So, I have had the Galaxy Watch for four months now and have been persisting with it, hoping Samsung would fix the numerous issues that have been continually raised in here.
We all know the heart rate is a best a gimmick on this thing as you cannot rely on it. The steps although better, are not as reliable as other health devices I have used. We know these we have waited patiently for each update, hoping one day for it to be good enough.
However, there are other problems, which I would class as fairly basic for any watch that warrants the prefix smart, particularly if you have it paired with a Samsung phone. Why for instance, does it not know my quiet hours from my phone and allow me to set the watch to follow the same pattern? Not hugely smart, but smarter than me having to set this myself or wait for the random notification on the watch to suggest it should do so in 30 minutes, which is very random indeed.
How about cleverly working out your sleep? Nope, it used to be reasonably accurate although I would often have to tweak the time I actually went to bed. More recently this is useless, saying I am going to bed hours before I do so. And can I tweak this the following day anymore? No, not unless I delete all the sleep data. So actually, it is now worse than it used to be.
I could go on about all the little things that would make this thing smart. Alas I doubt samsung are doing much and cannot be bothered to waste my time when they are seemingly not investing their effort to resolve common problems that everyone is experiencing. Not sure what I would buy next time. Tried desperately to keep away from the apple walled garden but given the amount of issues I get with other devices perhaps that thought needs reviewing.
Anyway, rant over.
