NB RunIQ

The New Balance RunIQ provides a solid Android Wear and fitness watch experience at a premium pric

When it does we're hopeful that the RunIQ can fix its limited button issues, GPS tracking tardiness, and, to some degree, slow operatioN

A pretty good, if not especially stylish, Android Wear watch with a decent, custom running app and terrible battery life.

The sporty smartwatch packs in GPS plus a heart rate monitor, and sees New Balance team up with Strava to make it easier to track runs and cycling sessions and get the data synced to the popular fitness platform with minimal fuss

This Strava-powered watch disappoints more than it impresses - an unremarkable Android Wear watch but GPS is a plus.

New Balance’s Android Wear-powered RunIQ smartwatch trips over its limited features, poor interface and short battery life.

The New Balance RunIQ has too many shortcomings to be the ultimate running smartwatch including unreliable heart rate monitoring and a raft of bugs.

Built-in GPS, heart rate monitoring, an accelerometer, and gyroscope map your route and keep tabs on all your activity metrics, including pace, duration, and so forth, and then send those stats to Strava

If you like the idea of a smartwatch that works as a proper, marathon-tracking sport watch.