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Review on Samsung Galaxy Watch Active (40mm) US Version - GPS Bluetooth Smartwatch with Fitness Tracker and Sleep Analysis in Black by Ada Szymaniuk ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

The product is working, I will not repeat it for sure.

In point of fact, I decided to go with this model due of its simple yet appealing form and functionality, in addition to the fact that it does not have the worst autonomy. Having said that, as time went on, I learned some very significant information. And before making a purchase (particularly (!) for persons who want to carefully track physical activity), I believe it is important for them to read DC RAINMAKER's review of the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active, which is titled "Sport & Fitness In-Depth Review." The author provides a very extensive assessment of this watch and its functioning, and it's possible that I won't be able to improve upon it in any way. The following are, in my opinion, the most significant things that can be learned from it: 1) When paired with an iPhone from the standard Samsung Health app on the phone, data export from the phone is not possible (at least for now, and this has been going on for several years); 2) The optical heart rate sensor is not perfect; 3) Samsung Health on the watch updates the heart rate data once every minute (unlike most - once a second). You can get this information through third-party programs like Strava and Endomondo, but because of point 2, the information they provide might not be correct at all. As a consequence of this, the product ended up being relatively unremarkable, complete with a number of defects and drawbacks. On the basis of my previous experiences, I would probably advise purchasing either a standard fitness bracelet, which will be three to four or more times less expensive, or a more advanced model of a smart or fitness watch made by a different manufacturer.

Pros
  • Convenient, compact. They have a wonderful screen that is really bright. They are, in general, highly functional and will likely satisfy the majority of consumers. The autonomy is beneficial; I have enough for an average of two days, and possibly a little bit more. It is not entirely clear why some users scold them for this, because with the given dimensions and functionality, as for me, this is not excellent, of course, but quite a good result. With that being said, it is not entirely clear why some users scold them for this.
Cons
  • 1) The vibration that occurs on the phone (at least on Android) does not appear to have any connection to the vibration that occurs on the watch. One concrete illustration: the mode of the phone is set to vibrate. Several applications' notification vibrations can be disabled, including those that use vibro. In this particular scenario, the notification on the watch will be received, but there will be no vibration on the stock when it is received from the watch. The only solution for this problem is to go into the settings of your phone and activate the vibro feature for notifications while keeping the phone in silent mode. Despite the fact that I myself would not mind if some of the notifications were delivered to my phone via the vibration feature, 2) In spite of the fact that I prioritize independence and dignity, their charging speed is exceedingly poor. from 15% to a fully charged battery in two hours; 3) Sleep monitoring is odd. Judging by it, I am almost not in a deep sleep. + It often happens that in the middle of the night I will find that I am neither awake nor sleeping for a period of thirty minutes. In this particular instance, the chart merely consists of a gap. It's possible that this is because of the algorithms that are used to process the information that is received from the sensors, or it might be because of the imperfection of the optical pulse sensor (we'll talk more about this later in the comments); 4) The top curtain can be customized, but for some reason, there is no on/off switch for the bluetooth there. I'm not sure why this is the case. I am aware that version 4.2 consumes a small amount of battery life, but even so. If I could, I would turn it off for the night, but in order to do that, you have to truly go into the maze of settings; 5) The capacity to export training data exclusively through the application on Android-based devices.

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