Samsung - Galaxy Watch7
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Last updated: Dec 15, 2025 Scoring
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"Last month got rear ended by person on the phone. ... I downloaded the event clip from the mobile app and was able to show the video to the police on the spot. ... The other driver got a ticket for using the phone."
"The companion app is surprisingly solid. ... It has a customizable EQ, different noise-cancellation modes, and a "fit test" that I thought was a gimmick at first. Turns out, the fit test helped me find the right ear tip size and it made a huge difference in sound quality and how well they stay in my ears, even during workouts. ... have a more functional app than my much more expensive Beats Fit Pro."
"automatically connect to your phone"
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"Buttery smooth like an Apple Watch for the first time."
"There is a huge difference. Any task like scrolling, swiping, starting apps, workouts, etc. ... The 7 also doesn't have those freezes/hangup the older chip has.."
"it has the apparently the best click latency of gaming mice currently"
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"Oh, and the battery lasts days even when exercising a lot (weeks without excercise)."
"Battery lasts me about a week?"
"my battery lasts about a week while using the oxymeter all the time as well as using it for tracking my workouts for about 7-9 hours a week."
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"The health algorithms are second to none, and it's one of very few systems that give you a real TDEE with reasonable accuracy, instead of just tracking active calories."
"I know it has recovery time so when I go on a long bike ride, it'll tell me 96 hours recovery. If I did something shorter, it'll say 20 hours or whatever. So that looks like readiness, like when it's zero, you can train hard again, with it's not, you can train easy or rest."
"The galaxy watches have a much better sleep monitoring and if you take a nap it is registered separately so you can remove it or keep it."
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"My PW3 screen is broken, I went back to the GW7 due to the sapphire."
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"Oh and battery life went from charging every two days to every 15 days."
"Battery, obviously. Listening to downloads on LTE burns 20% per half hour for me."
"Mine kept dieing one me mid run ... after two years of using it twice hours was about all an aw had battery for when using music and gps! By the 2:15 mark it would be dead. ... When I started running for longer than 2 hrs my battery would die mid run"
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"Garmin’s notification integration with iOS is dogshit."
"The Spotify integration has been downright unusable"
"disconnects from my S25 Ultra, every few months and I have to reset my GW and pair it again."
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"Running with AOD turned off is broken for me. The activity still tracks when you turn your wrist away but it kicks you back to the clockface instead of Fitbit."
"I have a non-standard sleep schedule so it's a 50/50 crap shoot if I'll get a HRV reading in the first place since they won't pull a daytime reading, and each time I didn't, it would just average in a 0 and completely ruin any use the data was having."
"GPS is inaccurate, I run the same route on weekends and it tracks ±10% on clear sky days (!!)."
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"Let's begin with the fact that there's little to no workout customisation. ... The Galaxy Watch offers little to no customisation in this regard. ... It has a very simple interval training function, and a very disappointing "Coach", which has artificial and absurd limitations that I struggle to understand why are they even in place. ... For example, you can only select pre-set run types, most of them force a warm up and cool down. For example, my personal best for 3KM is 11:15. I wanted to train to keep around that or beat the time. With Garmin, it's ridiculously easy. With Samsung Health, the watch won't let you set a guided run for 3KM that'd be faster than 20 minutes? WHY? ... I am just upset that they made a watch that otherwise could be a great all around device with its only drawback being battery life, but they completely neglect their running features ... It's literally just bad software and Samsung neglecting Sports features."
"I like the GW for day to day, but I put a Garmin on my wrist for the gym and runs."
"if you're a runner Garmin does have better in depth info for you Thoe"
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"it would only activate when I looked at my wrist like 6/10 of the time ... when it did activate it took a split second longer than I would hope for"
"My wife has the watch 7, which has the same chipset as the 8 series, no real snappiness difference in scrolling or waking up (still sluggish on the 7) compared to the 6c. ... can still observe sluginess at times on the 7, which was disappointing as the chipset is meant to be many times more powerful."
"The interface on the phone is clunky, and you really have to use 3 different apps Samsung Health, Samsung Fit, and Samsung Health Monitor."
I think gw5 pro is a of the battery for the galaxy watch. Traded in for gw7 ultra and similar battery performance as the gw5. Just got me Fenix 8 51 mm.. not much of an athlete, but used mostly for notifications, steps, HR and sleep tracking. I have charged it fully for 14 days ago, and the battery life is at 68%... It's not bragging or comparing, but I used to charge Samsung every 3rd day before the shower.
r/GalaxyWatch • Best galaxy watch to buy now? ->Although it's much smaller, I prefer my venu 3s over my galaxy watch 7, will probably upgrade to the venu 3 sooner or later, but for now this is perfect
r/GarminWatches • My first Garmin watch after Apple Watch SE2 ->I had a samsung galaxy watch and my bestie had an apple watch. We both switched to garmin. I have the forerunner 165, and she has the vivoactive. One of best features of the garmin watches is battery life - one charge lasts about a week with daily workout tracking
r/orangetheory • Smartwatch Recommendations for Fitness + OTF Beat Burn Outside the Studio? ->Same! Galaxy has a peloton app on it, activated automatically. Highly recommend.
r/pelotoncycle • Peloton with fitness tracker (not Fitbit)? ->Garmin. I have both. Heart tracking on GW is a joke
r/GalaxyWatch • Choosing Between the Galaxy Watch 7 and Garmin Forerunner 255 for Fitness and Health Tracking ->Nope. You have to sign up for the Beta test version to get it for the 2024 Ultra. So no difference there.
r/GalaxyWatch • Galaxy Watch Ultra 2025 ->Because large companies are bad at making things go smoothly and small details like text in an app can get overlooked? I signed up for the beta test, I just haven't downloaded it yet. It is available for only a select few mobile carriers in the US. I dont know what else to tell you. Edit: further clarification. You can only get the Beta test if you have an LTE version of the Ultra with a line through T-Mobile. The regular Watch 7 does not need an LTE plan to be eligible for the Beta Test. This information is direct from Samsung.
r/GalaxyWatch • Galaxy Watch Ultra 2025 ->In the Samsung Members app.
r/GalaxyWatch • Galaxy Watch Ultra 2025 ->S25 ultra is a phone. Im referring to the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2024 (Galaxy Watch 7).
r/GalaxyWatch • Galaxy Watch Ultra 2025 ->For battery life I would go Ticwatch or OnePlus 3. I have the latest Galaxy Watch and while the watch itself is slimmer than my Ticwatch 5, its battery life isn't great. I would have 70% battery left after listening to podcasts all day on my Ticwatch, while I have less than 50% with my Galaxy Watch.
r/WearOS • Best suggested Wear OS watch for early 2025 ->I wore my galaxy watch for 3 years climbing with no protection on it and while it got some scratches, it never really got anything on the screen and nothing cracked, it's a pretty durable piece of hardware. The only time it really got in the way of climbing was on the occasional very large sloper where you get an arm on the hold and on crack climbs. I don't wear it anymore because I no longer enjoy smart watches in general, but it was a pretty solid piece of tech in terms of durability.
r/bouldering • Performance / Fitness Tracker ->From an older Galaxy Watch? Yeah the Pixel Watch will be more accurate. From a Galaxy Watch 7 or 8? It will be roughly the same. GPS was an area of difference but the GW7 has been improved with updates and the GW8 is pretty much par with PW. For most cases any of the major smart watches like the GW, PW or even AW are close. So I wouldn't make your decision on that basis. Comparing the Galaxy Watch and Pixel Watch I'd look at what device you're pairing it with and the unique features each offers.
r/PixelWatch • anyone switched from galaxy watch? ->Worked fine on my GW7. Guy who made it put out a video walk through recently with the latest way to do this. https://youtu.be/xSjURFKQB2A?si=ZrinWNT3nhN3yLDG
r/WearOS • Pixel Phone... Samsung Watch, which health tracker to use? ->I've been eaten alive for saying this, but I'll say it again. Most information available comparing smart watch accuracy find them pretty close to each other. If you want something to generally track this information then Galaxy Watch is a perfectly fine pick. If you're doing more extreme sports then someone more rugged like a Garmin smart watch might be a better pick. If you want the absolute most accurate measurements then get a medical device that measures that. Smart watches are not designed or claim to medical devices. Just accurate enough to be useful overall. You may have times where it misses something or has blips but the overall result is accurate to be actionable. And Galaxy AI can offer suggestions that may be helpful in improving your health or exercise routine.
r/GalaxyWatch • Do you think that galaxy watch 8 reliable in health and fitness monitoring ->For most a garmin a more than enough and that battery is a huge win. I went from galaxy watch to fenix and would not go back. Sounds like we are aligned :-)
r/GarminWatches • So for someone who does absolutely no exercise at all is fenix 8 over kill haha ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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