![]() ![]() You need to download two apps onto your phone - "Galaxy Wearable" and "Samsung Health." The former is to customize the watch and adjust settings such as watch faces, apps, sounds and battery info. We logged into our Google account, which instantly showed us Apps we have on our phone that are compatible with the watch, so we downloaded these - including MyFitnessPal, MyZone, Google Maps, Calm, Spotify. Our Samsung S20 FE instantly recognized the watch as a "nearby wearable" without us having to "ask" the phone to do anything. Everything is clear, and a guide/run-through mode helps you familiarize yourself with its functions. The initial setup is pretty simple and typical of what you'd expect when setting up any new electronic gadget. Seamless Samsung and Google integration.The setup of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is very simple and you are given an introductory guide of the watch's functionality (Image credit: Tantse Walter) Samsung Galaxy Watch 4: Setup and usability When you turn the water lock off, the watch "ejects" any water that's in the watch by playing a loud sound and vibrating to force out any trapped water -clever - but still advisable to rinse and dry it after using in chlorinated or salt water as per manufacturer guidance. You need to activate the "water lock" to prevent accidental touches or actions - the water lock deactivates the touchscreen, wake-up gesture and "always on" mode. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is IP68 rated so it's safe to swim and shower with it on - it can withstand immersion in five feet of water for up to 30 minutes. You can keep it simple or make it as informative as you like. Just like a smartphone, there's a whole catalog of pre-made designs to choose from, or you can design your own, using any image as a watch face and a combination of "complications." A complication is any additional feature on the watch face that shows more than just the current time, for example, current heart rate, step count, sleep score, stress levels, and so on. ![]() The face is about as customizable as you can get. It needs the occasional wipe to remove fingerprint smudges, but what touch screen doesn't? It's surprisingly pleasant and easy to type on when you need to as well. The Super AMOLED 450 x 450 pixel, 530 PPI display is easy to read and features auto brightness (if you choose). The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is available in three colors - black, pink gold and silver (though we found the most readily available colors were black and pink gold). There are two buttons on the right side of the watch face which act as the "home" button and "back" button, but they can be customized to do whatever function you choose using the "Wearables" app. It can be swapped for any 20mm watch strap if you'd prefer. It's super basic, with a buckle, but durable and sweat resistant/wipeable and it's comfortable. The circular watch face is 40mm in diameter and the included strap is 20mm thick, in size S/M. Keep it simple, or add as many complications (bits of data) that you want (Image credit: Tantse Walter) Like a phone screen, you can choose any design you want for your watch's background. ![]()
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