There’s also onboard music storage for MP3 files (who owns those anymore?). But there’s no third-party apps. If contactless payments and streaming tunes are non-negotiables, stick with Garmin. However, when it comes to sports tracking and training analysis, the Pace 4 packs the same tools you find on all Coros watches, right up to the top-tier Vertix 2S ($699). It measures everything you need to get serious about your training and supports most sporting goals, whether you’re just starting cycling, running Couch to 5K, or preparing to race a marathon. Coros offers tools like structured workouts, useful information about whether your workouts are productive, peaking, or maintaining, what your fatigue level is, and recommended recovery times. It also has more in-depth features like Virtual Pacer, marathon training plans and fitness benchmarking with VO2Max and Lactate Threshold estimates. Photograph: Kieran Alger Beyond workouts you get all the usual suspects: activity, move alerts, sleep score and stages, plus stress, heart rate variability, and menstrual cycles—a good smattering of the holistic health stuff. The heart rate readouts weren’t …