The question “what features” will I lose if I use Galaxy Watch 4/5/6/7/8 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. Update: According to the SHM MOD develop, this application unfortunately cannot be used with OneUI 8 (WearOS…
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…
Let’s say you want to see a classic watch face during working hours and a fancy one all other times. Or one watch face when you are at home, and another one when you are in the office, and a third one when you are sitting in your favorite bar. Or one watch face before…
I like hiking and I use Komoot for planning and navigation during my hikes. So far, Komoot is the best solution which does not require a subscription option I know. On the other hand, I like my smartwatch — Galaxy Watch 4 (44 mm version), I like to collect statistics in Samsung Health and see useful information…
Generally, I’m not after extremely precise track accuracy for my watch (Samsung Galaxy Watch 4) records for my workouts. I’m fine with the tracks it records for my walks and hikes. But from time to time I zoom in deep enough. And a few times the tracks looked a bit off. For instance, this hiking…
Traditional weight training usually includes a set of different exercises to be done one after another. Each exercise is usually repeated multiple times grouped in sets. Like 3 sets of 8 pull-ups in each. Between the sets, you rest for a minute or three. There are variations like super-sets and time (not reps) based exercises,…
I would like to describe which data about my swimming exercises Samsung Health collects and provides to me. By the way, similar level of details is provided for other sport activities, but here I focus on swimming. Note: I also use my galaxy watch for other sport activities, like hiking and for gym. First things first, for each…
