

For the uninitiated, ectopic beats are premature heartbeats in form of fluttering, thumping, or skipped sensations. They often go undetected in routine checkups as they frequently occur without noticeable symptoms.

The frequent ectopic beats are considered clinically significant and are known signs of heart condition and may lead to arrhythmias that drive up stroke and heart-failure risk.

Galaxy Watch8 series provides enhanced ECG measurement with the ability to differentiate instances of frequent ectopic beats providing earlier insights to support preventive care.

Further, Samsung Galaxy Watch8 series can monitor the stress levels on the vascular system during sleep. Providing insights on various lifestyle factors including sleep, stress and activity, it helps users adopt a more comprehensive approach to managing your health.

Watch8's BioActive Sensor can measures skin carotenoids in five seconds using multi-wavelength absorption spectroscopy. After analysing these carotenoids, the Watch8 will share insights on antioxidants in the blood which reflects fruit and vegetable intake. Antioxident index will be given in the for score of 0–100, which is categorised into one of three levels. This score shows how diet, UV light, alcohol and stress are impacting your antioxidant levels. With this information, device can make an changes to the daily routine to reduce the rate of ageing.

.Samsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic review: Premium smart wearable at its best. In India, Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 is available in Bluetooth and LTE variants in 40mm and 44mm sizes. The 40mm models are available for Rs 32,999 (Bluetooth) and Rs 36,000 (LTE), respectively.

The 44mm models are available for Rs 35,999 (Bluetooth) and Rs 39,000 (LTE), respectively.

The Galaxy Watch 8 Classic comes in juse one size-- 46mm- and available in Bluetooth and LTE variants-- for Rs 46,999 and Rs 50,999, respectively

.Samsung Galaxy Watch8 review: Top-class fitness companion. The Pixel Watch 4 boasts of advanced health tracking features. It features a new ‘loss of pulse feature, which alerts the owner of how dangerously low the heart beat is reduced to and if there is no response, it will automatically contact loved ones or emergency responders for immediate help. This is available in limited regions only.

The Pixel Watch 4 also boasts of the Readiness Score. It monitors heart rate variability (HRV) and resting heart rate. It also comes with Cardio Load, which calculates how much strain the user’s cardiovascular system undergoes all-day. It offers suggestions on when to take rests and how to improve fitness routine.

It can track intuitively track up to 40 activities including running, swimming, hiking and more. It boasts of dual-frequency GPS for accurate tracking of walking or jogging.

In India, Google is offering the Pixel Watch 4 in Wi-Fi only variants— 41mm and 45mm— for Rs 39,900 and Rs 43,900, respectively.

. It comes with sturdy Anodised aluminium bezel with fibre-reinforced polymer casing and soft silicone straps for comfortable all-day wear. It sports a 1.2-inch AMOLED display and deliver up to 11 days of battery life.

Interesting aspect about the Vivoactive 5 is the Body Battery. The watch monitors the energy levels of the user all through the day, and offer deep insights on sleep, daily activities, and stress can impact owner's health. It will offer tips on how to improve the fitness.

It can offer notification on abnormal high/low heartbeat, respiratory rate, stress, sleep pattern and more. It costs Rs 34,990 and during the Deepavali festive season, it can be bought for as low as Rs 23,990 in India.

. Qualcomm's Snapdragon W5 chipset powers the Watch and comes paired with BES 2700 processor.

It runs on Google WearOS 4-based RTOS and supports more than 100 workout modes including automatic workout detection (six types: running, walking, cycling, swimming, rowing machine, elliptical machine).

It can track the user's sleep pattern (including deep sleep, light sleep, REM and awake times, sleep breathing rate), heart rate, and SpO2 (blood-oxygen saturation).

It is compatible with a phone with Android 8 (or newer versions) and provides with 32GB storage to store songs, and comes with a microphone to support voice calling. It also supports Wi-Fi and NFC (Near Field Communication).

Available in two colours-- black steel and radiant steel--, it is priced at Rs 24,999 (MRP). But, it is available for as low as Rs 20,999 on OnePlus online store.

.OnePlus Watch 2 review: Finely tuned sequel with long-lasting battery life. The Watch Pro 2 can track more than 120 sports activities and it can automatically recognise five sports. It can track heart rate, blood oxygen saturation (SpO₂), and stress levels.

Users can make calls (via Bluetooth), control music, view notifications, and can remotely control the camera, and check on the weather. With a full charge, it can deliver up to 11 days of battery life.

The dark grey and ash grey models of the Watch Pro 2 costs Rs 3,999. The blue and orange models cost Rs 4,399 and Rs 4,599, respectively on Flipkart.

. It features an anti-allergy, anti-bacterial TPU strap, and the watch supports an IP68 water- and dust-resistant rating.

It supports HyperOS and can monitor heart rate, SpO₂ (blood-Oxygen saturation), stress, and sleep cycles — including REM (Rapid Eye Movements) — offering deep insights into both day and night wellness. It can also track menstrual cycle as well.

It can track more than 140 workout modes and promises 98.5% tracking accuracy powered by Xiaomi R&D. It can help users track runs, monitor calories, or time yoga sessions.