Apple Watch Series 10 46mm GPS Aluminum Smartwatch: A Full Review

I skipped a few generations of Apple wearables before strapping on the Series 10, mostly because I hated sleeping with a chunky piece of metal and glass on my wrist. The first thing you notice about the 46mm case is how flat it sits. Apple shaved off enough thickness that it actually slides under a tight shirt cuff without catching, which makes wearing it all day and night genuinely tolerable. As a fitness tracker, it does the usual ring-closing routine, but the new Vitals app is what caught my attention. It aggregates overnight health metrics like respiratory rate, heart rate, and wrist temperature into one quick morning glance, and it even flags signs of sleep apnea. The display is noticeably wider, so reading a text or checking your running pace doesn't require squinting at tiny text bubbles anymore. But for all the refined hardware, the battery life is still the familiar Apple Watch story. You are charging this every single day. Thankfully, the fast charging is actually fast now, hitting 80 percent in about half an hour while I'm in the shower. If you are an iPhone user looking for the top smartwatch, this is obviously the default choice. It isn't a radical reinvention of the wristband, but the thinner profile and larger screen make it the most comfortable daily activity monitor they've released so far.