Motorola’s latest smartwatch promises up to 13 days of battery life and tracks health with polar energy

At CES, Motorola announced its latest smartwatch, the Moto Watch. According to Motorola, the Android watch offers up to 13 days of battery life, along with Polar-powered health tracking, open source software, and dual-frequency GPS — a combination that helps set it apart from leading wearables from Apple and Google.

Battery life is easily the most notable feature. Motorola says the 47mm watch can last up to 13 days on a single charge, or about seven days with the always-on OLED display enabled. If these claims hold up, it would put the Moto Watch ahead of competitors like the Moto Watch Apple Watch Series 11, Google Pixel Watch 4And even Fitbit Charge 6which usually lasts for a day or two with the always-on displays turned on.

Motorola is also taking a different approach to health and fitness by partnering with Polar, the company behind the world’s first wireless heart rate monitor. With Polar, the Moto Watch offers dual-frequency GPS, resulting in more accurate location and distance tracking outdoors — a feature more common in sports-focused watches. And while Google recently added it to the Pixel Watch 4, it’s still missing from the Apple Watch Series 11.

On the tracking front, the Moto Watch covers familiar fitness basics like steps, distance, continuous heart rate, and sleep tracking, while adding additional context around those metrics. Features like Nightly Recharge look at how your body deals with stress overnight and suggest whether you should take it easy the next day or push harder. Activity Score shows how intense or effective your workout was compared to your goals, while Smart Calories analyzes how much energy you burned during workouts and throughout the day — including the types of energy your body relies on. You also get health tools like hydration and medication reminders.

Software is another key differentiator. Unlike most Android smartwatches, the Moto Watch doesn’t run Wear OS. Instead, it relies on open source software, though Motorola has yet to share many details about what that experience looks like in practice.

Durability is another area where the Moto Watch stands out: it carries an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance, putting it on par with the Pixel Watch 4 and giving it an advantage over the Apple Watch Series 11 for outdoor use.

The Moto Watch also offers all the smartwatch basics. You can answer calls right from your wrist thanks to the built-in microphone and speaker, receive notifications via Bluetooth, and store music offline.

The wearable is scheduled to arrive on January 22. Motorola hasn’t shared pricing yet, but we’ve reached out and will update when we hear more.

January 6 correction: An earlier version of this story misstated this as Motorola’s first smartwatch. It’s its latest smartwatch, not its first.