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You may want to invest in a band made from different material if you regularly wear your watch to the gym. UK calls/texts to standard UK landlines and mobiles and when roaming in our Europe Zone. Fair Usage policy applies. Special and out of bundle numbers chargeable.4G phone required to access 4G. 4G available in selected areas. Despite all this praise, the Galaxy Watch 4 hasn’t nailed every aspect of its user experience. I don’t think anyone will be too surprised when I say that Bixby is still terrible. The ability to swap to Google Assistant is coming down the pipeline but for now it’s Bixby or nothing (and in most situations I’d settle for the latter). The YouTube Music Wear OS app has also yet to appear, meaning that throughout the testing process, I was unable to enjoy listening to music offline directly from the watch. Spotify offline support is coming too, but again it’s not here quite yet.
The only major gripe I’ve had with Samsung’s wearables in recent years is that there hasn’t been much progression between iterations. As with lots of tech nowadays, each model has improved on the last but not by so much that I’d recommend rushing out to buy the new one. Returning to the chassis, it’s clear that Samsung has taken a leaf out of Apple’s book for the Galaxy Watch 4. Gone are the softer edges and slightly curved screen of previous iterations, replaced by sharper angles and a display that lies completely flat. I was sceptical about this change at first but I’ve really come to appreciate just how stylish the Galaxy Watch 4 is. This feels like a truly modern smartwatch. The Watch 4 features Samsung’s own Exynos W920 chipset and 1.5GB of RAM. Throughout our testing time we’ve found this to be enough power to run a variety of apps smoothly without any slowdown. This is one of the fastest smartwatches we’ve ever used.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 has a durable body but rough edges
Both models are made of aluminum. The dimensions of the 40mm model are 40.4 x 39.3 x 9.8mm with a weight of 25.9g, while the 44mm is 44.4 x 43.3 x 9.8mm and weighs 30.3g. How about those new body composition features? I’m not sure they’d be enough for me to upgrade from the Galaxy Watch 3 but, aside from weight, which you’ll need to add manually, the Galaxy Watch 4 offers most of the insights you’d get from smart scales such as the Garmin Index S2 – and it logged impressively similar measurements too. I would always take such readings with a pinch of salt, but if you want to keep an eye on general trends in your body fat and water composition, it’s certainly a handy addition. We didn’t test every Galaxy Watch 4 Classic fitness mode, but we tried some like Squats and Sit-Ups, and found them a little bit hit-and-miss. When doing squats, the watch would sometimes fail to register a repetition – we’d estimate this happened once or twice per set of 10, and it was the same with sit-ups. It’s a little annoying, but if you’re okay with having to do an extra crunch or squat you can look past it. That’s an absolutely abysmal performance, which somehow manages to make the one-day-life Apple Watch look good in comparison. For context, an average smartwatch lasts about two weeks between charges, and some can go a month or even longer before needing to be powered. The display on the watch is 42mm across if you opt for the 42mm version and 46mm if you opt for the 46mm model - that might sound obvious, but it’s worth clarifying that the size refers to the display, and not the body as a whole.
It’s worth pointing out that Samsung has tweaked the implementation of the watch strap so that it now curves to sit more snugly against the body of the watch. While it’s definitely an aesthetic change for the better, it does mean that standard watch straps are no longer compatible like how they were with the Galaxy Watch 3 – something worth bearing in mind if you were planning to bring over a favourite strap. Calls to 05, 08 and 07 special numbers including calls and texts to Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man landline or mobilesDO NOT measure your body composition if you have an implanted pacemaker or other implanted medical devices. Applies to calls made in in the UK and when roaming in our Europe Zone to standard landlines and mobiles. Minute minimum charges apply 2. Text message
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