Garmin Lily

While the basics such as heart rate and activity tracking are there, the constant reliance on being connected to the smartphone app and flawed or missing features meant the watch was disappointing overall. The real sting in the tail comes from the Lily being targeted at women users when Garmin’s other smartwatches have so many more features and practical additions.

Ideal for small wrists, the Garmin Lily smartwatch has a fashionable, jewelry-inspired design and many useful health-tracking features for a reasonable price.

The Garmin Lily is a great-looking watch that's been thoughtfully designed with women in mind, but it's lacking some key features we'd expect to find in a watch at this price point. Smartwatches were once chunky, ugly things, but there are so many slim gender-neutral devices on the market now from the likes of Amazfit and Apple, it's hard to justify paying this much for a watch that looks nice, but does less.

The Garmin Lily is the company's smallest smartwatch yet — and it's made just for women. It's excellent at handling the basics, which is impressive for a wearable that seems to be mainly focused on fashion. However, it misses the mark in certain areas that some users may not be willing to compromise on.

The Lily's circular design and slim bezel comes closer to the look of a traditional women's wristwatch than any other smartwatch I've tested. That's because the $200 Garmin Lily is one of the first smartwatches designed specifically for women. Despite its smaller footprint, the Lily doesn't miss out on key health features you'd expect from a watch released in 2021. It offers SpO2 (or blood oxygen) readings, sleep tracking, workout tracking and 24/7 heart-rate monitoring with high and low heart-rate alerts.

The Garmin Lily is a capable fitness tracker, but we wouldn't call it "the smartwatch women have been waiting for." It performs well at all the basics and has a handful of smartwatch features, but some of the design decisions hinder the Lily's potential.