Articles by Matt Evans, Senior Fitness & Wearables Editor

Matt is TechRadar's expert on all things fitness, wellness and wearable tech.

A former staffer at Men's Health, he holds a Master's Degree in journalism from Cardiff and has written for brands like Runner's World, Women's Health, Men's Fitness, LiveScience and Fit&Well on everything fitness tech, exercise, nutrition and mental wellbeing.

Matt's a keen runner, ex-kickboxer, not averse to the odd yoga flow, and insists everyone should stretch every morning. When he’s not training or writing about health and fitness, he can be found reading doorstop-thick fantasy books with lots of fictional maps in them.

Articles by: Matt Evans

Huawei launches its Watch D3 — its latest iteration of its mechanized blood pressure cuff watch — that aims to outstrip Apple and Google's achievements with LED tech

By Matt Evans

A slimmer, sleeker version of Huawei's once-boxy Watch D series still uses its innovative blood pressure cuff strap — eschewing LED-based measurements used by the likes of Apple and Google.

Suri Core 1.0 review: Finally, an affordable toothbrush with some sustainable credentials

By Matt Evans

The Suri Core 1.0 is a great no-frills sonic option, with free recycling of used heads.

The best budget running watches 2026: reliable GPS and real training tools for less

By Matt Evans

Updated Best cheap running watches to beat your PBs, track your progress and record your routes

Whoop launches Meridian, its jewelry-inspired band and its latest way to ensure you never have to take off your fitness tracker

By Matt Evans

Whoop's Meridian bands are composed of Milanese mesh, but they're water- and tarnish-resistant too.

The best workout headphones 2026: Great sound, secure fits and sweat-ready picks

By Matt Evans

Buying Guide Whether you're a fitness fanatic or a fair weather runner, the best workout headphones will elevate the way you exercise.

Garmin event live: get the coverage from Garmin Fenix 9 and Fenix 9 Pro announcement

By Matt Evans

Here's our coverage of Garmin's live event as it happens.

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The best Fitbit 2026: Band-style fitness trackers and Google smartwatches

By Matt Evans

Updated Find the best Fitbit to help you develop healthy habits, improve your workouts and provide great health metrics.

'Play Harder': Garmin has stealthily scheduled a YouTube live event, presumably to launch the Fenix 9 — here's when and how to watch

By Matt Evans

Garmin's 'Play Harder' event is likely the debut of the industry's worst-kept secret smartwatch — the Fenix 9.

The best swimming headphones 2026: Soundtrack your open water and pool swims with bone conduction

By Matt Evans

Buying Guide Listen to your favorite tunes as you swim with the best swimming headphones and earbuds.

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The best smartwatch for iPhone 2026 — and the best Apple Watch alternative

By Matt Evans

Updated The best smartwatch for iPhones isn't necessarily just an Apple Watch. These are our top picks.

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Sorry, Samsung — Google says its latest AI smartphone camera tool can measure bodies better than the Galaxy Watch's bioelectric sensors

By Matt Evans

In the midst of a health wearables arms race, Google's been quietly developing health scanning tools for your smartphone's camera instead.

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The Garmin Fenix 8 pro, Pixel 11, and Honor's Robot Phone.

ICYMI: here's the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from the Google Pixel 11 launch to Honor's revolutionary Robot Phone

By Hamish Hector

The week's biggest tech news stories from Google, Garmin, Spotify and more for August 15, 2026.

Best under-desk treadmills: our favourite walking pads for working and walking

By Matt Evans

Buying Guide The best under-desk treadmills for your home office or workstation, to help you get your steps in.

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The best running headphones 2026: Take your exercise to the next level

By Matt Evans

Buying Guide The best running headphones ranked based on comfort, sound quality, battery life, and more.

Not thrilled by the new Google Pixel Watch 5? Here are 3 Android smartwatches we recommend instead, based on our own testing data

By Matt Evans

We've picked out three rugged, stylish and cheaper Wear OS alternatives if you don't want the Pixel Watch 5.

The Google Pixel Watch 5's Insulin Resistance Trends might be the biggest deal in smartwatches in ages — for better or worse

By Matt Evans

Insulin Resistance Trends will help Google Pixel Watch 5 users monitor their blood sugar levels, and it's got the potential to become the next big fitness fad.

Sorry, Apple and Samsung — I test smartwatches for a living, and the Google Pixel Watch 5 specs beat the Series 11 and Galaxy Watch 9 in these five key areas

By Matt Evans

Google Pixel Watch 5 launches, and it's packing five core features to help it rise above the Apple Watch Series 11 and Samsung Galaxy Watch 9.

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After 2 weeks with the Garmin Cirqa, I've fallen back in love with 'vibe running' and ditched my regular watch — and the Strava obsession it enables

By Matt Evans

The Garmin Cirqa has freed me from the clutches of 'Strava-itis' and got me back into running based on vibes.

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ICYMI split image of Bose headphones, the GTA VI box art and Kojima holding a CD-player

ICYMI: here's the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from our Z Fold 8 Ultra review to GTA 6's Netflix partnership

By Hamish Hector

The week's biggest tech news stories from Samsung, Google, GTA, Netflix and more for August 7, 2026.

The best fitness trackers 2026: fitness bands, smart rings and everything in between

By Matt Evans

Buying Guide The best fitness trackers for every budget to help you measure your activity while looking at comfort, performance, and practicality

Left: Apple Watch Ultra 2, Middle: Garmin Fenix 8, Right: Suunto Ocean

Garmin Fenix 9 details leak, and if true, we're getting three new watches — but the most interesting part of this reveal is about Garmin's screen technology

By Matt Evans

MIP Solar technology remains in Garmin's Fenix lineup, according to leaks, allaying fears the older screen tech was on the out.

Garmin Cirqa review: sorry Fitbit, but this is 2026's best screenless smart band

By Matt Evans

Best in Class

The best screenless tracker overall, beating out the Whoop and the Google Fitbit Air.

Whoop joins fellow premium screenless wearable company Oura in partnering with the Natural Cycles women's health tracking app

By Matt Evans

Whoop is partnering with the women's health tracking app to sync the tracker's data with its insights

As a human D&D Dungeon Master, AI will never replace me — but I wanted to see whether ChatGPT or Gemini were getting close

By Matt Evans

I've been a Dungeons & Dragons DM for 12 years — and I'm judging whether ChatGPT or Gemini is the better virtual Dungeon Master.

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I electrocuted my own vagus nerve every day for a week to find out if brain health wearables are worth the hype

By Matt Evans

Can I shock my stress away? I dove into the wild world of neurotech.

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