Best 2023 Smartwatches for ECG functionality

#1

ECG functionality was consistently praised as simple, useful, medically oriented, and easy to share with a doctor.

#2

ECG functionality was usually praised as easy, useful, or medically meaningful, though one reviewer noted setup delays and another found it movement-sensitive.

#3

ECG evidence is mixed by review timing: some reviews found it unavailable or finicky, while later evidence notes FDA-approved on-device ECG readings.

#4

ECG functionality was seen as potentially valuable but limited by Samsung-phone restrictions, confusing result presentation, and low personal usefulness for some reviewers.

#5

ECG scored low because reviewers noted the watch lacks ECG eligibility or requires accepting the missing feature.

#6

ECG functionality was treated as a drawback in the review evidence because the feature was built in but not available at the time of testing.

#7

ECG was criticized by omission in a smartwatch-feature comparison because reviewers noted the Vertical lacks ECG functionality.

#8

ECG support was scored poorly because reviewers explicitly noted that ECG functionality is absent despite related electrical sensors.

#9

ECG was a recurring missing feature and was called disappointing or expected by several reviewers.

#10

ECG functionality was a clear weakness because reviewers repeatedly noted the hardware was not enabled and had no guaranteed future.

#11

Reviewers treated ECG as a clear missing health feature rather than a working capability.

#12

ECG is effectively a missing health feature, noted as part of the watch’s limited deep-health toolkit.