Hi all,
Hoping someone can pass on some knowledge to me..
I have a long walk coming up which should see me continuously walking for around 7 or 8 hours.
I've tried using Strava from my galaxy watch and also samsung health to track my distance, heart rate etc. Strava I find kills the battery too quickly, which presumably is due to it using the onboard GPS on the watch. Using Samsung health and starting a tracked "hike" from the watch seems to also burn a fair bit of battery, however, I went out for a 7 hour walk the other day and rather than selecting that I was hiking as an activity, I let the watch track my walk automatically while it remained connected to my phone via Bluetooth. I've read that the watch will use the phones GPS rather than the on board one while connected to Bluetooth.
I'm not too concerned by my phone battery draining as I can charge that from a power pack while walking. But, I'm curious to hear from others on the best way to make the watch battery last as long as possible for longer walks, while also tracking location, distance and heart rate?
Thanks in advance!