Testseek.com have collected 235 expert reviews of the Samsung Galaxy Watch and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung Galaxy Watch.
May 2019
(82%)
235 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(94%)
2643 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
820100235
The editors liked
Two sizes and three colors provide attractive options for most
Excellent build quality
46mm Galaxy Watch has much-improved battery life
One of the few watches to have Spotify support
Tizen just keeps getting better with age with a slick and fluid UI
Excellent battery life
Crisp display
Built-in sleep tracking
Useful rotating bezel
Great battery
Tough build quality
Supports iPhones too
Vivid AMOLED display
Impressive battery life
Rotating bezel and watch faces
4G connectivity
Great battery life
Rotating bezel
Attractive display
Good
Compatible with Android and iOS
Decent battery life
Rotating ring eases navigation
Tactile buttons
Beautiful and very bright AMOLED display
Interactive and bug-free UI
Elaborate fitness sleep tracking
Swimming-readiness
Stress monitoring
Spotify and Soundcloud support
Can be used for
The editors didn't like
Lack of basic fitness data - for example
Vo2 Max or SWOLF From the built in apps
4G Storage could be problematic for off-line music lovers or footprint heavy apps
Tizen - App ecosystem is more restrictive than WatchOS or Wear OS
If battery life is a p
Weak app ecosystem
Bixby could be better
Lacks third-party app support
Bixby is still disappointing
Slow notification animation
Tizen OS offers limited app support
Slow charging
Limited app support compared to Wear OS
Automatic fitness tracking is sketchy
Limited 4GB onboard storage
No microSD support
Requires proprietary wireless charger
No dedicated sensors for blood oxygen level or swimming
Two sizes and three colors provide attractive options for most, Excellent build quality, 46mm Galaxy Watch has much-improved battery life, One of the few watches to have Spotify support, Tizen just keeps getting better with age with a slick and fluid UI,
Lack of basic fitness data - for example, Vo2 Max or SWOLF From the built in apps, 4G Storage could be problematic for off-line music lovers or footprint heavy apps, Tizen - App ecosystem is more restrictive than WatchOS or Wear OS, If battery life is a p
Before we give our final verdict these are the main points that we observed during our time with the Galaxy Watch.ProsTwo sizes and three colors provide attractive options for mostExcellent build quality46mm Galaxy Watch has much-improved battery lifeOne...
Overall, the Samsung Galaxy Watch improves on the Gear S3 in every conceivable way. Battery life, in particular, is stellar and the watch also fills adds the only significant hole in the Gear S3's feature set – swim tracking. Bar a few annoying bugs, ther...
Lovely design,Great build quality,Good price,Easy to use interface,Good fitness tracking options
Bixby isn't strong,No rotating bezel,No LTE model,Tizen OS still lacks apps,Active 2 has more features
The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active is a lovely simple and sophisticated smartwatch that offers a smaller, sportier version of the Galaxy Watch.We're sad to see the rotating bezel go but the Active's seamless design is nice and it looks great on.We'll let you...
Waterproof and can be used to track swimming, Rotating dial on the bezel makes it easy to control the watch and acts as a guard for the screen too, Built-in heart rate monitor is simple to use and accurate, You can store music on the watch to listen to wh
Using with a phone that's not made by Samsung? You can read notifications for messages and WhatsApp notifications but you can't reply or use email, The smaller screen size doesn't have the same battery life as the larger Galaxy Watch, Lacks some of the mo
The ideal smartwatch for Samsung phone owners that want to focus on fitness and don't mind that popular apps like Google Maps and WhatsApp aren't available. Ideal for those where money is no object, as it's expensiveRATINGS:Ease of use: 3.8/5Design: 4.5/5...
Published: 2018-10-25, Author: David , review by: CNET.co.uk
Samsung's Galaxy Watch has an arguably superior design to Apple's Watch Series 4. Battery life is good, it's fully waterproof and you can get hundreds of watch faces for it. Samsung has improved its software and enhanced its fitness tracking. Spotify prem
The Bixby voice-assistant could be better. Samsung has quashed some bugs but not all. To achieve Samsung's battery life numbers, you have to institute battery-saving measures
The Samsung Galaxy Watch is a great looking smartwatch that beats the Apple Watch on battery life and its wide variety of custom watch faces...
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Published: 2018-09-20, Author: Sam , review by: gizmodo.co.uk
Abstract: Divorce yourself from the far out sci-fi depictions and crazy nerd dreams of what a smartwatch is supposed to be for just a second, and instead think about what makes sense for a wrist-mounted device in 2018. You'll quickly realise there's a huge gap betw...
Published: 2018-09-14, Author: Michael , review by: wareable.com
Solid fitness and sports tracking features, Slick Tizen OS, 2 day+ battery life
Bixby is lousy, App quality still lacking, Big battery claims seem optimistic
Whether you pick up the big or small Samsung Galaxy Watch, you're getting a smartwatch that makes a much more compelling argument for Android phone owners than a Wear watch does right now, even if it may not necessarily see iPhone users ditch their Apple...
Published: 2018-09-06, Author: Matt , review by: techradar.com
Impressive four-day battery life, Great core smartwatch software, Rotating bezel cycles through UI, Looks like a real wrist watch
Proprietary wireless charger, Bixby proven to be terrible again, No Google Maps, WhatsApp, FB Messenger
The Galaxy Watch is Samsung's most refined smartwatch due to its helpful fitness tracking and four-day battery life – if you opt for the larger 46mm size that we liked and recommend. All of this is packaged inside a sophisticated-looking circular silver-a...
