Oh look. 21 months on and this problem still exists.
As a product journalist who just obtained a Galaxy Watch because the Barometer function appealed to me, I was in for a shock. I didn’t believe what I read on social media, namely that Samsung don’t care about this problem and most people who reported it did not get so much as an acknowledgment.
To arrive here and see what you wrote all those months ago was quite a shock. It proves Samsung doesn’t care to correct this problem.
The worst bit is Galaxy Watch knows the actual sea level air pressure but fails to allow users to display it as default or to choose whether to display sea level air pressure or the sensor pressure. It looks like shoddy engineering by a company that doesn’t care to rectify this.
As a product journalist I’m keen to hear from those who have this same problem, find out the model numbers affected, when purchased and how long ago it was reported, and whether Samsung responded, and what they offered to do.
As a consumer, you’re entitled to ask for rectification. Moreover, as this is an inherent defect, it would be difficult for Samsung to argue that the user caused the defect to show.
I’m looking at running an article in relevant media to spotlight the issue of the defective software.
