Best Samsung Smart Watch for button controls

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Safest pick

Samsung Galaxy Watch 7

3.6 feature score

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Best overall product

Samsung Galaxy Watch 6

4.1 overall score

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#1 Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (2024)
3.8
10 reviews

Button feedback was mixed: reviewers liked the Quick Button and tactile controls, but several missed a rotating bezel or crown-like navigation.

Pros: build quality, software smoothness

Cons: stress tracking, blood oxygen tracking

#2 Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (2025)
3.8
4 reviews

Button controls are polarized: reviewers like the programmable/quick button, but one long-term reviewer had repeated accidental presses and wanted better workout shortcuts.

Pros: LTE connectivity, pairing reliability

Cons: antioxidant index, blood oxygen tracking

#3 Samsung Galaxy Watch 7
3.6
7 reviews

Controls are mixed: buttons are clicky and gestures can be handy, but the gestures miss sometimes and reviewers still miss a physical rotating bezel or crown.

Pros: display quality, durability

Cons: cross-platform compatibility, antioxidant index

#4 Samsung Galaxy Watch 6
3.5
4 reviews

Button and bezel controls were a tradeoff: rotating-bezel reviewers loved the tactile control, while workout pausing and limited button mapping frustrated others.

Pros: voice assistant quality, music controls

Cons: blood oxygen tracking, cross-platform compatibility

#5 Samsung Galaxy Watch FE
3.5
2 reviews

Button controls were mixed: customization helped, but one reviewer said presses sometimes needed repeating.

Pros: materials quality, workout tracking variety

Cons: size options, cross-platform compatibility

#6 Samsung Galaxy Watch 8
3.1
3 reviews

Button controls were mixed: customization was useful, but the base model’s two buttons and lack of a Quick Button or physical bezel frustrated some reviewers.

Pros: third-party app support, heart rate accuracy

Cons: music controls, cross-platform compatibility