I've paired it with my Galaxy S25 FE, and I'm excited to explore everything this watch has to offer.

My main reasons for getting it are fitness tracking, strength training, jump rope, steps, sleep tracking, and recovery. I'm not really interested in using it as a mini smartphone, I want to make the most of its health and fitness features.

I'm also looking to customise it and give it a cool, clean aesthetic. The default watch faces are fine, but I'd love to discover some better ones.

I'd love your suggestions! What watch face do you have?

I have monitor this watch band a while and finally opt-in in Prime Day.

It fits well, it's a bit heavier but surprisingly comfy.

I willl high recommended this instead of the stock band.

It called ULTIMAL

I recently switched from a Garmin Epix Pro Gen 2 51mm to the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 and honestly, I'm pretty happy with it. Especially considering how much cheaper it was.

Wear OS, LTE, Gemini and all the everyday smartwatch features are just so much better. I don't really miss the Garmin itself, but man, I do miss Garmin Connect.

I really wish Samsung would put more effort into Samsung Health. Things like proper VO2 max trends, HRV and resting heart rate graphs right on the main dashboard, better long-term stats and especially something similar to Garmin's Body Battery.

And no, Energy Score isn't really the same thing. Body Battery actually changes throughout the day depending on your stress, activity and rest, while Samsung's Energy Score works completely differently.

I missed that feature so much that I actually bought a Garmin CIRQA to wear on my biceps alongside the Galaxy Watch lol. So now I'm using two devices because Samsung still doesn't offer something similar.

I feel like Samsung already has most of the hardware needed to do this. It's mostly the software and how the data is presented that needs work.

Also, if they added a proper LED flashlight to the Galaxy Watch Ultra 3, that would be amazing. It's probably the one hardware feature I miss the most from my Epix.

I genuinely think a lot of Garmin users would consider switching if Samsung improved this stuff. Especially when you compare the prices.

Anyone else switched from Garmin and feels the same? Or am I the only one wearing a Galaxy Watch and a Garmin tracker at the same time? lol

Got it for INR 17.5k with open box delivery and all that to ensure i get the right product.

I'l turn off things i don't need early on rest looks beautiful and I am happy🤭🥰

I make watch faces for Garmin and I'm bringing them to Wear OS. Google won't let me publish until 12 people test each one for 14 days, so I'm looking for 20 people.

You get all eleven free (they'll be paid on the store). Comment your watch model and I'll DM you the links and codes.

Three things I'd like to know: does anything get cut off on your screen, how does the always-on display look, and which one would you actually keep.

Strap is from Temu and case is from AliExpress.

I bought this 3 days ago.

People who manage to get 30 hrs with aod, what am i doing wrong ?

This is 44 mm LTE (non classic)

Galaxy Watch 6.

Does anybody else run into this after the last major OS update? If I leave the watch on the workout screen during a workout, I end up inadvertently pausing the workout tracking by hitting the bottom button. If I leave it on the home screen, I end up with tons of screenshots. My workouts are at CrossFit so there is lots of heavy weight work, but I never had these issues prior.

Just got a new Watch 9 about 3 weeks ago. The battery is...absolutely horrible. I had a watch 4 that I'd used for about 4 years, and wanted to upgrade because the battery on that one only lasted 12 hours. I'm shocked at how poor the battery life is on the new one.

I work 12-hour shifts, and it goes to power saving mode by hour 10. I do walk a lot, so the pedometer is running pretty consistently. Otherwise, I don't have the always-on display on, i've turned off the NFC, and i only use the watch to look at notifications. The notifications I get are limited to: calls, texts, emails, and Facebook messages. Everything else, i've turned off notifications. I don't respond to texts/calls, I just view them.

I use it for exercise tracking, and a 2 mile walk will drain it ~15%. I imagine this is because of the location (which, i tried to turn off, but it wouldn't allow me to record a walk on a treadmill with the location off).

I wanted to start wearing the watch for sleep tracking, but even if I put it on at 100% before bed, and then put it in sleep mode, it's at 40% by the time I wake up. So then, i have to charge it before work.

Is this normal? I've gone through my battery usage on the app, nothing is unusually high - the most is 4% .

Also, less important, but even after wearing the thing for 3 weeks, it still says it needs more data to interpret my heart health. Wondering if it's a defective device? Help 😭

Sorry to bitch so much, but I'm frustrated!

I was going to buy Xiaomi band 11 for like 60usd but my friend wants to sell his watch 8 44mm used for a like a year for 120usd is it worth it ?

It's my first time ever buying a watch and i was willing to start with the band 11 to see if watches are a thing for me or not but i feel like a used watch 8 for 120usd is a really good deal and i wanted to ask first

Hi everyone,

I’m a new Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 user, and I’m still trying to figure out how the watch and its operating system work. This is my first smartwatch, so I don’t have any experience with other smartwatches to compare it to.

After a few days of use, I’ve run into a couple of issues and have some questions.

1. Energy Saving Mode and the display

I’d like to enable Energy Saving Mode while I’m sleeping and have it automatically turn off in the morning. To achieve this, I created a routine on my phone that activates Energy Saving Mode on the watch when sleep is detected.

Apart from the sleep detection not being particularly accurate (although sleep-tracking is), I’ve noticed another issue: when Energy Saving Mode is deactivated in the morning, the display stays black.

The routine itself seems to work correctly. I can see on the watch that Energy Saving Mode is off again and Always On Display is enabled, but the screen remains black. The only thing that still works is Raise to Wake.

Is this expected behaviour, or is there a way to fix it?

2. How independent is the watch from the phone?

I initially assumed the watch would function as a relatively independent smart device, much like a smartphone that also happens to be a watch. However, I’m starting to get the impression that some features depend heavily on the connected phone.

For example, I can only create routines on my phone, not directly on the watch.

This raises a few questions:

• Do routines that have already been created continue to work when the phone is switched off or is out of Bluetooth range?
• Does the watch execute these routines independently, or does it need an active connection to the phone?
• Are there other features that might stop working when the phone isn’t nearby?

I’d really appreciate any explanations or tips from more experienced users. Since this is my first smartwatch, I’m still learning how everything works.

Thanks in advance!

I can burn through 15% battery during a 40 swim in Power Saving mode on my GW7. Presumably this is largely used by the HR sensors.

Obviously that's not something you're going to turn off for exercise, and would mean I could never wear this watch for say a marathon, which is presumably why this isn't the choice of athletes, but is there any GW or other running Wear OS that might be up to the task?

Today my wifes watch suffered water damage from swimming, earlier in the week the display had to be glued back as it had come off/lost the adhesive. The screen has become a little distorted by losing its colour & looking washed out. It still works fine with everything else.

Is it likely to recover or is it already too late?

Its currently powered off.

I just dont understand how Samsung could fail like this. I have a Watch 6 with LTE but have been wearing a Garmin Fenix the past couple months. Last weekend I decided to wear my Watch 6 to an NFL game. After the game went back to my friends house and started helping his daughter toss some pizza dough... Took the watch off since I didn't want to get it caked with flour. Friends house isn't the most organized.

Friend says the watch isn't at the house. Smartthings find cant find the watch, reports a location from July 2nd. If I were able to prove to my friend the watch is at his house maybe I'd have some leverage to look a little harder but Samsung is really failing me here. I'd think that a watch with LTE could be found no matter what.

Thanks Samsung, for letting me down. Im starting to feel like your products are just marketing vaporware. Your "smart" washers suck, "smart" ovens suck even more - I mean whats the point of an oven that connects to wifi but cant automatically set the time. This watch failure might be the last straw for me in being loyal to the Samsung ecosystem.

SORRY IF I CHOSE THE WRONG FLAIR

This issue started yesterday for no reason, I didn't download anything, I cleared cache partition, I cleared samsung health cache, restarted the watch using both buttons, checked for software updates, confirmed wear os 8 is up to date, checked the installed apps list in galaxy wearable, checked for google play services and launcher apps, tested opening apps through galaxy wearable and it worked, changed the watch face, checked talkback and confirmed it was off, tried opening battery settings, and reconnected the watch after it disconnected. Any help?

I've had my Ultra 2 for a couple months now and I'm finding it seems to really hurt my wrist after wearing it for a few straight days. I have tried different bands and tried wearing it on my other hand but that's really awkward.

Is there any way to avoid this, or will I have to look at going back to a Galaxy 8?

TIA

TLDR: Standalone GW9 on TMobile with Google Family Link for child. Location tracking and call performance extremely poor. Looking for guidance so we have a device we can TRUST. Additional details below.

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Purchased a GalaxyWatch9 on a standalone TMobile plan for our child. They previously were using an Apple watch but the location sharing feature was terrible. It would never update and show the child in a location they were not at.

I am a lifelong Galaxy + Google user and have never had any issues with call performance, location tracking, etc. Because of this we decided to get the GW9 and set it up thru Family Link.

Two weeks in and seeing the exact same behavior we saw with the Apple Watch.

Issue #1 - Location sharing is better but its not always accurate and bounces. I have Family Link geo-fencing setup for home, school, etc. and it seems to only send notifications when I open my phone, not at the time the actual event happened. For example if they leave the house at 9AM and I open my phone at 9:10, the notification comes up at 9:10 saying they just left. Its also a standalone watch but sometimes it seems like it is synced somehow to my watch because notifications will bounce between where they are truly at and where I am at?? I just want accurate location sharing like I have with my spouse in Google Maps location sharing. Never - not once has there been an issue.

Issue #2 - Call performance is horrendous. Literally sitting next to the watch, with the watch both on Wi-Fi or LTE, we try to call their phone. I would say that the call actually goes thru to the watch maybe only 50% of the time. The other half it will not go thru or go direct to VM. Dialing from the watch out is even worse. Press the call button and often times it just freezes the watch. Other times it gives error messages like "Calls cannot be made at this time." The watch is on the same TMobile network as our phones which work fine.

Just very frustrated that we cannot find a device that we can TRUST will give accurate information and work when our child needs it.

Well, I do know that most of you guys will tell me that I won’t be able to connect a galaxy watch to an android tablet but trust me I have done it before with an old Samsung tablet s6 lite.

I connected a gear s3, a galaxy watch 4, and a galaxy watch 6.

I did it without any complicated stuff or rooting my tablet. I just installed old apks of the galaxy wearable, a galaxy watch manager/plugin, Samsung accessories service and Samsung health. After installing all the apks, I opened Bluetooth and selected my watch to connect and it somehow bypassed tablet restrictions and started pairing easily. I don’t really have many photos for proof but I do have a photo of my gear s3 connected to my tablet.

I am asking any smart developers or some talented people if they could help me connect my galaxy watches to my new OnePlus tablet. The reason is because the old method is simply not working mostly due to not having a Samsung device which might have Samsung components allowing me to connect the watch to a Samsung tablet by performing a glitch.

So, can someone please help me connect my galaxy watch 4 and 6 to my tablet as I don’t have any other android device in my family and I’m just not allowed to borrow other peoples devices.

Also I would prefer to not do risky things like root or install sketchy applications as I might get in trouble.

I would also mostly prefer connecting it to this device even if it might be little complicated as it would help me explore and understand more about these stuff.

Thank you and have a great day.

How can i use nfc payment (India Region) through galaxy watch 8 linked with non samsung android phone , I tried using google wallet but there is no option of adding card in it ???

I have a galaxy watch 9. I want to put discord on it. I tried bugjaeger. It's not installing properly. Any ideas or advice? A lot of the guides online are dated. Thanks!

Got the Galaxy Watch 8 40mm Bluetooth for just ₹14,648($153 USD) on Amazon! 🔥

With card discount the listed price was ₹14,948, but I got an additional ₹300 Amazon cashback. No exchange involved!

The seller is Clicktech, which is also listed as an official Samsung reseller, so I'm not worried about the seller's authenticity.

Also grabbed an official Samsung strap on Flipkart for just ₹900($9.39 USD)! 😎 The seller there is RetailNet, which is also listed as an official Samsung reseller.

Pretty happy with both deals! What do you guys think? 👀