As the rise of smartphones rendered dedicated handheld GPS navigators obsolete, Garmin decided the devices might be more appealing if integrated into a watch. The Garmin Epix was one of the first digital watches to use GPS, with a detailed on-screen app to aid navigation, but when we went hands on it with in 2015—shortly after the first Apple Watch went on sale—it quickly became clear that Garmin’s take on the smartwatch probably wasn’t where these devices were going. As a fitness tracker it was solid, but as a GPS navigator it was severely lacking, often neglecting to let our tester know that between him and his destination were obstacles like busy streets, entire buildings, and even mountains. At $600 it was also considerably more expensive than Apple’s solution.