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Last chance for Cyber Monday Smartwatch deals: Get Apple and Pixel Watches before they’re gone

Cyber Monday is here--for a few more hours. I've been watching the sales all season long, and rounding up the best smartwatch deals from all the major retailers. These sales end in only a few hours, but you still have some time to shop before they disappear. 

Also: Our favorite Cyber Monday deals live now

I review wearables for a living, and know that Cyber Monday is historically a great time to buy a health tracker, like a smartwatch, a fitness band, or a smart ring. Most of the major health technology brands, like Apple, Google, Samsung, and more, unveil new products during the fall and discount their older products shortly afterwards, often to some of the lowest prices we see all year. You can also find discounts on this year's latest tech, including a $50 discount on the new Apple Watch SE 3, $50 off the Google Pixel Watch 4, and a $70 discount on the Apple Watch Series 11, the recipient of a ZDNET Editors' Choice award. Here are all of the best Cyber Monday smartwatch and fitness tracker deals still live.

Need more help making a decision? We here at test and review smartwatches constantly; that research can be found on our page on the best smartwatches of 2025.

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Apple Watch deals

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  • Current price: $700 (12% off)
  • Original price: $799

The Ultra 3 is the most rugged smartwatch out of the Apple Watch lineup, with the largest display, longest battery life, and every safety and health feature under the sun. If you hike and camp a lot, it's also got great features to keep you connected even while you're off grid, in case of emergency. 

Train for your next marathon, hike up a mountain, or wear this honking display in the office on your wrist. 

When I tested the Ultra 3 out, I loved its enduring battery life that lasted me several days between charges. I have small wrists, so the large display felt overbearing wrapped around my arm, but I am confident this watch works great for those with larger wrists. It was the easiest Apple Watch to navigate because of its grand display.

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  • Current price: $199 (20% off)
  • Original price: $249

Before this $50 discount, the Apple Watch SE 3 was already the best value Apple Watch out of the 2025 lineup. A $50 discount makes it even more attractive to the budget-conscious fitness trackers looking for a smartwatch that will easily pair with their iPhone. 

Think of the Apple Watch SE 3 as a more affordable Apple Watch Series 10 with lots of the features that Apple unveiled in its 2025 lineup. The SE 3 has Sleep Scores and an 18-hour battery life, but excludes ECG updates, Blood Oxygen monitoring, Hypertension Detection, and Emergency SOS via satellite, features available on the more expensive Series 11 and Ultra 3. 

If you only want a smartwatch for activity and sleep tracking and can leave the advanced health features and longer battery behind, this is the Apple Watch to buy. 

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  • Current price: $329 (18% off)
  • Original price: $399

The Apple Watch Series 11 is the Apple Watch I'd recommend to people looking to upgrade their old Apple smartwatch to one of the brand's best. It's not as expensive as the rugged Apple Watch Ultra 3, but it comes with all the sensors that the $800 device has. It's also more comfortable for sleeping and exercising, since the screen on this watch is a wee bit smaller and less bulky. 

The Series 11 arrives with Apple's FDA-cleared Hypertension Detection, Sleep Scores that grade your sleep, a 24-hour battery to last you through the day and night, and a more durable design. 

I tested the smartwatch out for myself when it came out, and I was so happy with it I gave it an Editors' Choice Award. 

Also: Apple Watch Series 11 review

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  • Apple Watch Ultra 2: $599 (save $200): This Apple smartwatch has a huge display and days worth of battery life. It just hit a record-low price.   

Samsung watch deals

  • Galaxy Watch 8: $250 (save $100): The latest Galaxy Watch includes a Running Coach feature sure to help anyone training for their first or next race. It's also got unique features, like Antioxidant Index, that tracks your nutrients through a sensor on the bottom of the watch. 
  • Galaxy Watch 7 Aluminum 40mm: $130 (save $120): The Galaxy Watch 7 is a complete health and wellness companion with features like Energy Score, ride and run tracking, the ability to make calls and control media, and more. It's a generation old, but still a very capable device.
  • Galaxy Watch 7 Aluminum Smartwatch 44mm: $160 (save $120): The larger version of the Galaxy 7 watch gives you all the same features but in a larger, eye-catching display.

Smart Ring & Fitbit deals

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  • Current price: $250
  • Original price: $350

You know her and you love her. The Oura Ring is the most popular smart ring ZDNET readers bought this year -- and for good reason. The ring accurately tracks sleep, stress, and activity, and each morning delivers daily scores on these metrics. The daily feedback can encourage healthy habits. For example, after over a year of wearing the ring, I started to implement better habits that supplement sleep quality. This includes avoiding casual drinking and later meals. 

The smart ring also charts your daily heart rate on a trend map that categorizes different heart rate zones into restored, relaxed, engaged, and stressed. It then takes this daily heart rate data to understand your cumulative stress, that is, how your body bounces back from its daily stressors over time. Another unique feature is Symptom Radar, Oura's tool for monitoring potential strain or illness and alerting you right when it detects a variation from your baseline. Symptom Radar is especially helpful during cold and flu season: I've used it to track my recovery during and after a lousy cough or cold. 

Oura does a wonderful job of not only rating your sleep or readiness, but also explaining why you received a specific score. This leads to a fuller understanding of habits that contribute to good or poor health. 

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  • Fitbit Versa 4 Fitness Smartwatch: $120 (save $80): Looking to jump into the world of wearables? The Fitbit Versa 4 is a fantastic and affordable option. 
  • Fitbit Google Ace LTE Kids Smartwatch: $100 (Save $80): This smartwatch for kids is a great first wearable, letting kids call and message without a phone number. The battery lasts all day, and it has a fitness tracker to monitor their activity level and a GPS so you can keep an eye on them.  

Garmin watch deals

  • Garmin - Forerunner 165 GPS Smartwatch 43 mm: $200 (save $50): This GPS running smartwatch showcases your pace, distance and heart rate with an AMOLED touchscreen display. 
  • Garmin - Forerunner 265 GPS Smartwatch 46 mm: $300 (save $150): With up to 13 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode, this watch gives you an overview of sleep and recovery, a training outlook, and all the running essentials you'd ever need. 

Best Cyber Monday Smartwatches and fitness trackers

  • Google Pixel Watch 3: $219 (save $31): Google's one-year-old smartwatch gets a 12% discount right now. 
  • Whoop 5/MG: $199 (save $40): Whoop's latest lineup of smart bands is 17% off right now.  
  • Suunto Core Sports Watch: $149 (save $68): This smartwatch is built for outdoor activity, with a storm alarm, altimeter, barometer and compass. 
  • CMF Watch Pro 2: $49 (save $30): Blink and you'd think this was just a regular wrist watch. The CMF Watch Pro 2 is a sleek but capable smartwatch for bare-bones activity tracking, and it's under $50. 
  • Ozlo Sleepbuds: $274 (save $73): Looking to get to bed quickly with few disruptions? Whether you're drowning out the noise of a snoring partner or a busy neighborhood, these sleep earbuds got me to sleep quickly thanks to their calming soundscapes. Ozlo also just announced a partnership with Calm, so you can get your bedtime stories built into the earbuds for an easy, peaceful slumber. 
  • Soundcore Sleep A30 earbuds: $180 (save $50): Not willing to spend nearly $300 on Ozlo's sleep earbuds. These are a reliable, affordable alternative. 

FAQs

When is Cyber Monday 2025? 

Black Friday takes place on Nov. 28 this year, and Cyber Monday is Dec. 1. During the sales, retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, and Target cut prices on thousands of products (and many products from brands Amazon owns, like Kindle, Alexa, Ring, and more). Unlike Prime Days, which mainly discounts Amazon products, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are universal deals days. Since more retailers participate, there's more competition (and sometimes better deals). 

Are fitness trackers really cheaper on Black Friday and Cyber Monday? 

I've been following deals during events like Black Friday, Cyber Week, and Amazon Prime Day for several years. During these events, there are steeper deals on all sorts of merchandise, whether that's a fitness tracker or a household good. (I do lots of my cleaning supply shopping during these events.) Retailers know Black Friday commences the holiday shopping season, so they will cut prices on all sorts of goods, whether that's household necessities or brand-new gadgets. Of course, the best deals on gadgets will be the ones that are a year or two older than the newest model. For example, we'll see a steeper deal on Apple's Series 10 Apple Watch that debuted last year, and maybe $10 or $30 off Apple's latest Series 11. 

How did we choose these Cyber Monday deals?

ZDNET only writes about deals we want to buy -- devices and products we desire, need, or would recommend. Our experts looked for deals that were at least 20% off (or are hardly ever on sale), using established price comparison tools and trackers to determine whether the deal is actually on sale and how frequently it drops. 

We also looked over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the deals we're recommending. Our recommendations may also be based on our own testing -- in addition to extensive research and comparison shopping. The goal is to deliver the most accurate advice to help you shop smarter. 

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