This was very much needed!! None of the other reviewers have made a video with non-samsung phones. And the real-life battery consumption experience is what we as buyers need to know. Everything you discussed about was amazingly spot on. I didn't expect myself to complete the video, but totally worth it.
Added chapter shortcuts to the description to let you guys jump around. Here is the written review: www.droid-life.com/2021/08/20/galaxy-watch-4-review-wear-os-is-back-baby/
Oh man... Thank you so much. I own a Pixel 5 too, and I was very worried, I almost cancel my pre-order. Finally I've found someone testing the Watch 4 in a non-galaxy phone.!!! Thank you.!!! Nice video.
The rotating bezel is a necessity and personally I charge the watch every day so battery doesn't matter for what I use it for. Don't sleep with it either cause that's uncomfortable.
Pre ordered mine the other day in the 46mm Silver. I haven't seen the benefit of a smart watch til now. It saved the life of a friend of mine who was in a bad car accident. I also didn't want one until you were able to use the watch without the phone on your person. Game changer. Also could be a nice present for anyone who has elderly parents. These watches would serve the purpose of a life alert plus more.
Can disable bezel to don't go to menus when turn it on the pointers watch position ? I want a new bezel with tachymeter , to use it - when spin the bezel it cannot go to menu, need to stay on pointers position, do you know about it ? Thx
The larger battery , on the larger watch runs the higher resolution screen..... So, that would use more batter power.....? Leaving both watches with the same battery life?
There should be no significant difference between battery life for 42mm & 46mm. Because basically, a large size requires a large amount of power as well. Just IMO
Thanks for the excellent review of the battery life. Being a former original Galaxy Watch owner that enjoyed 3 to 4 days of battery life...I was sort of hoping for at least 2 full days. Not gonna happen I can see now.
BATTERY HOGS! My wife and I got the watch 4's to use mainly as a stand alone. We've only wore them the once as we just got them, we didnt use Bluetooth, we used the watches the lte/gps carrier plan. the battery life was horrible! Our watches didnt even last us the whole day, between 8 to 10 hours! Tomorrow i will be trying it paired with Bluetooth to see if that helps with battery life. Did you try a whole day using just the gps????
Battery life is still a major reason I'm still using my original galaxy watch. It still lasts me 4 days with regular use and always on display off. I am active and use it while working out and use GPS while bike riding as well.
I really wish you would have covered things like speaker quality on a phone call, whether Android messages works seamlessly with the watch or is it still reliant on Samsung messages for chat / text messages. Is it still reliant on Samsung email or does it work well now with other apps such as Yahoo etc? Everybody talks about the fitness aspect of the watch which I have absolutely no interest in and no one is covering anything about the productivity side of the watch. Just Sayin...
Google messages is the default choice, their phones will start having Google messages as default at some point also instead of their own message app, outlook seems to be the only email app I can see, I was using a pixel 5 myself so maybe some apps only appear when connected to Samsung phones.
Much more informativ than many other videos. Cheers mate! Would the battery last for an ultra run, 12-14 hours with strava and music on and of course GPS? This will make my buy decission. According to samsong support it would last. But i doubt it. Could you kindly give information to that? Thanks!
I've got the Galaxy Watch1 and the Active2 but the latter vary rarely gets worn as I much prefer the styling and physical bezel of the former. I'm trading in my Active2 as part payment toward the GW4 Classic 46mm which should be delivered next week. The only thing I'm not keen on about the GW4 Classic is the shape of the lugs. As they are angled I think it maybe more difficult to get a stainless steel band that fits to the watch case than it was with the GW1 which has straight lugs - we'll see, there are already custom bezels for sale.
I traded in my galaxy watch 42mm and I did ask if the band's would fit as I also have the active 2 and I've got loads of band's in all colours they told me they would all fit as the band's are 20mm the same 👍
Thank you for the video. I had ordered a Classic LTE, in hopes it will run the Dexcom CGM app. The app says it will run on OS 2.0-2.3, do you know if apps like this will run on 3.0, or will they have to update their app ?
Very good review. I'm concerned about the battery life though. I currently have the watch active 2 and get two full days battery and have already pre-ordered the watch 4. I hope a future update improves the battery life.
I'm the same with my active 2 in rose gold great battery life I've ordered the 40mm Gw4 in silver so it will be nice to have a swop around especially because I have so many different coloured band's
Got mine today. Charged to 100% and it's been 2hr 40min and I'm at 53%. Going to give it a week of learning my battery use to see if it improves. Hopefully so, fingers crossed! 🤞
Great review, was looking to see what it's like to own as a pixel 5 owner as well. Everyone else seems to say it's bad if you don't have a Samsung. Apparently they don't know what they're talking about
@@Jordan.Q regardless if it has Bixby or not it's still the best Android smartwatch overall. And google assistant will most likely come soon in the future
Hi Sir, If i forgot my mobile in my home and i went to my friend home and my GW4 connected to the wifi in his home. In this case i, Will I be able to receive notifications and calls and make calls from the watch?
can i knw Galaxy Watch 4 when using the digital bezel, will it have vibration and sound when interact it? will it feel like the same vibration and sound when twisting the apple watch? the feel of reality xD
Interesting your review, thanks. Just had to return my watch, from day 1 got 12h to 15h mostly basic default settings but with aod off, Wi-Fi off, location on and got some notifications. And from first charge got the overheating message. Hopefully replacement one I will get 24h, I think is more than enough for me, but 12h just wearing it wasn’t what I expected
I just got the tic pro 3 and the health apps only work well when you use the ecosystem,it also has the Google fit apps. I've had it for 3 days and it has already malfunctioned 3 times. I like it but I'm thinking of upgrading.
I'm hoping you can answer this since you used it with a non samsung phone. I've had the original galaxy watch for a while now and I'm running it with a oneplus 6t it's great but the alarm on the phone and watch weren't synced like if i were using a Samsung phone, did this feature work with the pixel?
Nice thanks What do we need WiFi for just to install App or more .... If we are out, we will get WhatsApp notifications can we reply ? Will we have to be on mobile Hotspot? Or can reply without Hotspot Thanks
in that situation it sounds worth it but deffo get the 46mm. 4g isn't to be used all the time it does eat through battery but on an 30 minute even hour walk yeah man you should be good. just bear in mind your carrier provider depending if you buy one from a carrier for a pay monthly fee or if you wanna do the e sim route you need to see how much the e sim monthy charge fee is.
I've had a few smartwatches including the apple watch. Getting the LTE versions have always been worth it for me. I got out with out my phone all the time with them and its nice. I leave my phone at home for walks, work outs, movies, and when going to the grocery store or something real quick. Its nice for me to be able to leave the phone at home.
Much better review VS the first one. Definitely the Droid Life I know! Great over view of everything. I can't wait for mine to arrive 😬 Until then, I'll live my life vicariously through your video lol
I got to say, after wearing it the full day it has been pretty good so far. There's a few things I'm not used to yet, though. Example: getting new watch faces. On my Galaxy Watch 3, I would just use the Galaxy wear app and download whatever watch face I wanted. Now I have to go through an app, such as facer, download the app on my phone and my watch to get it working. The sensor readings such as body composition and better sleep tracking put it ahead of the Galaxy watch 3 in my opinion. But I can honestly say, the one and only thing that I do not like about it versus the Galaxy watch 3, is the battery life! Took it off the charger this morning at 100% and now it's at 35%. Granted I used it a little bit more playing around with stuff today. My Galaxy watch 3, I could get three full days without charging. So this is going to be a little bit of a learning curve figuring out charging routines, as I like to wear it for sleep tracking. I suppose software updates will improve things a bit. If I could get two days out of this without charging, I would be pretty well pleased. All in all, I would say this is a worthy upgrade over the Galaxy watch 3, so far.
I cant believe I just watched a 30 minute and didn't complain about it. I didn't even realize it was this long lol but good pace and also good 2 see a video with this watch other than s21 or Samsung phone ... quick question is it true this watch is not going to work with iphones?
I bought the 42mm classic yesterday and even though I did everything right with the unboxing, the battery has been awful 100%-30% in 5 hours of extremely light use(most features/notifications deactivated), and many freezes and crashes causing resets. Mine is definitely a lemon, so I’m returning it and just going with the 46mm for the better battery.
Have you had any issues with notifications? Mine sometimes either don't vibrate(but when I swipe over they're there) or I get a whatsapp message, check it with tilt to wake but then it shows me a whatsapp message I had already gotten earlier.
My understanding is that this new watch wear OS3 will not work with iOS devices? Heard people say that they are locking it down to their own phones, makes sense if we are heading to pixel silicone and maybe Samsung silicone. Thoughts?
Thanks for clarifying the missing features. I really wanted to pair this with a Pixel 6 Pro. I can live without ECG but BPM tracking is pretty important for sleep tracking, especially using Sleep As Android... 🤔
Hi, so I was wondering since you have the watch paired to a Pixel, if you have google's phone app on the watch, and it's paired to a Pixel, can you use googles call screening options on the watch?
Great video! Almost all the things I'd like to know. How about Microsoft Outlook watch face and Outlook calendar? Does it run smoothly as in a regular Android watcch? Our company is under corporate tight security control. We strictly use MS Office 365. They don't allow using Explorer to set up. Tizen is limited to Galaxy calendar, and it takes Google calendar but not MS Outlook. Can't get outlook calendar to run. Any comment about Outlook watch face and Outlook calendar on Galaxy watch 4, or make another video with the focus on MS Outlook will be great! Thank you.
I am disappointed with the battery on the Galaxy watch 4. I have the Galaxy Active 2 (44 mm) and almost always get 40 hours on my battery. I am very active, and my Active 2 is normally between 57 - 67%, when I go to bed the first night. So, I would expect the new watches to get more than 40 hours.
Exactly. I'm turned off by this phone because of the battery life... My first smartwatch was the Samsung Gear 2 Active. That watch lasted 4 to 5 years and it still works fine now. Then I tried to buy a Fossil watch because I like the way they look and that's when I learned that Google doesn't know how to make smartwatches. Wear OS was so buggy and annoying to use. I returned it about 2 days after I got it... My hype for Fossil's smartwatches were completely eradicated. I then went straight to my mobile provider and I got the Active2. This watch is going to be hard to beat. I hope they go back to Tizen. Any watch is useless if it doesn't have a good battery.
Thank you so much for your honest review on a non-Samsung phone!! Also thank you for the information about the watch band issue. I have that model on order and glad to know that it helps to switch out bands so watch doesn't sit up even more. I just ordered a Barton band off Amazon. If I don't like the classic version then I'll simply return it and order the regular "formerly active" version. Really appreciate your help on this review! Thanks again.
Greatt review!!! Detailed and just realistic. I currently have a Samsung Phone, and probably won't move because Microsoft YourPhone screen mirroring is such a killer feature, but I was always confused by the reviews saying you must have a 'samsung' phone...
Hi sir, Thanks for your your great review. I am planning to buy GW 4 classic 46mm and i will use it as follows: 1. AOD will be off so when i raises my hand then i can see the watch. 2. Just receive notification for whatsapp, emails without reading them and SMS. 3. Just accept or reject the calls . 4. One or two times to measure heart rate and spo2. 5. Use normal face unanimated. 6. Intensity automatically. 7. Just connected to wifi. 8. Remove it before sleep. In this case do you think i will get three days?
I pre-ordered the classic LTE model last week. I got it Wednesday, two days before officially released. The literature states that the phone can be in standalone mode with LTE connection but If your are with Verizon, the standalone mode will not work. I returned to my Galaxy Frontier.
I would guess that stock wear os 3 isn't fully completed and that since Samsung worked on it with google they have probably made some aspects of it that google may want to change for the standard version
Great review. I have the original Galaxy watch and have smacked the heck out of this thing kettlebells for almost 4 years. Defiantly need the bezel. I still get 48 hrs battery life but never use the always-on display. Did like version 3, but will be upgrading to the 4.
It's so annoying that I have to unlock it every time I want to use it.. why isn't there Smart Lock where if it's connected to the phone it will stay unlocked?
@@johngunia7576 interesting enough I had a Samsung representative help me place my order who assured me I would have it well before the 27th but couldn't give me a date when I placed the order
Why doesn't Samsung make the rotating bezel flesh with the screen? Reason being swiping the screen with the bezel sticking out (from what I have been hearing) has been a nucence.
I mean making it flesh would be pretty hard. I'm not sure we have the tech. I guess they could use a 3D printer and like a cell culture. But I'm not sure why you'd want flesh on a smart watch. :P
If you look at the teardown for the original Galaxy Watch you'll see the rotating bezel is supported by already tiny ball bearings and springs. So the height of the plastic rotating bezel is *just* enough to clear the height of the ball bearings. If you don't have those ball bearings, you don't have a physical rotating bezel. What they could have done, I guess, is raise the display up to level it with the height of the bezel, eliminating the need for the "slope" on the bezel and the design can just be seamlessly flat across the display and bezel, but then you're exposing the screen like the Galaxy Watch 4/Active 2 when you otherwise didn't have to. In the current design, the raised bezel, designed out of necessity to clear the height of the ball bearings, also doubles up and acts as a buffer for the glass display against impact, similar to the G-Shock watch design. As far as the difficulty of touch and swiping with the bezel, I've owned the Galaxy Watch since day one and I never had an issue with touch nor was I even aware it was a problem for other people. Not to mention I've been using my Galaxy Watch with a tempered glass screen protector, which supposedly could affect touch sensitivity and I still haven't had a single issue. I only found out about the touch sensitivity concern when I was reading reviews while looking into getting a screen protector for my preordered Galaxy Watch 4 (non-classic). If you're wondering why I opted for the Active-style Watch 4 instead of Classic this time it's because of the weight. I'm wearing the smaller version of the original Galaxy Watch and it still feels heavy and obnoxious to me (YMMV). The Galaxy Watch 4 Classic is lighter at 1.83oz for the 46mm vs my 2.22 oz for the 42mm (yikes!). But the Watch 4 being around 1oz sounds like a dream to me. I'm holding my breath and sacrificing the awesome rotating bezel (navigation with full view of your screen, unlike swiping where your fingers are in the way, is a luxury but so satisfying!) for the weight decrease and hoping I made the right choice and that the digital bezel isn't as bad as the crybabies make it out to be since there's so much bias on the web it's tough to decipher what's legit and what's BS. 80% weight increase on the smaller model, and 72% weight increase on the larger model. That's nearly twice the weight! JFC... Also, the 44mm vs 46mm is deceptive cuz what matters is the viewable display size, in which they're the same on both models: 1.4in, 450x450 res. If you look at the Specs page of the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic on Samsung's website you'll see that the 46mm hilariously covers part of the bezel in its measurement (props for their awkward transparency in this regard; could've avoided the graphic altogether). The extra 2mm is the "slope" of the bezel and not the actual viewable display. Is this some sort of marketing trick? LOL...
@@MrJbee1982 I mean personally I'm not like a cannibal or anything so flesh smartwatches don't entice me that much. I guess I could get behind smartwatches that have screens that are flush with the bezel though.
Loved the review, looking forward to get the watch in myself. Glad to see you guys making videos again. Hope you guys do something special for the Pixel 6 release (like Pixel 1). Keep them coming, gentlemen.
Yes. If you can afford it. Samsung doing good trade in deals. I traded my active 2. Depending on the size the battery will be the same or better. Plus you will get all the new sensors. I have the watch 4 classic and I feel its even a upgrade from my watch 3
This was very much needed!! None of the other reviewers have made a video with non-samsung phones. And the real-life battery consumption experience is what we as buyers need to know. Everything you discussed about was amazingly spot on. I didn't expect myself to complete the video, but totally worth it.
30 min... debating it right now
So true
Added chapter shortcuts to the description to let you guys jump around.
Here is the written review: www.droid-life.com/2021/08/20/galaxy-watch-4-review-wear-os-is-back-baby/
Did you mention the band size? Samsung say they are all 22mm but everyone else is saying they are all 20mm
Unfortunately all watches this year with 20mm.
I have a lot of 22mm bands from my Gear S3 and they will not fit if I upgrade so I will not :(
Im sticking with my watch 3 I get 3 days and going from 22mm bands to 20mm sucks . I have way too many bands to start over.
Oh man... Thank you so much. I own a Pixel 5 too, and I was very worried, I almost cancel my pre-order. Finally I've found someone testing the Watch 4 in a non-galaxy phone.!!! Thank you.!!!
Nice video.
The rotating bezel is a necessity and personally I charge the watch every day so battery doesn't matter for what I use it for. Don't sleep with it either cause that's uncomfortable.
coming from fossil gen 5 garrett i actually found this pretty comfortable for sleep
Great review. Just ordered mine! Can you share the brand of the band that you're wearing!? Thanks in advance 😊
Pre ordered mine the other day in the 46mm Silver. I haven't seen the benefit of a smart watch til now. It saved the life of a friend of mine who was in a bad car accident. I also didn't want one until you were able to use the watch without the phone on your person. Game changer. Also could be a nice present for anyone who has elderly parents. These watches would serve the purpose of a life alert plus more.
Can disable bezel to don't go to menus when turn it on the pointers watch position ? I want a new bezel with tachymeter , to use it - when spin the bezel it cannot go to menu, need to stay on pointers position, do you know about it ? Thx
The larger battery , on the larger watch runs the higher resolution screen..... So, that would use more batter power.....? Leaving both watches with the same battery life?
Yes the battery life is almost the same with the larger watch lasting a little bit longer 2/4 hours more
@@mustardpikachu3597 lol watch staying on for 2 to 4 hrs is lot longer
How's the haptic feedback versus older models or compared to the Apple Watch?
There should be no significant difference between battery life for 42mm & 46mm. Because basically, a large size requires a large amount of power as well. Just IMO
Thanks for the excellent review of the battery life. Being a former original Galaxy Watch owner that enjoyed 3 to 4 days of battery life...I was sort of hoping for at least 2 full days. Not gonna happen I can see now.
Does it have a always on display?
Thanks for the video. Any idea how much more battery life you get on the 46mm compared to the 42mm? Also do you think the Silver or black is better?
black is better looking.
I bought. The. Galaxy watch 4 I think I am going. To really like it
this video was 1 year ago yesterday hehe
BATTERY HOGS! My wife and I got the watch 4's to use mainly as a stand alone. We've only wore them the once as we just got them, we didnt use Bluetooth, we used the watches the lte/gps carrier plan. the battery life was horrible! Our watches didnt even last us the whole day, between 8 to 10 hours! Tomorrow i will be trying it paired with Bluetooth to see if that helps with battery life. Did you try a whole day using just the gps????
Battery life is still a major reason I'm still using my original galaxy watch. It still lasts me 4 days with regular use and always on display off. I am active and use it while working out and use GPS while bike riding as well.
And possibly repeating myself. Classic should come with either a Real Leather Strap, or a Quality Stainless Steel strap. For business men etc.
I would rather choose TAG Heuer, Breintling or MontBlanc for business meeting.
Do they also do smartwatches?
@@Lezjuliette69 TAG Heuer Carrera Connected
@@Lezjuliette69 Montblanc Timewalker e-Strap
@@smietniknautube and you feel they are in the same price bracket huh?
I really wish you would have covered things like speaker quality on a phone call, whether Android messages works seamlessly with the watch or is it still reliant on Samsung messages for chat / text messages. Is it still reliant on Samsung email or does it work well now with other apps such as Yahoo etc?
Everybody talks about the fitness aspect of the watch which I have absolutely no interest in and no one is covering anything about the productivity side of the watch.
Just Sayin...
@@shaheerchaudhry9459
Thanks!
Google messages is the default choice, their phones will start having Google messages as default at some point also instead of their own message app, outlook seems to be the only email app I can see, I was using a pixel 5 myself so maybe some apps only appear when connected to Samsung phones.
@@rossrobson91
Thank you!
I really appreciate the update.
@@CHRISINCOGNITO no problem.
Thanks for the review! Did you happen to test the oxygen sensor? I'm curious if it is accurate or not. I find it inaccurate on the Galaxy Watch 3.
since he used a nonsamsung smartphone (pixel 5) with this watch, it's not possible to use this feature for him.
Much more informativ than many other videos. Cheers mate! Would the battery last for an ultra run, 12-14 hours with strava and music on and of course GPS? This will make my buy decission. According to samsong support it would last. But i doubt it. Could you kindly give information to that? Thanks!
Could you give us more information here?
Best review about Galaxy Watch 4 Classic so far despite the fact you were death for 10 minutes 😁
I've got the Galaxy Watch1 and the Active2 but the latter vary rarely gets worn as I much prefer the styling and physical bezel of the former. I'm trading in my Active2 as part payment toward the GW4 Classic 46mm which should be delivered next week.
The only thing I'm not keen on about the GW4 Classic is the shape of the lugs. As they are angled I think it maybe more difficult to get a stainless steel band that fits to the watch case than it was with the GW1 which has straight lugs - we'll see, there are already custom bezels for sale.
Great Review! Thanks for taking the time do the video
nice review! i really like the bands of the watch. where can i get them
Does anyone knows if the wrist band of the galaxy watch classic is compatible with the original Galaxy watch 2018?
I traded in my galaxy watch 42mm and I did ask if the band's would fit as I also have the active 2 and I've got loads of band's in all colours they told me they would all fit as the band's are 20mm the same 👍
Why would you want always on display enabled when you sleep?
Thank you for the video. I had ordered a Classic LTE, in hopes it will run the Dexcom CGM app. The app says it will run on OS 2.0-2.3, do you know if apps like this will run on 3.0, or will they have to update their app ?
I pre-ordered the 44mm Watch 4 in black at best buy. Going to pick it up Friday 😬
Very good review. I'm concerned about the battery life though. I currently have the watch active 2 and get two full days battery and have already pre-ordered the watch 4. I hope a future update improves the battery life.
I charge my Watch Active 2 every night, but I'm never below 75% each night when it goes on the puck. I too am concerned about battery life on this...
I'm coming from the Galaxy watch 46mm (first gen)... I am very concerned coming from a battery that is double the amount the battery capacity. 😭
I'm the same with my active 2 in rose gold great battery life I've ordered the 40mm Gw4 in silver so it will be nice to have a swop around especially because I have so many different coloured band's
Got mine today. Charged to 100% and it's been 2hr 40min and I'm at 53%. Going to give it a week of learning my battery use to see if it improves. Hopefully so, fingers crossed! 🤞
@@chocolatte8301getting mine tomorrow can't wait 😃to have a play
Not having the ecg function for other android phones is a bummer
Hey man which one has the biggest battery please? I'm planning of getting the watch 4 classic model. Should i get the 44 or 46?
The 46mm classic has the largest battery.
Great review, was looking to see what it's like to own as a pixel 5 owner as well. Everyone else seems to say it's bad if you don't have a Samsung. Apparently they don't know what they're talking about
So you must like bigsby
@@Jordan.Q The use of Bigsby doesn't change if you have a Samsung phone or any other Android phone.
@@Jordan.Q regardless if it has Bixby or not it's still the best Android smartwatch overall. And google assistant will most likely come soon in the future
Right?
Thks for your thoughts, yea 46mm is my love, and man I can't wait, great video and your break down, must watch again thks. Definitely not long at all
Hi Sir,
If i forgot my mobile in my home and i went to my friend home and my GW4 connected to the wifi in his home.
In this case i, Will I be able to receive notifications and calls and make calls from the watch?
can i knw Galaxy Watch 4 when using the digital bezel, will it have vibration and sound when interact it? will it feel like the same vibration and sound when twisting the apple watch? the feel of reality xD
Love the vid. Awesome review of the features of the Watch 4 Classic. Have it pre-ordered. Do it bro, do it, play the snore audio LOL
In regard the health track, which you recommend venue 2 or galaxy 4??? Appreciate your reply
@@wilbobagins i have a tactix delta but still got this cuz it came bundled lol
Interesting your review, thanks. Just had to return my watch, from day 1 got 12h to 15h mostly basic default settings but with aod off, Wi-Fi off, location on and got some notifications. And from first charge got the overheating message. Hopefully replacement one I will get 24h, I think is more than enough for me, but 12h just wearing it wasn’t what I expected
Kind of hopped around the video trying to find the answer but can I use Google Assistant instead of Bixby and does it support TH-cam Music ??
No google assistant.
Best place for buying new bands and accessories for this watch? Maybe cool customizable ones?
Amazon
What are your thoughts on the 46mm classic compared to the tic watch pro 3?
I just got the tic pro 3 and the health apps only work well when you use the ecosystem,it also has the Google fit apps. I've had it for 3 days and it has already malfunctioned 3 times. I like it but I'm thinking of upgrading.
hello, in which country did you buy your watch? does the US version have the blood pressure function?
How do you setup blood pressure? I hear it’s not available in the US but is there a way to hack it?
Is it already possible to swap Samsung Pay for Google Pay when long press button? Thank you
Where did you get watch band from sir please?
This is the review I wanted from day 1 it was announced.
Will it work on a Samsung tablet for ECG and BP?
Great review! I love the 2 tone band, do you remember what brand and where you got it?
barton elite silicone watch band on amazon
Got it-thank you so much!
Can you download and use the swipe Gboard keyboard?
can you give a link or name of the watch band?
How long is the range of the Bluetooth? Because in my galaxy watch original its pretty bad. I want to know about this before buying the 4. 😱😱😱😱
Can a update improve the battery life in the future?
I'm hoping you can answer this since you used it with a non samsung phone. I've had the original galaxy watch for a while now and I'm running it with a oneplus 6t it's great but the alarm on the phone and watch weren't synced like if i were using a Samsung phone, did this feature work with the pixel?
With AOD on, All sensors on Manual, GPas off connected with BT....then Bettery backup in Hrs?????
Nice thanks
What do we need WiFi for just to install App or more ....
If we are out, we will get WhatsApp notifications can we reply ? Will we have to be on mobile Hotspot? Or can reply without Hotspot
Thanks
The band you have on the watch doesn't look like the watch 4 standard band. Looks like it is a watch 3 band. Am I correct?
Are the lte Versions worth it? Not having to carry a phone with me would be amazing while going for a walk
in that situation it sounds worth it but deffo get the 46mm. 4g isn't to be used all the time it does eat through battery but on an 30 minute even hour walk yeah man you should be good. just bear in mind your carrier provider depending if you buy one from a carrier for a pay monthly fee or if you wanna do the e sim route you need to see how much the e sim monthy charge fee is.
@@majorskies7091 my Provider gives you the e sim for free which is good because I have plan already. I was planning on buying the watch 4 44mm
@@ElazigFighter23 wow thats lucky my provider here chargers us an extra 7 GBP..
Yeah deffo go with the 44mm
I've had a few smartwatches including the apple watch. Getting the LTE versions have always been worth it for me. I got out with out my phone all the time with them and its nice. I leave my phone at home for walks, work outs, movies, and when going to the grocery store or something real quick. Its nice for me to be able to leave the phone at home.
@@majorskies7091 okay thanks for helping me decide
Much better review VS the first one. Definitely the Droid Life I know! Great over view of everything. I can't wait for mine to arrive 😬 Until then, I'll live my life vicariously through your video lol
What's your opinion at now that it's arrived?
I got to say, after wearing it the full day it has been pretty good so far. There's a few things I'm not used to yet, though. Example: getting new watch faces. On my Galaxy Watch 3, I would just use the Galaxy wear app and download whatever watch face I wanted. Now I have to go through an app, such as facer, download the app on my phone and my watch to get it working.
The sensor readings such as body composition and better sleep tracking put it ahead of the Galaxy watch 3 in my opinion.
But I can honestly say, the one and only thing that I do not like about it versus the Galaxy watch 3, is the battery life! Took it off the charger this morning at 100% and now it's at 35%. Granted I used it a little bit more playing around with stuff today. My Galaxy watch 3, I could get three full days without charging. So this is going to be a little bit of a learning curve figuring out charging routines, as I like to wear it for sleep tracking.
I suppose software updates will improve things a bit. If I could get two days out of this without charging, I would be pretty well pleased.
All in all, I would say this is a worthy upgrade over the Galaxy watch 3, so far.
I cant believe I just watched a 30 minute and didn't complain about it. I didn't even realize it was this long lol but good pace and also good 2 see a video with this watch other than s21 or Samsung phone ... quick question is it true this watch is not going to work with iphones?
yes, no iOS support
I bought the 42mm classic yesterday and even though I did everything right with the unboxing, the battery has been awful 100%-30% in 5 hours of extremely light use(most features/notifications deactivated), and many freezes and crashes causing resets. Mine is definitely a lemon, so I’m returning it and just going with the 46mm for the better battery.
How's the battery on the 46mm?
how is it after 1 year?
Have you had any issues with notifications? Mine sometimes either don't vibrate(but when I swipe over they're there) or I get a whatsapp message, check it with tilt to wake but then it shows me a whatsapp message I had already gotten earlier.
Appreciate the thoroughness
My understanding is that this new watch wear OS3 will not work with iOS devices? Heard people say that they are locking it down to their own phones, makes sense if we are heading to pixel silicone and maybe Samsung silicone. Thoughts?
Thanks for clarifying the missing features. I really wanted to pair this with a Pixel 6 Pro. I can live without ECG but BPM tracking is pretty important for sleep tracking, especially using Sleep As Android... 🤔
How do you upload your own pictures for the towels or always on display? I"m new to smart watches and the classic 4 will be my first.
Hi, so I was wondering since you have the watch paired to a Pixel, if you have google's phone app on the watch, and it's paired to a Pixel, can you use googles call screening options on the watch?
Great video! Almost all the things I'd like to know. How about Microsoft Outlook watch face and Outlook calendar? Does it run smoothly as in a regular Android watcch? Our company is under corporate tight security control. We strictly use MS Office 365. They don't allow using Explorer to set up. Tizen is limited to Galaxy calendar, and it takes Google calendar but not MS Outlook. Can't get outlook calendar to run. Any comment about Outlook watch face and Outlook calendar on Galaxy watch 4, or make another video with the focus on MS Outlook will be great! Thank you.
Is the blood pressure monitoring going to be available in the U.S?
I am disappointed with the battery on the Galaxy watch 4. I have the Galaxy Active 2 (44 mm) and almost always get 40 hours on my battery. I am very active, and my Active 2 is normally between 57 - 67%, when I go to bed the first night. So, I would expect the new watches to get more than 40 hours.
Exactly. I'm turned off by this phone because of the battery life... My first smartwatch was the Samsung Gear 2 Active. That watch lasted 4 to 5 years and it still works fine now. Then I tried to buy a Fossil watch because I like the way they look and that's when I learned that Google doesn't know how to make smartwatches. Wear OS was so buggy and annoying to use. I returned it about 2 days after I got it... My hype for Fossil's smartwatches were completely eradicated. I then went straight to my mobile provider and I got the Active2. This watch is going to be hard to beat. I hope they go back to Tizen. Any watch is useless if it doesn't have a good battery.
Thank you so much for your honest review on a non-Samsung phone!! Also thank you for the information about the watch band issue. I have that model on order and glad to know that it helps to switch out bands so watch doesn't sit up even more. I just ordered a Barton band off Amazon. If I don't like the classic version then I'll simply return it and order the regular "formerly active" version. Really appreciate your help on this review! Thanks again.
Is the resolution any better than there 2nd galaxy watch?
Greatt review!!! Detailed and just realistic. I currently have a Samsung Phone, and probably won't move because Microsoft YourPhone screen mirroring is such a killer feature, but I was always confused by the reviews saying you must have a 'samsung' phone...
Hi sir,
Thanks for your your great review.
I am planning to buy GW 4 classic 46mm and i will use it as follows:
1. AOD will be off so when i raises my hand then i can see the watch.
2. Just receive notification for whatsapp, emails without reading them and SMS.
3. Just accept or reject the calls .
4. One or two times to measure heart rate and spo2.
5. Use normal face unanimated.
6. Intensity automatically.
7. Just connected to wifi.
8. Remove it before sleep.
In this case do you think i will get three days?
Are you able to use purchased watch 3 faces on watch 4?
I pre-ordered the classic LTE model last week. I got it Wednesday, two days before officially released. The literature states that the phone can be in standalone mode with LTE connection but If your are with Verizon, the standalone mode will not work. I returned to my Galaxy Frontier.
It works
Can be watches unlocked by Galaxy phone like Apple Watches by iPhone?
So any 20mm band you believe will fit either size classic watches? Was hoping to replace the original band with a black metal band. Thank you so much
The 46mm watch uses 22mm band
@@Pablo9412Lech oh really? 22mm? Yeah i just want to get a metal band for the 46mm LTE Classic I pre ordered
@@JayxJigsaw sorry just checked and yes it is 20mm on all sizes of the Galaxy watch 4 and 4 classic. Sorry for confusion
@@Pablo9412Lech Its kinda ridiculous they dont disclose that information in a simple way so that people buy Samsung's bands >..
@@JayxJigsaw yeah i don't understand why they just share that info with people.
Any wrist gesture to bring up notifications?
I would guess that stock wear os 3 isn't fully completed and that since Samsung worked on it with google they have probably made some aspects of it that google may want to change for the standard version
Great review. I have the original Galaxy watch and have smacked the heck out of this thing kettlebells for almost 4 years. Defiantly need the bezel. I still get 48 hrs battery life but never use the always-on display. Did like version 3, but will be upgrading to the 4.
Very informative
Hi dose the watch have a screen protector on it please
Is yours the LTE version? Would the LTE battery drain faster?
What is the lug width size? 20mm or 22mm?
they are all 20mm now. Even for the 46mm
Battery life is big disappointment 😒
I pre ordered the 46mm silver I needed the big boy I got a new watch band to make it more feminine 😊...
Lovely
Will this pair with Moto 5 5G? And will it ping the phone? I cannot find a watch to ping a Moto 5 5G 😥
It's so annoying that I have to unlock it every time I want to use it.. why isn't there Smart Lock where if it's connected to the phone it will stay unlocked?
Any way to get a real ETA on pre orders? I placed my order 8/11 with no ETA
I went thru tmoble watch ships on 8 27. Hope this helps
@@johngunia7576 interesting enough I had a Samsung representative help me place my order who assured me I would have it well before the 27th but couldn't give me a date when I placed the order
I ordered mine through Samsung store with rush shipping. I'm expected to get it by the 28th of August.
Why doesn't Samsung make the rotating bezel flesh with the screen? Reason being swiping the screen with the bezel sticking out (from what I have been hearing) has been a nucence.
I mean making it flesh would be pretty hard. I'm not sure we have the tech. I guess they could use a 3D printer and like a cell culture. But I'm not sure why you'd want flesh on a smart watch. :P
If you look at the teardown for the original Galaxy Watch you'll see the rotating bezel is supported by already tiny ball bearings and springs. So the height of the plastic rotating bezel is *just* enough to clear the height of the ball bearings. If you don't have those ball bearings, you don't have a physical rotating bezel.
What they could have done, I guess, is raise the display up to level it with the height of the bezel, eliminating the need for the "slope" on the bezel and the design can just be seamlessly flat across the display and bezel, but then you're exposing the screen like the Galaxy Watch 4/Active 2 when you otherwise didn't have to. In the current design, the raised bezel, designed out of necessity to clear the height of the ball bearings, also doubles up and acts as a buffer for the glass display against impact, similar to the G-Shock watch design.
As far as the difficulty of touch and swiping with the bezel, I've owned the Galaxy Watch since day one and I never had an issue with touch nor was I even aware it was a problem for other people. Not to mention I've been using my Galaxy Watch with a tempered glass screen protector, which supposedly could affect touch sensitivity and I still haven't had a single issue. I only found out about the touch sensitivity concern when I was reading reviews while looking into getting a screen protector for my preordered Galaxy Watch 4 (non-classic).
If you're wondering why I opted for the Active-style Watch 4 instead of Classic this time it's because of the weight. I'm wearing the smaller version of the original Galaxy Watch and it still feels heavy and obnoxious to me (YMMV). The Galaxy Watch 4 Classic is lighter at 1.83oz for the 46mm vs my 2.22 oz for the 42mm (yikes!). But the Watch 4 being around 1oz sounds like a dream to me. I'm holding my breath and sacrificing the awesome rotating bezel (navigation with full view of your screen, unlike swiping where your fingers are in the way, is a luxury but so satisfying!) for the weight decrease and hoping I made the right choice and that the digital bezel isn't as bad as the crybabies make it out to be since there's so much bias on the web it's tough to decipher what's legit and what's BS. 80% weight increase on the smaller model, and 72% weight increase on the larger model. That's nearly twice the weight! JFC...
Also, the 44mm vs 46mm is deceptive cuz what matters is the viewable display size, in which they're the same on both models: 1.4in, 450x450 res. If you look at the Specs page of the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic on Samsung's website you'll see that the 46mm hilariously covers part of the bezel in its measurement (props for their awkward transparency in this regard; could've avoided the graphic altogether). The extra 2mm is the "slope" of the bezel and not the actual viewable display. Is this some sort of marketing trick? LOL...
@@GerdiHono why not? Doesn't everyone want flesh smart watches?
@@MrJbee1982 I mean personally I'm not like a cannibal or anything so flesh smartwatches don't entice me that much. I guess I could get behind smartwatches that have screens that are flush with the bezel though.
@@GerdiHonoNo, I really meant flesh. Oh well, to eat there own. Lol.
I ordered 46mm classic.😜
What is the stuff with making your pattern every single time you want to use your watch ?!?
only if it's not on your wrist...
How long did it take to charge?
Loved the review, looking forward to get the watch in myself.
Glad to see you guys making videos again. Hope you guys do something special for the Pixel 6 release (like Pixel 1).
Keep them coming, gentlemen.
It's been since the s2 that I wore a samsung watch how is the speaker on this?
I got a glaxay watch active 2 is it Worth for me to Upgrade to the glaxay watch 4?
Yes. If you can afford it. Samsung doing good trade in deals. I traded my active 2. Depending on the size the battery will be the same or better. Plus you will get all the new sensors. I have the watch 4 classic and I feel its even a upgrade from my watch 3
@@Mike.Tech. ok thanks for the help
Should we expect the classic to release in pink gold at some point?
the non classic version is available in rose gold
24 hours of battery life? I get at least 3 to 4 days from the galaxy watch 3.
If your just using it for a watch and not on the screen 24/7 you should be fine