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3.0 out of 5 starsGreat smart watch but not so for swimming
Reviewed in Singapore 🇸🇬 on 8 November 2022
Great looking watch with great display and features for a smart watch, read message, accept call, read notifications and a bunch of health related features like ECG, body composition, etc... But for using as a activity watch, not so great compared to my old Garmin Vivoactive HR.
This watch lack move bar to remind me to move if I am inactive for an hour. For swimming, Galaxy watch always record my breast stroke as back stroke and I can hardly feel any target notification when swimming. Target notification is also not helpful. For example, I set target alert for 10 length, on Garmin, the vibration alert will go off when I begin length 10. On Galaxy, the target alert goes off when I begin length 11. On Garmin, the length is to be continous for the alert to work, meaning if you swim 8 length and press pause, on resume and swimming another 2 length, alert will not be activated, you will need to swim another 10 length continously for the alert to work. If I can figure out how to make the swimming features to work like Garmin, maybe I will give it 4 stars (drop 1 star for the short battery life).
