The Wall Street Journal tested the four biggest names in wearable health tracking and Apple Watch Series 11 came out looking good.
WSJ ran a side-by-side comparison of Apple Watch Series 11 against the Oura smart ring, Fitbit's fitness bands, and Whoop's performance wearable. The devices represent very different approaches to health monitoring: a full smartwatch, a minimalist ring, a general fitness band, and a subscription-based athlete tracker. Apple Watch earned favorable marks across the test.
The result matters because the fitness tracking market has fragmented across form factors and price models in ways that make direct comparisons genuinely useful. Oura and Whoop both layer on subscription fees, Fitbit is now a Google product, and Apple bundles health features into a device that also handles calls, messages, and payments. A favorable showing in a high-profile roundup gives Apple Watch real ammunition in a segment where it already leads by volume.
Still, one roundup is not a prescription. The four trackers here serve different use cases, and the right choice usually depends more on what you're trying to measure than on who won a newspaper test.