Samsung Gear Live vs LG Watch Urbane

Currently the heart rate monitor works with Samsung's S-Health app. The heart rate monitor itself works good, but the app is somewhat clunky and there aren't that many features to speak of except for tracking your heart rate over time. Hopefully it will be compatible with third-party apps that build on it.

The Gear Live has a clear 320x320 sAMOLED display, with rich blacks that blend with the bezel. It may be slightly harder to see the information in direct sunlight.

Submerging the watch in water might not be a good idea, but it won't stop working due to rain or if you spill your tea on it.

Unlike other Android Wear smartwatches available currently, this has an aluminum body.

If your watch is out of bluetooth range of your phone, it will connect to available Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi takes more power than bluetooth, but it allows you to not have to carry your phone all the time and still receive notifications.

The bezel isn't too large, and especially from a distance it could be mistaken for a regular watch. It's the type of watch that you can wear everyday, even to work without looking like a computer on your wrist.

There is a PPG Heart rate monitor on-board, and it will track your heart rate.

The watch is available in classy silver and shiny gold colors.

The product is IP67 certified. The certification guarantees that the product can be submerged up to a meter in water at room temperature for up to 30 minutes.

Built-in barometer is capable of measuring elevation.

Urbane has standard 22mm watch bands.

Because it is round there will be a few apps that don't work properly, but the vast majority of apps will work.

The watch will always allow for at least a full day (unless you are constantly playing games on it), but usually will last for 2 full days even with ambient mode on (always on). The OLED display helps with this - with a black background for watch faces the display isn't lighting up the black pixels, greatly reducing the power draw in ambient mode.