During a cardio workout, the sensor was within a few bpm of the strap. I tested the heart rate monitor against a chest strap for accuracy and found that my resting heart rate matched up. You can sideload the Samsung Health Monitor app on other Android phones by installing an APK, but technically it's not supported. The Galaxy Watch 6 has an ECG and now supports irregular heart rhythm notifications, like the Apple Watch and Fitbit, but only if you have a Galaxy phone. I've reached out to Samsung for clarification on this feature. Activating sleep mode is also supposed to turn on an invisible infrared sensor instead of using the green LED for heart rate, though I noticed when I woke up during the night, the green light was visible. ![]() Low blood oxygen readings can indicate medical conditions like sleep apnea. Like other wearables, the Galaxy Watch 6 can check your blood oxygen readings while you sleep, but it's the only smartwatch I've worn for sleep tracking that gives me very low blood oxygen readings overnight, sometimes as low as 87%. I'll update this review after several weeks with the final verdict. It will take more time to see if the Galaxy Watch 6 sleep coaching tips are helpful in the long term and if they're any different from previous watches. But they've been available on the Galaxy Watch 4 since early 2022. You can now see your sleep score on the watch and the corresponding sleep animals are cute. Sleep tracking features bring the watch up to speed with what other watches on the market offer, specifically the Pixel Watch and Fitbit. Just like the Assistive Touch on the Apple Watch, you can control the Galaxy Watch 6 with gestures if you can't touch the screen or press buttons. Universal gestures is a lesser-known accessibility feature that should get more attention because it works really well. I tested it with the Galaxy S22 Ultra and got camera controls like zooming with the bezel, without the lag. Don't feel left out if you have an older Galaxy phone: The camera controller still works. If you have a Flip 5 or Fold 5, you can control the camera in Flex mode from your wrist, but I found it was a bit laggy. But my favorite feature so far is that you don't need to reset your watch when you switch to a new phone. Voice to text dictation works as well as it did before. Other interface tweaks include a bigger keyboard, so typing is a little easier than the Galaxy Watch 5. Know that the Galaxy Watch 4 and 5 will get the One UI 5 update later in the year. ![]() Pairing your watch to a new phone is so easy now you don't need to reset and wipe it anymore. If you want the longest-lasting battery, that's still the $450 Galaxy Watch 5 Pro that lasts two-and-a-half to three days with similar use. It takes over an hour to charge the watch from flat to full using the provided USB-C charger, or you can use reverse wireless charging on a Galaxy phone for a top-up. I suspect LTE use will drain the battery even faster and will update this review once I've been able to test. With slightly heavier use, like streaming music over Bluetooth headphones and a longer outdoor workout using GPS, that runtime is closer to 24 hours. With the always-on, getting a handful of phone notifications, one 30-minute workout using GPS and sleep tracking, I hit 27 hours on the 43mm Galaxy Watch 6 Classic before it went flat. I wasn't quite able to reach those numbers. That's for both sizes of both watches, even though the larger case sizes have a higher-capacity battery at 425 mAh compared to 300 mAh on the smaller version. Samsung is more conservative with its battery life estimates this year, claiming the Galaxy Watch 6 can last up to 30 hours with the always-on display, or 40 hours with it turned off. Galaxy Watch 6 battery life: Only slightly better than the Watch 5 The hybrid leather band on the Classic is particularly comfortable for all-day wear. No more fiddling with spring pin toggles! The new bands are also backwards and forwards-compatible and I appreciate that they sit closer to the watch frame. One design perk I wasn't expecting is the new one-click watch band design. Now Samsung makes a slimmer version, I hope we'll see it on the Galaxy Watch 6 Pro. ![]() I speculated the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro could have had a slimmer rotating bezel around the raised edge of the watch. I wonder what Samsung will do about the next Pro watch.
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