Galaxy Watch 3 (41mm, GPS, Bluetooth)

I still use my Watch 3 with Samsung Health actually! Thankfully I haven't had any glaring issues, maybe just the GPS route tracking but I've never really used that feature to begin with. I mainly use it for running.

Watches arent designed to be upgraded every year - there's very little difference from the model 5 years ago to the latest one. If you're going from FE to Ultra then yeah, but you'll notice a bigger difference going from say a watch 7 FE to a watch 7 ultra than you will going from a watch 5 FE to a watch 7 FE (if it exists, but you get my gist) Samsung used to have a "comparison" page where you could compare one model to another. See if that's still there, and see if there's anything you REALLY care about that justifies the cost. The main difference with watch generations is "how long is it supported" , but again, unlike phones, that rarely means you'll get new features. If your watch works, then keep it. You'll likely be dissapointed with the improvements compared to the cost difference. I went from a Gear Watch 3 classic to a watch4 classic and felt like there was zero difference, then from a watch4 to a watch7 ultra and the only difference I notice is the screen size. Its a watch. I dont spend hours looking at it. I dont run high-load apps on it. Its a watch. If I had made either of those upgrades at retail cost I woukd be gutted and feel ripped off. Headphones , however, can be noticeably different. Depending on your appreciation of music, what you listen to, how you listen to it, etc. If you havent got a tuned-ear, only listen to highly-processed pop or country, and use Spotify- then buds pro are probably also not worth the upgrade. But still more worth it than a minor watch upgrade.

Most Galaxy watches need to be charged daily and the sleep monitoring system is annoying. The health app needs to stay opened to monitor sleeping patterns for the night. On the plus side, the watch now does blood pressure (and it's approved by the FDA). Fitbit was great until they started the monthly fees for their ecosystem. I really wasn't upset when I lost mine doing yardwork and I replaced it with a Galaxy 6. I am 71 and I love mine. I wasn't thrilled about the need to change it so often tho. It's over 2 years old, and now, sadly, it doesn't last a minute over 24 hours. I get alarmed when it turns itself off (and I'm just relieved when I can turn it back on after half an hour on the charger). I recently started keeping an extra charger in my car just in case. Yesterday, I found a place that will replace my battery. It seems like a lot of money, nearly half the original cost, but buying the 8 would cost a lot more now. I don't think that the slight improvement between the 6 and 8 technology is worth the upgrade yet. I plan to wait until they have batteries that last longer than a day. (I still have my ancient Galaxy 3 because I love the rotating bezel).

have a galaxy watch 3 and it worked fine with samsung health and health365 sync after setting it up. i switched to using the hpb tracker though since I switched to a non samsung phone and I found it annoying to keep charging the watch everyday so it can track my sleep

In the same boat here. Exact same switch and exact same sentiment.