Here you will find all the articles about Samsung Health. Features (known and not) and how to get maximum out of it.
I have been using my Garmin Venu 3 already for a few weeks, and now I can start comparing it with the Galaxy Watch in the health department. First, what I noticed is the fundamentally different approaches Garmin and Samsung have. When I use Samsung Health I have to guess how this or that feature…
First question first, what VO2 Max is and why you should care? According to the Wikipedia VO2 max is “is the maximum rate of oxygen consumption attainable during physical exertion.” Nice, but why should you care?Because VO2 Max is one of the best indicators of your cardio system’s state and has a strong correlation with…
This is probably the shortest article on the whole gelberhut.com. If you have ever used the Samsung Health Sleep Coach (you need a Galaxy Watch or other wearable for this) or seen their commercials you will know about the animals which it assigns to people. I always was a nervous penguin, and chances are that…
Some time ago, I wrote about two undervalued features of OneUI 5 for Galaxy Watches (if you did not read it yet, you can find it here — “Two underrated features of WearOS 4/OneUI 5 brought to the Galaxy Watches”). In this post, I want to talk about two features that Samsung should not have…
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…
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. It also tries to be smart and combines steps counted by the Samsung Health on your phone with…
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…
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…
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…
