First I wrote “how do I use my Galaxy Watch” when I was using Galaxy Watch 3, which is a Tizen OS based watch with very limited selection of app. Now I use a Galaxy Watch of the next generation, based on WearOS. Did this change my most important use cases? Yes, but not that…
Some people encounter an issue with their Galaxy watches where steps are being counted even when they are cycling or driving. Although not a significant problem, it is a topic that arises from time to time. There are two possible reasons behind this issue: one straightforward and one slightly less obvious. The Watch Detects Fake…
Recently, I had the opportunity to hike in the Eifel region of Germany. The distance of the hike was rather long — 22km. Since I wasn’t the “trail keeper,” I decided to passively track my hike using my Galaxy Watch 4, without starting any active navigation apps like Komoot (article about my experiments with Komoot in Alps)….
Once, while walking not far from my home, I noticed a label on a tree and took a photo. Later, I googled the term “E1” and discovered a huge topic that I had never heard of before — European long distance paths. As someone who enjoys hiking; having read about the Pacific Crest Trail, the Appalachian…
Samsung Health is a rather advanced app which supports scenarios most of the people do not think about. For example, if you have several fitness wearables connected to your phone. Like a galaxy watch and a band. Note: if you need to disable step counting on a Garmin watch – check this article It also…
The question “what features” will I lose if I use Galaxy Watch 4/5/6/7 with a non-Samsung phone is raised very often. Alternatively, many people simply heard somewhere that “many” features of a galaxy watch require a Samsung phone. Note: Similar list for Pixel Watches – “Pixel Watch Features Which Require a Pixel Phone“ Below is,…
Usually people make year-results posts in the very begging of the next year. Some services like Strava do this even earlier. I do this now (in February) and I do this using my main health application — Samsung health. First part is a simple one — steps. In 2022 I walked less steps than in…
Samsung health allows people to organize and participate in different step challenges. You do not need to own a watch for that even, but a watch catches steps which a phone cannot (until you always have it in your pocket). Samsung itself offers a global challenges every single month and few special global challenges on…
Is a Galaxy Watch a useful tool for a regular person from the health data point of view? A great question! Let’s check what useful health information (from my point of view) it can provide to a regular person (so, sport related features are not included in the list): Steps Counting Walking is one of…
Google apps assumed to be an important benefit of WearOS. But when I upgraded my Galaxy Watch 3 to Galaxy Watch 4 I found that I do not use them that much. Moreover, my first interaction with google map was… not navigation but disabling navigation for driving mode. By default, when I started car navigation…
