The Coros Apex 4 is the brand’s latest rugged sports watch for outdoor adventurers, featuring impressive battery life and a handy voice note feature.
Coros Apex 4 smartwatch
The Coros Apex 4 is available now in 42mm and 46mm sizes, for $429 and $479, respectively.
Its long battery life continues to be a Coros foundational element, and the speaker/microphone support hands-free calls and voice notes.
The watch sports a lower resolution display, has a minimal 5 ATM water resistance rating, and no third party app support.
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Back in 2022, I looked at the Coros Apex 2 and Apex 2 Pro, calling out their performance and build quality relative to price. Now, I’m happy to revisit the brand’s lineup with the new Apex 4 series, including two sizes of its mid-range smartwatch.
I spent a couple weeks salmon fishing on the Puget Sound, trail running, hiking, walking, and rowing with the new 46mm Coros Apex 4, and initial impressions reveal a worthy follow-up with improved mapping capability, with faster map zoom, off-course alerts, and turn-by-turn navigation to name a few features.
The Apex 4 Pro fits into Coros’ extensive smartwatch lineup alongside the Pace, Nomad, and Vertix series, as a smartwatch targeted toward athletes who trail run, alpine run, and ski. If you regularly do any of those activities, the Apex 4 Pro would make a particularly good watch, since it includes a handful of features with elevation as a key component.
