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I’ve got a series 6 non-cell watch, and a 6s plus. (And an iPad mini 2 with cell) The phone and iPad will generally show the path I take relatively accurately,

I’ve got a series 6 non-cell watch, and a 6s plus. (And an iPad mini 2 with cell) The phone and iPad will generally show the path I take relatively accurately, including side of the road, and In some cases lane positioning. The few times I’ve used the watch on its own(for walks), it’s been significantly worse, with paths going off through nearby houses. Either the frequency of locations is lower, or the accuracy is worse. I probably wouldn’t get another watch after living with one for a few months. The heart rate is interesting, the apple pay is nice but not that much better than the phone, and sleep tracking is iffy. This may change if I can get good haptic way finding working, but that’s going to be a Project.

mbreese 5y ago
I definitely think there is a difference in the GPS quality between the generation of chipsets used. My older Apple Watch (3, non-cell) had worse GPS than my newer (5 cell). I didn’t really notice the difference and accepted the low GPS quality from my phone until I got the newer watch with the cellular chip. Then I could go for runs with music and GPS without my phone. The difference was amazing. The newer generations of watch are much better. And cellular was better then GPS only, ironically. YMMV - I think a lot depends on where you are and the towers that are nearby. That said — I’ve also considered just flipping to a Garmin watch. The battery life in my Apple watch isn’t enough to get me through a marathon, tracking GPS while also listening to music (I’m not fast, so ~ 4 hours).