While Google and Samsung Chase Each Other, Garmin Is Quietly Winning the Smartwatch War That Actually Matters
The smartwatch industry has a visibility problem — and it’s not the one you’d expect. While Google and Samsung have spent the better part of 2024 and 2025 trading blows over Wear OS refinements, health sensor arrays, and AI-powered watch faces, a company headquartered in Olathe, Kansas, has been methodically capturing the segment of the