Workout option? - Samsung Gear S2

I'm coming from a fitbit which had decent fitness tracking capability but was pretty hopeless as a smartwatch.
Is there any option or application for general workouts for the GS2? I mean, I don't expect there to be a workout item for every exercise that you would find on a fitbit tracker with all the detailed option they include but a general option which is just listed in the menu as "Workout" which uses a timer and tracks heart-rate would be a good start. Does such an option exist?
Second, has there been any feedback from Samsung regarding automatic sleep tracking? This should be a fairly simple function to implement, yet I can't seem to find any good info about it anywhere.

S Health watch app (which syncs with the android app of the same name from Samsung) has heart rate monitoring, workouts (step count, running, walking, cycling, hiking, elliptical, stationary bike, step machine). Some of these auto-start (e.g. cycling). There's also an app from Samsung called "Strength Training," and some 3rd party apps like Workout Trainer (Skimble) and Pear Trainer. There's a standalone rather limited sleep monitoring app called GNight. There have been rumors and/or vague responses from Samsung to the effect that they are working on sleep tracking, and the folks that make the
Sleep as Android app have beta sleep tracking software for the S2, but the story is it drains the battery too much.

tstreete said:
S Health watch app (which syncs with the android app of the same name from Samsung) has heart rate monitoring, workouts (step count, running, walking, cycling, hiking, elliptical, stationary bike, step machine). Some of these auto-start (e.g. cycling). There's also an app from Samsung called "Strength Training," and some 3rd party apps like Workout Trainer (Skimble) and Pear Trainer. There's a standalone rather limited sleep monitoring app called GNight. There have been rumors and/or vague responses from Samsung to the effect that they are working on sleep tracking, and the folks that make the
Sleep as Android app have beta sleep tracking software for the S2, but the story is it drains the battery too much.
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I'll look into those workout apps.
Good to know that there may be sleep tracking for the S2 at a later stage, thanks for the info.

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Fitness Apps? Other Apps?

Hey guys, new to the S2, and smartwatches, etc. What fitness apps are recommended? S-Health on it doesn't seem to do much, and the heart rate monitor only checks when I hit the widget... Sooo pretty much only step count right out of the box.
While I'm at it, what other apps are recommended? I do not need notifications for anything outside of text and calls, so anything like that is unnecessary. But I am trying to get the most out of this thing, so let me know!
Please and thanks!
Seriously, nothing? Are there no apps to recommend?
It depends what are you looking for. I saw some apps, but haven't tried them (I use special watch for sport tracking):
- Fit Evolution
- Lifesum
- Nike
- PEAR
... Search App Manager for fitness.
Thanks. I did a search too, but I was hoping some people could tell me what's good or not. Most have good and bad reviews. Guess I'll just start trying things
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Hey guys, new to the S2, and smartwatches, etc. What fitness apps are recommended? S-Health on it doesn't seem to do much, and the heart rate monitor only checks when I hit the widget... Sooo pretty much only step count right out of the box.
While I'm at it, what other apps are recommended? I do not need notifications for anything outside of text and calls, so anything like that is unnecessary. But I am trying to get the most out of this thing, so let me know!
Please and thanks!
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S Health and Nike are the two apps that come with the watch, and as others have noticed, a number of other more specialized apps are dribbling out. S Health automatically checks heart rate (you can set it to "try" to measure every 10 minutes or every hour throughout the day), and also has routines the user can initiate for running, walking, cycling, hiking, elliptical, exercise bike, step machine, and treadmill. All of them record heart rate, some of them more: cycling, for example, also tracks your route, altitude, and speed throughout your ride.
Any apps out there for measuring rowing?? Besides heart rate, that is.
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Any apps out there for measuring rowing?? Besides heart rate, that is.
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Something I would like to. I'd really also like something that senses and accounts for other types of exercises outside of running/biking/etc., such as lifting weights, sit-ups, these kinds of things. Fitbit offers this with their Alta (who knows how well it works though...). At least something that you can enter in the reps, etc. for each workout and calculates calories burned.
Does Strava work here?
I've released two fitness apps so for: Always-On Speed and Always-On Pace. They don't track your activity though, all they do is show current time and your speed or pace.
When I bike, I use Endomondo on my phone for tracking and Always-On Speed on my watch so that I can always see the most important instantaneous information, which is time and speed, of course
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- S Health (does the tracking I need at work, home, etc. love it so much.)
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Endomondo will be released soon for the Gear S2 and S3.
My apps (Always-On Speed and Always-On Pace) have been there for while.
UnderArmour just released MapMyRun and Endomondo.
I have been using SHealth for a while to track runs. It works, doesn't use too much battery, but I have a lot of issues with the way they present data. Like splits and pace are in miles per hour and there is no way to see your actual average pace while running (only an instantaneous pace, which jumps all over the place). Also the watch only displays one thing at a time, so elapsed time is on one screen and you have to move to another screen to see distance, which is annoying. Then you have to mentally do the math to figure out your average min/mile pace, which on a 20 mile run gets harder and harder to do as mental function starts to break down...
I just downloaded MapMyRun (never used it before) and I like the interface better. It allegedly connects to SHealth so I can store my history of workouts there. It also displays elapsed time and distance on the same screen in big bold numbers, which is nice. Also has an average pace if you swipe down. We will see, I'll try using it for a while.
S Health distance and heartrate are not accurate. Off by .5 for a 1.5 walk and heartrate 30 plus more that it measures manually.
Yes, i agree with rogerperk and it's impossible to change manualy the distance after the run, sad. I hope it'will be updated soon bacause in other ways, it's a good app.

Strength Training with the Gear S3 Frontier

Is there a way to use a generic "Strength Training" or "Weight Training" exercise profile on the S3 or are there any apps that have that option?
I don't think its practical to switch the exercise on the watch for every exercise that I do in my gym session. Instead, it makes more sense to select one exercise for strength training and use that to track the entire weight training workout regardless of what specific exercises I'm doing. I'm interested in the time, calories and heart-rate for the entire workout.
I set it to Yoga for strength training, that gives time, doesn't auto-pause, continuously monitors heart rate and gives a calorie burn estimation (I'm not sure how precise that is, though).
It would be nice to see a general Strength training option.
i use elliptical profile once i do my weight training . i will try yoga today and see the difference

Gear S3 as a sports tracker?! Is it really possible?!

Hi there
Tell me please if you use your gear as a sports/trening tracker?
Why do I ask? Recently I have been using gear s3 along with tomtom spark and I am really dissapointed with gear results
Calories burn are terribly low, distance is incorrect, heart rate sometimes stucks and shows the same data for all training, I can't edit trainings (eg I can't change 'other training' into for example 'martial arts") etc
Is gear sport the same? Do you have any comparision?
Perhaps tizen2 was better in this area?
Thanks for any suggestions/ideas etc
Official Samsung says the accuracy is 80% but in reality we all know is lower.
For activity I would recommend a an activity tracker dedicated instead of a smartwatch.
Try using the UA fitness apps. I started using UA Record again (I stopped because it wouldn't sync correctly, does now), and it seems way more accurate with my workouts. Honestly, outside of the UI and look of the watch, this thing isn't great. If you want a good fitness tracker, try Garmin, I've heard very good things,. Also, give Android Wear a shot too if you want to keep the style of a smartwatch. I had a Huawei watch 2 classic, and Google Fit was awesome for tracking, at least strength training (all I tried). I went back to Samsung because I missed the UI and the watch 2 battery life suuuccckkkeeeddd.

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