Samsung - Galaxy Watch7

Garmin. I have both. Heart tracking on GW is a joke

Heya, do you have more comparisons to the venu 3? I just got a GW7 and wondering if I should return and get a Venu 3...I primarily care about sleep, hrv, energy, battery score (and tracking workouts is nice). I love the interface and smart watch features of the GW7 but a little wary its garbage for fitness/health

Only thing Garmin has over the galaxy watch 7 is battery life.. The Garmin ui is hideous, so out dated, and now they wanna charge a subscription for newer features and more detailed info, but as far as smart features wear os is light years ahead of Garmin, also galaxy watch has sleep apnea, AGEs index, you can reply to messages with voice, if you're a runner Garmin does have better in depth info for you Thoe

I'm on a watch 7

My last 4 watches have been Samsung Galaxy watches. Hasd the? Watch 6 classic but the lag was bothering me. Bought the watch 7 and pixel watch 3 at the same time and the watch 7 is going back as the pixel watch 7 screen , health tracking , battery life are all much better . Watch 7:battery only lasts a day if that. The pixel watch 3 is a two day watch . Now I do have a Samsung phone so the timer and do 🚫 t disturb don't sync with the the phone. The pixel OS is a lot more mature and smoother feeling to me.

If you're very serious about fitness and working out, Garmin, no question. I like the GW for day to day, but I put a Garmin on my wrist for the gym and runs.

I had the Galaxy watch 7 for almost 3 months. I returned it cuz the battery life is trash and it would only activate when I looked at my wrist like 6/10 of the time and when it did activate it took a split second longer than I would hope for. I returned it and then got the vivoactive 5. Best decision I made in a long time.

I use my Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 and it's pretty dope for tracking swims. Like others, anything that tracks calories won't be super accurate, so I prefer to just stick to distances ie 1600m swim.

I use the Samsung Watch 7. Its sensors are very accurate, and I also link it to the Hevy app. In that app, I have my workout routines, and I can control them from the watch while it tracks my heart rate during the session. The integrations with other apps are excellent, but I mainly use it for that, as well as for jumping rope and walking. No watch is necessary for exercising—it can be a useful complement, but you don’t really need it.

i've used the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and now the Watch 7. Both have been pretty accurate. i don't like Samsung Health's display of swim stats (it's just long list of 25's with no indication of when i rested), so i use [swim.com](http://swim.com) instead of the native app. [Swim.com](http://Swim.com) does not track kickboard laps at all and drilling and/or sculling, for reasons that should be self-evident, is hit or miss. You can, however, go into "Drill mode" in the middle of a swim and manually tell it how many kicking/drilling laps you will do.

i've used the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and now the Watch 7 and been happy with both. i don't like how the Samsung Health app reports a swim as a series of 25s with no indication of when i rested, so i use the swim.com app. i have read that Samsung will not stand behind the warranty for water damage, but i, and many others, take that risk and i've had no problems thus far.

i use a Samsung Galaxy watch. Had the 5, just upgraded to the 7. Samsung Health will track swimming, and even now tracks kickboard/drill laps, but i don't really like how it presents the stats as just a long string of 25s (altho, i had to use it the other day because of the upgrade and i forgot i had to set up/log in to [swim.com](http://swim.com) on my new watch, and i see that they do now show were i've rested, but it's still just a long list of 25s). It also dropped/missed 10 lengths last time i used it. So i use the app swim.com. i find it very reliable and also, when it does miss a lap, or mistake strokes, it is editable afterward.

I've had all kinds of watches including Galaxy Watch and now a Garmin. If becoming more active/healthy is a priority then Garmin will for sure be the right choice. If 3rd party apps are more important then pick the Galaxy Watch. With your budget I'd recommend checking out the Garmin Forerunner 165. It's not bulky, has an AMOLED touch screen and better battery life. The GW7 is a good smartwatch though not saying it's bad at all, both are good choices.

Never choose Garmin. They are overly complicated to set up. It's almost impossible to figure out how to use the damn thing. The battery life is good but it in no way makes up for the poorer user interface. Buy a Samsung. They actually have an actual operating system on their watch, not just firmware with a couple fancy features like the stupid garmins.

My Samsung Galaxy 7 watch works quite well to track workouts in a pinch. Otherwise Polar Verity Sense is the tracker I use with the bike.

I have both watches now and am testing them both out. I have found the heart rate tracking is the same on both on my treadmill today. Sleep stages a very close and sleep timing are both the same. Galaxy watch does stress tracking during the day but not at night like Garmin does. It's unfortunate because that is how I tell if what I ate, drank or late exercise affects my sleep. I don't need to answer the phone or messages on my wrist so I don't care much about that. The energy score does not change all day on the Galaxy but does on Garmin body battery which is nice. The sleep apnea function only uses 2 nights and the shuts itself off. It does not monitor every night. I didn't know this when I purchased the watch. I'm gonna try an outdoor walk and a strength training session this evening. The Garmin app is stronger in that you can get better coaching plans, find an event and have the watch suggest training for it as the event draws near. There are also suggested running plans each day based on your metrics.

The most accurate Galaxy Watch for health and GPS right now is the 7, but I think money is a constraint for you. If you could get even the small 40mm one in sales it will be better,

The most accurate Galaxy Watch for health and GPS right now is the 7, but I think money is a constraint for you. If you could get even the small 40mm one in sales it will be better,

I had a charge 6 from fitbit and it would register my pushes as steps when I was out and about. It was great for health monitoring but I decided to get the galaxy watch 7 before I realized that smart drive compatibility only goes to 6 and also it doesn't count my pushes as effectively. I still like it for being able to smart watch and control my music, make calls and texts without having my phone out. But ya.

It's an ok watch but it's kinda slow and overpriced (it's just a galaxy watch 4 which has been rebranded). It also lacks some sensors and has less accurate single frequency GPS vs the dual frequency in the watch6 or 7. Get a watch7 or watch6 instead.

I bet there will be some poor synchronization of basic things like the alarm. Either use the alarm on the phone or the watch, or duplicate both. They don't work together, they are not synchronized.The same goes for the timer. The second thing that annoyed me in OPW2 was the truncation of messages on the watch. You couldn't read the whole message and had to take out your phone. I don't know how it will be in OPW3 but I think not much has changed. I used OPW2 + SGS24U. Finally I changed the watch to GW7. One ecosystem does a good job though. I'm not complaining.

I use a smart watch (Galaxy watch 7)

Same! Galaxy has a peloton app on it, activated automatically. Highly recommend.

NRC does not require Apple products. Works just fine with my Samsung Galaxy Watch.

People have been claiming that Google was going to end fitbut over 2 years ago. It's still fine. I tried a galaxy watch, but you have to charge it every day, just like the apple watch. My fitbit goes for days. I just charge it every other day while I shower. I've never run out of battery.

I have a Galaxy watch now, but it's crap as a fitness tracker. When I want accurate data, I wear my old Garmin. I think it's a Forerunner 235? That may not be in production anymore, but any of the entry-level Garmins would work.

I trashed one Galaxy Watch by wearing it in a dry sauna for 20 minutes and then immediately swimming laps in a cold pool. Since then, I don't chance it with my new watch. It's sits safely in a locker with my phone and ear buds, while I'm in the sauna.

I used my Samsung Galaxy watch with it all the time and it's fine.

I have a Garmin vivoactive 5 and mostly love it. I use to have a Samsung Galaxy watch. Pros: Long battery life. 7+ days without GPS turned on. The outdoor rowing app is super nice and I love being able to see the output of my row after I get off the water. I'm not going to lie - this is the whole reason behind this new watch purchase. Lighter than the Samsung. Cons: Can't actually create individual text responses. HR monitor isn't as accurate as a chest monitor (I compared it once) but still better than my Samsung. I'm not an iPhone user so I can't offer a comparison. But I have no regrets with my Garmin watch purchase. Edited - added another Pro.

My galaxy watch got really bad during the end of its life. Couldn't rely on any of its data and battery only lasted 2 days max. My charge6 is less than a year old, so I'm planning on letting this one ride for a couple to a few years and see how the chips fall