Samsung Watch5 Pro: The Early Review!

Here's your first real-world sports tests of the new Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro, complete with heart rate accuracy, new navigation, compass, and plenty more!
In this video I dive into the core new features of the Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro, including elements like the GPX-file based course and routes navigation, the Track Back feature, the compass watchface, and the new biometric optical HR sensor. Plus a look at the battery life claims for the Pro version.
0:00 Quick Overview
0:54 Pro vs Regular Features Differences
3:27 Compass Watchface
4:34 Navigating with Saved Routes
7:44 Track Back Feature
8:31 Interval Run Test Setup
9:53 Heart Rate Accuracy
10:22 GPS Accuracy
11:16 Battery Life
12:16 Is it really Pro?
#SamsungWatch5Pro #SamsungGalaxyWatch5Pro #Watch5Pro

[@maranr]

My last watch was a Galaxy Watch Active 2. I liked it apart from battery life but wanted the whole Garmin ecosystem. Love my 7s for all the training features but do miss some the great smart watch features. Also got fed up with Samsung taking features away and not being upfront about features coming to Canada. I'm all in on Garmin despite the price.

[@alexguild]

i'm still using the Active 2. They are still updating the software. For what i use it for i don't think i really "need" the upgrade but I'm always tempted =)

[@toadlguy]

First, I am truly amazed that while most other YTers are basically just giving specs, you’ve already got an actual (albeit first look) review out. Second, is the lack of maps without the phone due to connectivity or are the maps stored on the phone (i.e., would the LTE version give you maps without the phone)?

[@Dcrainmaker]

Thanks! Yeah, my having the product is purely a dumb-luck thing with a Dutch retailer putting it on their shelves. As for maps, hmm, that's an interesting question. I'll try it tomorrow on the phone in airplane mode.

[@sebastianirarrazabal6756]

The other guys have to wait until the embargo is lifted 🤣 this guy hacked the system

[@RoHan-83]

I read just today that full standalone maps mode is coming soon to maps on wearOS...didn't read the news properly, only the title tbh, but it just came into my mind when I read your question. So i guess if it's not there yet, it soon (™) will be.

[@toadlguy]

@@RoHan-83 I’m not sure they are using standard WearOS maps here, though.

[@tams805]

Next to all of them won't do any exercise more than a walk as well. Incredibly lazy!

[@Seahawks1976]

And thanks for adding these traditional smart watches too it’s appreciated!

[@hk6926]

Was seriously waiting for this . Thank you so much .

[@Dcrainmaker]

Enjoy!!!

[@hk6926]

@@Dcrainmaker thank you I hope you make one video comparing venu 2 plus and this . Thinking to replace venu 2 plus but not sure should I do it or not . Love garmin metrics .

[@romanliebl1914]

Thanks for the first Impression and sensor analysis! I have to say, if they fix battery life for GPS, it's really something to consider. For a starting price of 469 you get a lot. It really shows a hole in the Garmin product line as well - there are only models at 800+ that have sapphire glas and Maps. If you want Amoled display as well you're at 999 listprice. For someone who is into outdoors but not a ultra runer, maybe not a bad choice.

[@mclovinjwst]

Subscribed! This is the 3rd video on the watch I've been trying to find, and this one is outstanding.

[@fitgearhunter]

Hahaha “a bit of a beefcake” - “boom I am in town” - we are cut from the same cloth! I would’ve said the same. Review was super helpful and informative. Awesome work as always

[@Dcrainmaker]

Haha...my first reaction when I took it out of the box as well!

[@faronanslow9606]

Wow, great overview. Exactly what a person in the GPS watch market needs for a quick overview of the key elements of the watch from the perspective of a fitness oriented use case. Nice work!

[@Boussaty]

This is the first time I see your video, and I'm telling you, your content is very informative and interesting, thanks for sharing.

[@vaby3614]

Samsung should give the new navigation features to watch 4 owners too, given that there is no hardware restriction on watch 4. It is very well capable of doing it.

[@rajgopee1245]

battery life is probably the issue

[@Carlos94016]

@@rajgopee1245 That's moronic. It's like saying "I won't let you compete in this race because i doubt you'd win it"

[@iulioh]

@@Carlos94016 more like "you can't carry enough fuel to finish the track"

[@Carlos94016]

@@iulioh Shouldn't you let the people decide though? Maybe that's the only thing I want to do with the watch the entire day and I don't mind charging it after 15 mins. Just to be sure, I don't think that's how Samsung's thinking and I doubt the battery's the issue here.

[@andydougy4347]

@@Carlos94016 capitalism. they gotta make another buck so you gotta buy another watch even though the 4 could easily handle it in terms of processing power/battery. If 5 can do 20h with a larger battery + GPS the 4 with a smaller could presumably at least hit 8h.

[@jgames01]

Been dying for some objective, feature-focused coverage of Samsung's new watches. Thank you, I've definitely heard of your channel in the tech-o-sphere for a while now, but I didn't know the focus was on fitness and watches. I love it! Keep the coverage up. I look forward to your GW5 follow up videos!

[@TMan29]

The best explanation, thank you. Speaking specifically the body temp sensor

[@armandochevez1038]

Great overview. Sad to see the rotating bezel go away! I've had almost all the iterations of Samsung watches since their very first watches and have always been happy with them. Earlier this year I got an Epix 2 because finally Garmin implemented an OLED screen and now I love it to pieces, especially when I use it with GPS for activities and I still get a whole week without having to charge it! I got sick with COVID recently and was not able to work out for 3 weeks and I never had to charge once!, which is crazy! Is it way more expensive? Yes! But it is worth it to me. Now Garmin needs to implement a rotating bezel and it would be golden!

[@Dcrainmaker]

Yeah, the bezel has had a lot of history. Though, to be honest, with Wear OS, it's place in life was kinda less and less. Cheers!

[@johnny_rain3226]

@@Dcrainmaker But there are a lot of usefull applications that exploit the rotating bezel like this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGnJi5uPfJeCo9E That I'll be missing, so it's a deal breaker for me, though my wallet will be happy... Anyway excellent review.

[@romeob.8550]

@@Dcrainmaker It's not about it's place in life. It's about it's place in the factory. It's way cheaper and less complicated to produce something without a rotating bezel. So, in the end is just about the profits. Thank you for your video, it really made me appreciate my watch4 LTE so much more. 👌

[@paterpater100]

I think the removal of the bezel was necessary to make a more rugged watch. Less moving parts means less room for breaking and damage. Plus sand and dust could get stuck under the bezel. The bezel was very satisfying to use and nice when the watch was wet though! But I'll take the durability and the battery life.

[@romeob.8550]

@@paterpater100 I've been wearing a watch 4 LTE since it was available to buy. I had it on my wrist while digging holes, using drilling machines, working in rain and dirt and so on. Trust me, I had absolutely no problem. There is one big problem tho, while on LTE voice call it overheats and stops. That's the only problem with the watch 4. I wonder if watch 5 LTE has the same problem.

[@liquidalloy]

Another great video. I love your drone videos haha. After watching this, I will stick with my Watch 3. I have it now for 2 years, 45mm LTE version, works awesome and I love the rotating bezel.

[@ferkomatolcsi2003]

Outstanding review. Thanx a lot!

[@juanpablogonzalezs.v.8319]

Thaaanks great video format 🔥

[@derx6666]

Still waiting for a Garmin Vivoactive 5. I just love the battery life of my VA4 vs the Samsung Watch I had before. Lasts me around 7 days, then charge it for less than 2 hours, and another 7 days of battery life. I don't really want to charge my watch every 2 days, so this one is a nogo for me.

[@lisar.8502]

The Garmin battery life is amazing compared to Samsung. My partner goes days without charging. I'd say unless the galaxy has something you just can't do without, stay with Garmin. I ordered a galaxy 5 but only because Samsung offers pretty slick trade in deals for their top end watches. I can tell you the battery life on the galaxy 4 classic was abysmal even after taking measures to reduce drain. It had to go on the charger every night and sometimes sooner if GPS was heavily used.

[@mayikx]

I will keep watching your channel looking to have a big picture of the battery life.

[@pruteanu6]

cannot wait your update on the battery life

[@JLP4444]

A key feature missing from the Watch 4 was the ability to choose "Always On" display during a workout--with the bigger batteries, have they added that back?

[@stiglilleaas5685]

Hi, brilliant as always .... I've read somewhere that later on this year the 5Pro will be able to navigate trough map without having the cellphone present, have you heard something about that .... and which training watch is capable of doing so today ... it is so nice to stop and glance at the map and fing out shooot that was the wrong way ! Take care. Best regards from Stig ( Norway )

[@rohitfrancis]

Great review as always 🙏🙏. Although It stands no chance in front of garmin's latest wearable especially if your HR sensor & GPS accuracy is a big bummer...

[@inakilrg]

Is sports technology about to outpace Ray? I’m seriously impressed that you manage to review so many new devices

[@Dcrainmaker]

Hahaha…it’s about to get busy!

[@mlegrand]

⬆ So true! It's possible he's part robot 🤖

[@danielbarakat]

Thanks man. No one else does videos like this

[@Dcrainmaker]

Thanks man!!!

[@harrysmiles]

Great early review. I don't know if you've done it before but it would be really interesting there was a full comparison video of the different wrist hr sensors.

[@mswwalker12345]

Straight up honest question - between this or the Garmin Venu2, what gets your vote? Outside the LTE availability I'm leaning Garmin

[@adithyayuri]

Amazing video as always :-)

[@adyton]

This is the review that I've been waiting for! Thank you.

[@Dcrainmaker]

Thanks!! No problem!

[@internati0naled974]

I have the watch 4 and classic 4. I'm holding out, hoping they bring back the rotating bezel.

[@MichelBiedermann]

Outstanding review as always! - How well does the interface work with rubbing wet fingers across the watch interface like coming out of the water or with sweaty hands?

[@Dcrainmaker]

Not super well thus far.

[@meowlancer7279]

I own Active 2 also have GPX export options, man this is so useful

[@harvgill76]

Thanks as always for great reviews. Couple of burning questions. Since I'm having a hard time wanting to upgrade from the original Galazy Watch. Can the native health app connect to a Bluetooth chest strap? Also, can you comment on the vibration strength compared to the original. Btw, another YT guy "Quantified Scientist" I believe is the name did a review of heart rate and sleep tracking. The sleep tracking didn't do so well.

[@wellcan1]

Best review of watch5 so far 👌

[@amircastilla07]

Nice video. Kudos from Belize.

[@Dcrainmaker]

Thanks!!!

[@GauravMishra-kj4tg]

This is the review video I was looking for

[@juanpablogonzalezs.v.8319]

U thank u for adding those time notes. I would have been a little disappointed since it didn't go from life to death. But I didn't have to wait for it I was just able to skip to that. And honestly I appreciate u valuing my time because I only cared about the battery life. And for the short time I enmeshed in this video the info u gave me was worth it. So that's why I liked and commented. Get u more of that intoraction

[@kfiatos]

@DC Rainmaker could you try charging Watch 4 with the Watch 5 charger and check if it charges Watch 4 quicker?

[@3adel2222]

Thank you for the review, it's actually kinda changed my mind. Anyway, a question, why did you chose the black color over the gray?

[@Dcrainmaker]

It was simply available sooner. I’d have chosen grey otherwise.

[@TT-kf3pk]

I ordered mine. They gave me 150 to trade in my watch 3. So 151$ total for the new size 44. I am happy

[@frimangil]

Can I ask please about the magnetic strap lock - is it steong enough for extreme sports? If I'm planning to go kitesurfing with this watch should I buy an alternative strap?

[@eltonsantos9855]

Thank You for the great review. Are you planning to have a review of the Galaxy Watch 6 soon?

[@Dcrainmaker]

Editing as we speak, up tomorrow!

[@mlwz1082]

Good video, but do you think this is better than the Galaxy watch for a classic and Worth to upgrade?

[@WoodakaDiddy]

Thanks for the review

[@Dcrainmaker]

No problem 👍

[@CB-hm8mz]

Hi, can you review the new band? Normally I have to tighten the strap once the sweat starts to keep the sensors on the skin, how does it work with the new clasp?

[@Aus2312]

Was the distance editable in the watch or do they still not allow that?

[@MartynMassop]

Will you be doing a review for the Watch 5 too? Eager to see how that stacks up with battery over similar tests.

[@xpr7424]

yea I pre ordered the regular and can't find vids of it

[@Dcrainmaker]

Yup, in some way. TBD on exactly what my plan is there. But I do have a 40mm Watch5, and headed to pickup a 44mm Watch5 here shortly.

[@MartynMassop]

Amazing! Would be great to see a comparison between the two as I'm undecided which one to pick up coming from an OG Galaxy Watch as I'm part of the small wrist gang, so eager to see how they fare against each other battery wise.

[@rolandrohde]

I am currently (as I have been for the last two years) looking for a new watch. I want something with AOD (or even better MIP) Display and decent battery life. Good heartrate and stress tracking and support for indoor rowing. Should be simple, but so far no dice. How does this Samsung do in terms of AOD and battery?

[@SimplyJ888]

Do you know if the sensor covers of the new Active 5 watches are glued on like they have been on past Samsung watches? The cover of my old Active 2 watch fell off almost exactly 3 years to the day I bought it

[@shaileshupadhyay1699]

Love your review, would you do a review on amazefit trex 2

[@Arkos39]

The navigation maps looks nice on Watch5. It's different than the used on the Watch4, right?

[@alwaysmi]

Thanks for your thorough product tests, it REALLY helps... One thing though, you didn't demonstrate the use of the "bezel". It's the most popular feature of prev GWatches, but is the raised ring capacitative, or just a non-functioning protective lip?...👍

[@Dcrainmaker]

There's no movement anymore on the bezel, it's gone now. So basically, it's just the edge is capacitive and it 'feels' you going around (as shown). Same as the other non-Classic watches for a few years now.

[@mengx94]

Capacitive touch and they want 500 with no trades? Pass

[@tardiscupcake2328]

Have they updated the hear rate to compete with apple? Like give you resting hear rate, standing heart rate, walking heart rate?

[@CigarSurgeon]

My questions, since there seems to bunch of confusion based on marketing terminology on Samsung's website: What features are restricted when pairing to a non-Samsung phone. In the past it was just BP and ECG, but language on the website seems to indicate that advanced sleep tracking and HR monitoring is now limited.

[@Dcrainmaker]

Interesting, I'll have to dig into the Sleep Tracking/HR bits.

[@CigarSurgeon]

@@Dcrainmaker much appreciated, I know there's a ton of doubt and confusion on Reddit

[@stuffgps]

@@Dcrainmaker Appreciate anything on the ECG, BP, Variable Heart Rate (is that really available now, without some added application) for the Samsung Health/Fitness Smartwatch, what of the recovery estimation...? You know, how would it compare to Whoop, Oura, Garmin recovery estimation...

[@zachrhonheimer2787]

Does the new charger work with the older Galaxy Watch 4 and if so does it have any impact on charging speed?

[@Dcrainmaker]

Hmm..good test, I'll try it tomorrow. Didn't bring the Watch4 home from the office.

[@zachrhonheimer2787]

@@Dcrainmaker Were you able to test this out?

[@johnterdik4707]

I'd be very interested in your findings regarding the SOS and fall detection. I was able to get the SOS to work only one time and never got the fall detection to work. I have spoken to Samsung tech support at least 100 hours, still the issue remains. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or it's the watch.

[@dodgeis4me]

i would like to see a size comparison to the Garmin

[@markymoo22]

I have the Active 2 and looking to upgrade. I like the battery on this, however, it looks so much bigger and pretruding? Maybe I should stick another year??

[@vagoguy]

I had to switch from sams watch 4 to garmin since it got too hot in my runs. LTE and BT and GPS... It just died mid run due to heat. Did you test it running at 30+ deg Celsius?

[@Dtoons53]

Hey does anyone know if there are differences in battery life between the Bluetooth and LTE models . I currently don't really need the LTE model but I thought it might be worth it to spend the extra money to have access to that feature in case I want to connect it to my plan in the future. I know in years past the LTE versions of watches typically had poorer battery life even when just using it on Bluetooth mode. Is this true for this version?

[@a2roland]

Awesome! Thank You!

[@rahyan.]

This is a true tech review !!

[@mr_red13]

How is the vibration vs the Active 2? I need a watch that will wake me up

[@nickjankovski5382]

Great in depth review! I've pre-ordered it with a leather band, thoughts on the d buckle band vs the standard silicone sports band?

[@gwato82]

Better than leather for sure, won't smell as much once your wrist gets sweaty hiking or running

[@harryl8234]

Leather is fake

[@divinusfilius3771]

Make sure your Aura ring isn't close enough to interfere with the super sensitive compass in the watch. My Vuse vape that I smoke, the tiny magnet at the bottom that secures the vape for charging, can make my watch compass go nuts or move the "needle" with the tiny magnet at the bottom of my vape, from 10-15 inches away! It's sooo sensitive that magnetometer in the watches compass.

[@rodnumnuk]

Question: can the watch fast charge using a 2A or QC USB-A brick, using a USB C -> A adapter?

[@przp5800]

great review as usual , does it show coordinates data ?

[@Dcrainmaker]

Not within the watch itself, that I can see.

[@Paul8301]

Thx for the info! Are you using the 4G version or the bleutooth version here?

[@Dcrainmaker]

The Blueooth version.

[@Seahawks1976]

I loved the 4 but the heart rate just wasn’t great so glad to see it’s better! Might pick it up to switch with the 7x from time to time.

[@GadgetyMV]

Early and outstanding quick review, thank you. If you have the chance please compare it to the latest software updated Samsung Watch 4 to see what the improvement is. It certainly looks like the interval is big improvement.

[@RosenIvanovPetkov]

Great review

[@teamasprec9167]

which do you thin is better garmin venu 2 plus or this galaxy watch 5

[@ChloeASMR91]

I have a question Can you use these watches for social media like facebook?

[@markwalker2986]

I've still got my galaxy watch 46mm and happy to wait till its stops getting updates then I'll upgrade it.

[@ThatWanderingNomad]

Hi, great video! so much quicker then anyone else. I want to know if it can connect to external HR for running and everything else? This is the reason I use my Active 2 for everything else but for running or cycling use forerunner 935.

[@michealsizemore1]

As far as I know none of the Samsung watches can connect to external HR. You have to use a third party app like Sporty Go which can connect to a Stryde Pod and external HR but with limited functionality.

[@ThatWanderingNomad]

@@michealsizemore1 Got the watch 5 44mm and I am able to use Polar h10 with Google fit app and then using it to sync with Samsung health app.

[@HughesyTech]

Is the GFX workout and routing similar to what Suunto 7 had 👀

[@falconsh92]

I'm curious if Samsung fixed the LTE problem. My watch 4 LTE overheated constantly with a bad conection. So I returned it. Realy looking forwart to this one.

[@NickBEADG]

What do you use to see the satellite view with all the devices?

[@akshay884]

Could you please confirm whether it works with non samsung android devices. Because on the samsung website it says you must pair it with a samsung galaxy device. Thankyou!

[@NoRemorse1986]

Just a big question, tye sensore on previous watch never worked over tattoos, can u please let me know if this model does?

[@ameetp14]

Please tell me that nest camera videos come thru like iwatch.

[@Tino91ful]

I see alot of people asking about the sport features. Other then those features does it make a good active watch for construction or everyday activities?

[@justinlangley9522]

Literal construction work? If so I'd just get a fossil hyrbid watch has the classic watch look several week battery life, your basic HR and fitness tracking and is dirt cheap in comparison.

[@AsianChexMix]

As someone who was using this as an every day driver with occasionally using these features, do you think it's worth the $70 upgrade?

[@nfsdanz]

Your mainly paying for the extra battery life. Depends how much that means to you really.

[@mehshutup3041]

@@nfsdanz dont forget the sapphire display. That alone is an upgrade on its own

[@CorsaGarageJustin]

@@nfsdanz Also the titanium case is a nice high end metal that's durable and light.

[@user-ed3uh2go9q]

Was it navigating with Saved ROutes Operates google maps? In korea, google maps doesn't well operates 😥

[@coreydickey3657]

What's the operating temp max? Mine old galaxy constantly overheats but I hear that's partially due to lte. Saw something that said 95 on the older ones but that's night time in Texas right now. Many garmins say 140.

[@michealsizemore1]

My Galaxy Watch 3 LTE overheats all the time on hot days. Very discouraging.

[@Dcrainmaker]

For better or worse, about the hottest it gets here in Amsterdam is about 90*F (yesterday included). It didn't die then, but obviously that's not Texas hot.

[@Jones12ax7]

Even with a massive battery upgrade like this it's not even close to the Garmin units. Even the Epix 2 that has also oled display. Garmin does a great job on that.

[@Dcrainmaker]

Yup, different things for different folks. For endurance and such, it’s quite different.

[@balajirajaram9512]

Doesn't matter whether it has oled or not. It's all about the software as wear os is a power demanding software while the Garmin OS is not that power demanding

[@DunkBoi]

@@balajirajaram9512 but yet the Garmin software does everything wear os does and even more in regards to fitness tracking. I went with a Garmin years ago and have no need to go back to something like wear os or even a Apple watch.

[@balajirajaram9512]

@@DunkBoi that's not right. I can't use Google assistant on garmin. I can't use gmaps on Garmin, I cant send a message when I get a notification and I know you can only send custom ones from Garmin and there are many things like this. It's more of a personal preference

[@DunkBoi]

@@balajirajaram9512 I can agree with that. But do I really need Google assistant on my wrist when I have it in my pocket? I had a Huawei watch running wear os and responding to text messages was nice and all the other "smart" features were cool but I realized that my phone does those things better and I needed my phone nearby for my watch to do those things anyway. But yes, all personal preference.

[@cszulu2000]

How does it compare to garmin Fenix? Can you use it on apple as well?

[@dodoyaman8411]

I wonder if i charge my watch 4 with the watch 5 charger is it possible faster charge or not guys? Thx 4 the answer

[@landonjones5080]

Are you going to do a test of the base Galaxy Watch 5?

[@lostgleammedia]

So if you fall over North will be a bit off for a bit or until the screen comes back on

[@DaleLadDaz]

Hey DC, I wonder if you could make a video comparing the general android Vs apple ecosystem for health metric tracking and fitness recording etc? I am pretty out of shape and looking to lose weight and build fitness. Currently am using a 3 year old iphone and have an old Fenix 5 but haven't used these items for years and am looking to get a new phone and a watch to help me on my journey with the help of a few apps too. With the iphone 14, the apple watch 8 and samsung fold and s23 coming soon and the fenix 7x solar I was wondering if you could take a bit of a look at the two ecosystems and hardware for the general user who uses tech to motivate and track food intake and calories burned and general fitness improvements over time... I would be super excited to see this from you. Thanks p.s. I was thinking of going with Garmin 7x solar and an iphone but it appears that garmin does not sync accurately to apple health and looking at garmin forums garmin have no interesting in remedying this... apparently, feeding garmin data to strava, and then syncing strava with apple health works, but strava have already stopped this function once and reinstated it so moving forward may not be a long term solution...hence my difficulty at deciding which way to go down

[@madmalkav6540]

Is there any third party application for WearOS like Workoutdoors for Apple Watch that can be used instead of the Samsung native stuff?

[@ThatWanderingNomad]

Yes Google fit can be used

[@madmalkav6540]

@@ThatWanderingNomad I think I'm missing something because Google Fit doesn't seems to provide almost any of the things that Workoutdoors provides...

[@khalIlIsml]

Hi, I'm a little late to the party, but I have a question. Can this watch do heart rate broadcast to garmin devices? I bought the watch on impulse and really looking for 1 thing to like on this thing lol

[@dr0idxkilla]

What do u expect on it being thicker of course it's going to be when your expecting better battery and bigger battery... Software will fix the compass sooner or later always going to be bugs in the beginning

[@guicao]

tks..great video

[@THEUrinalCake]

What I want to know is whether or not we're going to get all the health tracking features in the US this time. We've gotten passed over for the blood pressure and SP02 before and I really want those. I know they're baked into the devices and it's an FDA approval type thing but it's a drag to have a device that's capable but have it disabled. Also I want to see how this works with Google maps if it's capable of syncing and doing turn by turn alongside a planned route.

[@Betancourtdm]

I'd settle for them allowing ECG on non Samsung phones for once. But I agree wholeheartedly with your question.

[@newageaz]

My wish is for all of the health features to be available on non-Samsung phones (I have 2 Pixels) and ..for Samsung to clearly state which features will not work with non Samsung phones

[@michaelrohrs7475]

Does the temp sensor work with yours I heard here in the USA that the temp sensor isn't on yet, not sure if they got approval or whatever holding it up like blood pressure that's been around since 3 but still no useage in USA. Thanks.

[@Dcrainmaker]

No, sadly it's not enabled yet anywhere.

[@michaelrohrs7475]

@@Dcrainmaker thanks for that quick reply just don't want another feature that 3rd biggest selling point next to charger speed and battery size life (I don't care about GPX) still waiting for blood pressure since w3 2020 and still only works with headache and another app that pain in butt.

[@Igalsr]

I wish Samsung and Suunto would have made a co-operation, they could make great WearOS sports watch together.

[@Dcrainmaker]

I agree, that would be a super logical acquisition/partnership.

[@AlfuhPAD]

Definitely is still a smartwatch with some casual fitness ability. I'm deep in samsung ecosystem (phone, tab, buds) so I tried the GW4 on debut. Oof. Was great for casual wellness tracking and fell wayshort on any serious fitness tracking and was horrid with battery. Sold it quickly and got back to Garmin.

[@davidgould4870]

Ditto!

[@vonwerderc]

Which Garmin did you switch to? I've been using Amazfit for a while for the battery life, but I feel like it's just not really good at anything except lasting 3+ weeks

[@AlfuhPAD]

@Cole von Werder I went all out with Epix 2. I had traditionally used Forerunner line, but the capability and OLED screen was impossible to resist. Loving it

[@wakeles]

I hope garmin did something to solve the burning in their oled screens. My venu is completely burnt, sad to say. Happy with it but garmin should have fixed that

[@tams805]

A lot of that poor battery life is due to WearOS which is still a turgid mess.

[@PatrickBarnaby-w9b]

The Rotating Bezel does work well. It's not ON by default so I first thought it didn't work and then I found the setting to turn ON and then it works very well.

[@johangroify]

Howzit from South Africa, great video! You think this is worth an upgrade from watch 4?

[@Dcrainmaker]

Honestly depends on how much you want the battery life, or, the navigation features. Many of these navigation features can be found on other 3rd party apps, so it's a bit tougher to justify.

[@johangroify]

@@Dcrainmaker Meh, battery life is not much of a concern for me on the watch 4. I charge it for an hour in the morning while catching up on emails. Will stick on the watch 4, its a huge upgrade from the huawei band 4 Thanks for the response