{"id":109660,"date":"2024-07-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/the-polar-grit-x2-pro-is-a-smartwatch-that-feels-adrift\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T10:00:00","slug":"the-polar-grit-x2-pro-is-a-smartwatch-that-feels-adrift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/the-polar-grit-x2-pro-is-a-smartwatch-that-feels-adrift\/","title":{"rendered":"The Polar Grit X2 Pro is a smartwatch that feels adrift"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Polar makes good multisport watches. They\u2019re just not particularly smart. That wasn\u2019t always a problem because there used to be a clear line. Athletes went for Garmins and Polars. Casual users went for an Apple Watch, Fitbit, or Samsung smartwatch. Things are less clear now. There are more casual, stylish Garmins, while Apple and Samsung have their own smart<\/em> multisport watches \u2014 and that leaves the $749.95 Polar Grit X2 Pro stuck between a rock and a hard place. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Grit X2 Pro is meant to be a premium outdoors watch. It improves on the previous Grit X Pro<\/a> with upgraded sensors (e.g., heart rate, skin temperature, etc), a bigger display, dual-frequency GPS, EKGs (no atrial fibrillation detection, just more accurate heart rate data<\/a>), offline maps, and USB-C. These kinds of updates are generally good. The problem is everyone else has made much bigger strides in the past two to three years. The Grit X2 Pro feels a bit frozen in time. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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My black Grit X2 Pro looks nice, but it doesn\u2019t particularly stand out compared to the competition.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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As far as fitness tracking, this is a capable watch with oodles of battery life. (I got about eight to 10 days on a single charge.) But for $750, there\u2019s a lot you can\u2019t <\/em>do on this watch. For instance, you get notifications and alarms, but that\u2019s about it. If I want to leave my phone and<\/em> play my music via the watch, I can\u2019t. Offline playlists aren\u2019t a thing; the most you can do is use your Grit X2 Pro as a media controller. Say I want to pay for a Gatorade after a long run at my local 7-Eleven. Nope, no contactless payments. If I want to make a phone call, use a voice assistant, or feel assured that someone will be notified if I take a hard fall, that\u2019s not happening. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Five years ago, this wouldn\u2019t have been an issue. But in 2024, I can pay $800 for a Garmin Fenix 7S Pro Solar \u2014 a fancier-than-standard model \u2014 to get pretty much everything the Grit X2 Pro has plus solar charging, offline playlists from Spotify and YouTube Music, Garmin Pay, safety features (though these require your phone), and EKG tracking that does<\/em> have AFib detection. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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