Note that the weight comes in at 46g (measured on a scale I have). It walks through the basics of getting it all set up:Īt which point, you’re ready to roll. Then there’s the charger, which the watch simply sits atop:Īfter which you’ll find some manual/paper stuffs. If we unpack everything, here’s what we’ve got:įirst, there’s the watch itself, along with the extra length band (it comes with both a smaller and larger sized band/strap): Once you get past all the extras, here’s the box inside:Ĭracking it open, you’ll see the parts sitting there waiting for you: In my case, I ordered directly from Samsung, which means that it came packed in some pretty sorta-fancy packaging. Unboxing:įirst, we’ve gotta get this thing unboxed. If you found this review useful, hit up the links at the bottom of the page to help support the site. Oh well, I’ll get that sometime in the next 6 weeks apparently. Plus everything in between.įinally, note that I bought this unit myself – heck, even got the free Samsung wireless charging battery pack for pre-ordering it earlier. My goal with this review is to detail the good, the bad, and the ugly. Certainly I cover the basics of the device here, but there are plenty of other places that dive into non-sport features in more detail. As the title of this review implies, that’s my jam – and that’s what I focus on here. I’ve been using the Galaxy Watch Active for the past few weeks for workouts and as a 24×7 watch, and now have a crap-ton of data on it.

Of course, approximate being the key wording there – but more on differences later. The nearest other competitors with these approximate feature sets are Garmin and their Vivoactive 3 Music at $279USD, and Fitbit with their Ionic at $269. The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active contains onboard GPS for tracking your outdoor workouts, music storage, and Bluetooth playback with support for offline caching from providers like Spotify, plus an optical heart rate sensor to track not just workouts but 24×7 HR and stress. Finally, here in 2019 – they might well have stumbled upon the most full-featured fitness-focused mainstream watch to date. Correspondingly, each year they seem to be getting closer and closer to sorting out the right combination of features and price. ***Update: Just a note the Galaxy Watch Active 2 is out, you can see my post about it here***Įach year for a number of years now, Samsung has released fitness-focused smartwatches.

Samsung sports watch