Overview of the Galaxy Watch 3
The Galaxy Watch 3 has the elegance of the original Galaxy
Watch plus all the great fitness features of the Galaxy Watch Active 2.
It's also promising a lot of good health features that
might not be ready for prime time
The Galaxy Watch 3 brings back that physical rotating
bezel that we loved from the original Galaxy Watch which allows you to control
the interface without touching the screen.
It's going to be available in two different sizes a 41 millimeter option and a 45 millimeter
option in three different finishes for the stainless steel versions, Silver, Bronze
and Black.
Now the black will also be available in Titanium but it
will only be available for the larger 45 millimeter one.
It will start at $399 but that's for the Bluetooth only
version
You can also get LTE and or Titanium so the price can
slowly start to creep up
Whats New?
The Galaxy watch 3 is similar to the Galaxy Watch Active
2 and that's because it doesn't have any new sensors and it has a lot of the
same fitness features and that might not necessarily be a bad thing it tracks
up to 40 different activities 7 of those automatically.
It has a 5 ATM rating meaning you can swim with it up to
50 meters and it's also got a built-in GPS This time around it's adding a
feature where you can sync it to the Galaxy health app and actually do workout
videos from your phone or your TV and be able to receive the prompts on your
wrist.
Another cool new feature is the running coach so the
active 2 already had a running coach but this time it's expanding on it by
giving you real-time feedback about your weight, your balance and then it gives
you an analysis or a report at the end of your run that will show you how you
can improve on your run for next time and reduce injury.
In theory you're going to be able to take your blood
oxygen levels on this Watch and it's going to be using VO2 max to calculate
fitness level and recovery
Added Features
There is a big
caveat with all these features and that is that they're not going to be available
at launch.
All the new running features as well as the SPO2 tracking
will have to wait until later this year and Samsung says that they will be
releasing a software update.
It also has an electrocardiogram or ECG app that just
received FDA clearance and can tell you if your heart rhythm is indicative of Atrial
fibrillation and that blood pressure monitoring app that we've seen on other Galaxy
devices but that one is still pending clearance and both will only be available
in South Korea at launch.
What you will get out of the box though is a new fall detection
feature or what Samsung calls trip detection which essentially does the same
thing as the Apple Watch series 4 and above which is it's triggered by a hard
fall and immediately calls an emergency contact and shares the location.
You'll also get more robust sleep tracking now we'll be
able to track four different stages of sleep and give you a deeper analysis of
each one not only the duration but also the quality and give you a sleep score
at the end of your night so that you can go back and improve night overnight
it's giving you tips on how to do this as well.
Conclusion
Based on what we've heard the design and the look of this
Watch is one of the most attractive features especially for that price
considering that the Active 2 has a lot of the same features but obviously we
haven't tested it out yet but we will be doing so in the coming weeks so please
check back in on Techronicle for full review.
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