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…
Mostly all fitness trackers, by default, suggest 10 000 steps as a daily steps goal. The number looks pretty good. However, it has there is no research behind it. Moreover, it is not very clear where this number came from. NY Times gives the following explanation: According to Dr. I-Min Lee, a professor of epidemiology at…
It could sound strange, but Samsung does not produce a scale that can automatically upload weight measurement results to Samsung health. So, if one wants to have all data in the same place, one can either enter values manually or use 3rd party scales which can synchronize the data with Samsung Health. I started from…
Recently I got 3rd vaccination against coronavirus. The timetable is: I noticed no symptoms of the vaccinations. OK, probably, I felt a bit tired. But, nothing significant — a bad-sleep night would get more significant results. This made me wonder if I can find any signs of the impact in my health metrics. Probably, I…
