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The last thing I want to happen is get ready for a workout, only to see my smartwatch is in desperate need of juice. At most I could eke out 24 hours, but I found the stamina inconsistent. With my level of activity and GPS use on my daily walks (I average 7 miles per day) the Galaxy Watch 4’s battery life doesn’t keep up. While I appreciated the sharp heart rate readings and want to see the auto-pause/auto-play function on more smartwatches, there’s a key reason I would opt for one of the best Fitbits or best sports watches instead: battery life. But after my week of workouts, I have mixed feelings about using it as my everyday activity tracker. The Galaxy Watch 4 is a formidable exercise partner.

Is the Galaxy Watch 4 my new everyday fitness tracker? Though I sensed my calorie count once again ran high, I recognized my heart rate updated more quickly than it did on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 3.įor a workout where your heart rate stays in a shorter range than, say, cardio, the frequent refresh is helpful for seeing the immediate impact of certain poses on my effort levels. And if you're generally keen on monitoring your heart rate zones, you can see them during any workout by scrolling to the bottom of the fitness tracking interface. But as I’m improving my yoga practice, I’m learning technology might help me understand my body better. I don’t always track my yoga workouts, especially when I use the time to disconnect from devices. His mannerisms left me with nearly a 30-minute mile average on my Apple Watch, whereas I recorded a 22-minute mile on the Galaxy Watch 4 most times I walked Steve. Haptics let me know when my walk paused and restarted, catering to my dog's need to say hi to every passerby and stiff every tree. The auto-pause function came in handy during my walk, too. A buzz on my wrist let me know when the Galaxy Watch 4 detected my walk and picked up tracking from when I left my apartment, starting me 5-to-10 minutes in depending on how long I’ve been moving. Juggling my 90-pound dog Steve, phone, keys and sometimes a coffee, I often forget to launch my walk workouts. Between taking my dog to the park twice a day and opting to walk anywhere in New York City within an hour away, I had plenty of chances to see how well the Galaxy Watch 4’s auto workout tracking works. Of all my exercise banked with the Galaxy Watch 4, most of it came from walking. I selected time elapsed, calories burned, current heart rate and max heart rate, though there are few more metrics to choose from. I think it overestimated my calorie burn, but I took this opportunity to customize what information I see on-screen during my workouts.

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I alternated between upper body, lower body and core exercises with dumbbells, getting a 30-minute update the same way I did when cycling. Though this degree of specificity is something not many smartwatches offer, I stuck with the circuit training option. If you’re the kind to do 100 reps of the same move in a row, the Galaxy Watch has niche selections like arm curls, bench press, lateral raises, pull-ups and more. It even shows on-screen guidance for form and counting reps - a feature that makes Fitbit's watches like the Fitbit Versa 3 such capable workout companions. There are two ways you can track traditional weight training, either by individual exercises or with a catch-all circuit training option. I put the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 to the test back in the gym. I’ll talk more about the auto-pause feature in a bit. The Galaxy Watch 4’s auto-pause feature also recognized I wasn’t riding during the photo opp, resulting in a more accurate reflection of my bike ride. I walked in circles a few times to find good lighting, I guess.

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My Apple Watch said I traveled a full tenth of a mile further, but I neglected to pause my outdoor cycle on the Apple Watch when I took a break halfway through the ride to capture some pictures of the ocean. My bike’s odometer registered a near-identical distance. My ride lasted just over an hour, so I heard summaries twice.Īccording to the Galaxy Watch 4, I burned 514 calories and averaged 9.5 miles per hour on my approximately 10-mile ride. Not only did it count completed miles aloud, it provided a brief workout summary every 30 minutes, too. But if I chose not to glance, the Galaxy Watch 4 provides audible updates. I manually launched my cycling working at the start of the ride, enabling the always-on display so I could see the metrics I want without twisting my wrist up from my handlebars.

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