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Hey everyone
SO I got a s2 classic. I was told that it was Better than having a f1tbit....
I see there are some running apps, nike+, shealth....but is there anythign where you can track ur progress over a couple of days like fitbit?
everyone is saying this is a better "fitness tracking" watch....but I have yet to be shown how?
Thanks in advance...

i have both fitbit charge hr and samsung gear s2. in health tracking, fitbit is the best hands down. cannot really compare them. but i gave up using the fitbit in favor of s2, as i don't really need detailed tracking and screen is way better and informative on s2. s health doesn't offer a web interface or anything like fitbit though.

I used to have a Charge HR and I loved it. Always had the heart rate monitoring and battery still lasts a week. It's step count seems spot on top. This Gear S2, horrible... I will walk down isles at a store and count my steps and compare to the watch, most of the time it doesn't register a single step taken. Other times it only counts half of what I actually did. The heart rate monitor on this thing is a complete joke! It took me 8 times to get it to read my heart rate after a workout and it said I was 75bpm, my heart was still pounding!!
The only benefit this watch has over the fit bit is being able to make calls and reply to texts, which I think the fit it with the GPS can actually do.

simpletona70 said:
I used to have a Charge HR and I loved it. Always had the heart rate monitoring and battery still lasts a week. It's step count seems spot on top. This Gear S2, horrible... I will walk down isles at a store and count my steps and compare to the watch, most of the time it doesn't register a single step taken. Other times it only counts half of what I actually did. The heart rate monitor on this thing is a complete joke! It took me 8 times to get it to read my heart rate after a workout and it said I was 75bpm, my heart was still pounding!!
The only benefit this watch has over the fit bit is being able to make calls and reply to texts, which I think the fit it with the GPS can actually do.
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You may want to exchange the S2. I use both it (Gear S2 Classic) and a Vivofit I picked up a week earlier... and the S2 is vastly more accurate. I can't compare it to the Fitbit but from what I have experienced comparing two fitness trackers, the S2 you have should be functioning far better.
The S2 detects walking when I am on a treadmill, walking outside, just walking around my apartment, and so on. Depending on how I use my hands it will also count "steps" on my elliptical trainer. It tracks my heartbeat very well and when I compare it to the machine's heart rate monitor they match. It also matches the heartrate measured via my Galaxy S4 (I use an app which uses the flash and camera to measure heart rate)

Variable Battery Usage

I wear my S2 24/7 except when in the shower or charging. Sometimes only 20% of battery usage happens during the day and 5% at night, other times those numbers can be doubled or even more. I have tried everything to try and figure out what is different when there is higher battery usage. I even did a factory reset and only reinstalled those apps/clock faces I actually use. The only thing that seems to make a difference is charging, if it is using a lot of battery and then I charge it things seem to go back to low battery usage.
I have wireless and nfc turned off, no auto heart rate, and no ambient watch face. At night I turn on Do Not Disturb. I use brightness setting of three which is fine with the watch face am using these days (Exile Blue by Fischbein).
Anybody else see this sort of variability and any ideas of what causes it?
Thanks,
Fred

I wear it 24/7 except with already mentioned and sometimes gets bad battery but never turned off auto heart rate. Honestly the watch can last me 24 hours, not sure how people can get more except without using the watch at all. I know at night, I will turn on power save which helps tremendously. I'd say turn that on throughout the day, you just won't have nice face or use apps except phone and message

I've noticed that it really matters hat watchface you are using. My settings and usage are identical to yours. With the "Modern Utility" watchface I get out about 48h.
With the "Dashboard" watchface, which has no animation, it's steady 60h. So if you swap them throughout the day - that's the explanation.

dadonev said:
I've noticed that it really matters hat watchface you are using. My settings and usage are identical to yours. With the "Modern Utility" watchface I get out about 48h.
With the "Dashboard" watchface, which has no animation, it's steady 60h. So if you swap them throughout the day - that's the explanation.
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Thanks.
Mine is variable without changing the watch face which is what is confusing. By the way, I have the seen the same behavior with both a Sport and a Classic.
I have been thinking about writing an app that tracks battery usage over time and creates a graph. I wonder how hard that would be. Might be a fun project.
Fred

Auto HR (Heart Rate) of the Gear S3 isn't satisfying, I will return the product!

The Auto HR (Heart Rate) of the Gear S3 isn't satisfying, it only takes (measures) 1 time every hour, the Gear S2 did that every 10 minutes! What a huge step back from Samsung, I just hate it! Will send back this item to Amazon, what a shame

Bit of an extreme reason to send it back. Check your settings etc... anyway
Mine records a measurement every ten minutes and stores it in SHealth.

Lakota said:
Bit of an extreme reason to send it back. Check your settings etc... anyway
Mine records a measurement every ten minutes and stores it in SHealth.
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We don't have the possibility to change how often we want to measure! We only have the option Auto HR on or off, this is ridiculous! Mine only measures every hour :/

Mine measures every 10 mins pretty reliably. I know I've seen the setting for this somewhere but I honestly can't find it now, I'm sure someone else can tell you where it is.

memo357 said:
We don't have the possibility to change how often we want to measure! We only have the option Auto HR on or off, this is ridiculous! Mine only measures every hour :/
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Mine does every 10 minutes too. But it's not a heart monitoring watch. It's an added feature on a watch with a million other features. "Ridiculous" that it does not have specific adjustment details that a relatively small fraction of the customer base probably needs? I agree that's probably a bit harsh!
If THAT is the one feature that is a deal breaker for you, yeah, you chose the wrong watch. The accuracy on any watch HR monitor is questionable anyway. And you can do it manually whenever you want. How much data do you need?
Return your gear and get a fitness-specific device! Start here... http://www.wareable.com/fitness-trackers/best-heart-rate-monitor-and-watches
Sounds like you need a chest strap.

Has anyone found where I can change the intervall to 10mins? Generally once every hour is fine IMO, but there are certain scenarios where I'd like to monitor my heart rate more closely.

It's 10 mins by default. The problem is you are moving when it try's to take a measurement and fails. To demonstrate this try and take 2 manual readings - one perfectly still and the second time keep moving your fingers.
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memo357 said:
The Auto HR (Heart Rate) of the Gear S3 isn't satisfying, it only takes (measures) 1 time every hour, the Gear S2 did that every 10 minutes! What a huge step back from Samsung, I just hate it! Will send back this item to Amazon, what a shame
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K bye. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

I know exactly how you feel. That's why when I work out I switch out my gear s3 with my gear fit2 or fitbit2 blaze. The blaze can accurately measure while in motion, the Gear fit2 lacks accurately getting a bpm while in motion.
The blaze fitbit also severely lacks instant notifications. Pretty ineffective if that's what you want it for. Stick with the fit2 or gear s3 as their on target when it comes to notifications being accurately relayed to the wearable

It seems pretty accurate when I'm at rest but I'm not sure about its readings while I'm walking or hiking. Maybe I should tighten up the band when my arms are swinging.

The latest S3 and Samsung Health updates has fixed the accuracy.
I used Polar M400 with chest sensor before S3 and when I started with S3 it seemed to be underrating, for the same 45 minutes cross trainer session, Polar counted about 400 calories and S3/Health - about 300. S3 also shown about 5 bpm less constantly.
With the latest update things seem to be fixed, S3 indications are quite close to Polar.
I'm doing the same session 2-3 times per week, so I can compare the data.

MichaelGG said:
I used Polar M400 with chest sensor before S3 and when I started with S3 it seemed to be underrating, for the same 45 minutes cross trainer session, Polar counted about 400 calories and S3/Health - about 300. S3 also shown about 5 bpm less constantly.
With the latest update things seem to be fixed, S3 indications are quite close to Polar.
I'm doing the same session 2-3 times per week, so I can compare the data.
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I had a garmin vivoactive hr before and the HR seems to be the same while running but the calorie count is really low on s3. 1000 vs 300

Those of you having issues with movement - slide the watch further up your wrist. Every HR monitor ive tried has the same issue. If it is too close to your hand, it will give crap readings. Apple Watch 2 has the same issue and I have to run with it about an inch higher than where I normally wear it.

I had the Gear S3 about a month after it came out and the heart rate accuracy was pathetic. I was coming from Fitbit Charge HR and that one had problems and still was better than the Gear. For example on a treadmill I was running and my Gear could not get above 80 bpm when I know from manually taking my bpm it was around 160 at least. I think it's from the sensor being on a completely flat surface so it's hard to stay accurate during movement.
I now have the Garmin Vivoactive HR and it is worlds better. Stays within 2-3 bpm of what a chest strap would read.

I think just about any wearable has accuracy issues here and there, but in general you can and do get a fairly good representation over time. If you're looking for dead nuts accuracy, no wearable is going to deliver. I've worn my chest monitor with my Fitbit Charge2 and Gear s3, and overall through the course of a workout, my readings are close enough to produce physical results.
I wear my Charge2 on one arm and gear on the other. The Charge is touted as a fitness tracker and my gear s3 SMARTWATCH produces results that are pretty dang close. Close enough anyway.
I find I get better hr readings lower on my wrist. YMMV.

If no one has found out yet. Maybe different in S3, but in my S2, it is located in SHealth app of gear (not phone). The far right card is settings and inside there is a menu called "Auto HR" which is selectable between Frequent, Moderate or Off.

Questions about Heart Rate sensor/monitor

So, I've had my Gear S3 for a good 2 weeks now, and I can say that the HR monitor hasn't been quite accurate, specifically during running. I'm getting readings of max heart rate at 200 bpm, which is just physically impossible. I've tried adjusting the watch, tightening the strap, placing it elsewhere, etc. My skin complexion it not that dark; I have a healthy tan from running, so it shouldn't be that much of a problem. This can be especially frustrating when trying to maintain peak levels of heart rate during exercise.
Another issue I've had is getting the Auto HR to work properly. Over the past few days, the readings would only work if I was completely still or at rest. However, yesterday I downloaded a new WatchMaker face, and I've noticed that the heart rate sensor has been flashing non-stop. Maybe I didn't notice this prior to installing the new watch face? Ironically though, the Auto HR can now take accurate measurements when in movement every 10 min as it's supposed to. I'm totally confused as to what's going on now. So:
1. Should the HR monitor during running or exercise be this off?
2. Should it matter that I'm in movement during Auto HR measurements throughout the day?
3. Is the HR sensor supposed to be flashing all day?
Thanks.

Could honestly be your heart rate depending on your level of intensity. I personally have had a heart rate of over 200 bpm when doing pretty vigorous activity.

Some watch faces have the heart icon flash constantly. I have downloaded a few that fo that. It's probably just a feature of that paticular watch face.

Question Warning, if oxygen level falls below 80%

Hello
I've set my new Galaxy Watch 4 to monitor my O2 level during sleep.
In the morning, I saw in the report, that my O2 level dropped to 78%, which is very concerning.
Normal O2 level should not drop below 90%. During my sleep, my O2 level was 5 minutes below 90%.
Can I somehow tell my watch to wake me up, if the O2 level drops below a certain point?
Can I request this feature somewhere at Samsung?

Ubimo said:
Hello
I've set my new Galaxy Watch 4 to monitor my O2 level during sleep.
In the morning, I saw in the report, that my O2 level dropped to 78%, which is very concerning.
Normal O2 level should not drop below 90%. During my sleep, my O2 level was 5 minutes below 90%.
Can I somehow tell my watch to wake me up, if the O2 level drops below a certain point? I think, I have sleep apnea.
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Smart watches aren't terribly accurate at measuring your oxygen saturation. Get yourself a finger pulse oximeter at any drug store.
If your SpO2 is indeed falling below 90%, you need to see your healthcare provider.

My watch reports O2 levels below 90 literally every single night. Many times before 80 as well. I wouldn't put too much concern on it.

If you are overweight or obese, it may be result of sleep apnea.

Snoring? Use a cpap as i do

Have it checked by a health care provider before drawing conclusions from the watch

As said before, see your healthcare provider. You don't necessarily have to be obese or overweight to have sleep apnea. Untreated SA can cause so many more problems. I had no idea until my body started retaining water at a scary rate. The newest CPAP machine are super quiet if you think the noise would keep you awake. Personally I actually enjoy having the air pressure as I sleep.

V0latyle said:
Get yourself a finger pulse oximeter at any drug store.
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Even this does not guarantee propper measurment. I tested 2 different devices from drugstore ( to feed my curiosity ) and differences were significant between them: +/- 10%.
Even the glucometers have accuracy +/- 20%

A good finger oximeter to register all night is more than 150 -200 $

Look at apnea forum for more info

To "Accurately" measure your SPO2 you have to wear your watch tight on your arm , sensor has to be clean , no arm Hairs between sensor and Skin, and you have to be still . Can you do all that while sleeping ? I doubt it . Sometimes you want to measure during the day and it tells you put your arm on table bring it near hearth , you have to tighten it ... I'll prove it . Put your watch loose around your wrist and measure spo2 . You will get error or it will show below 90