Testseek.co.uk have collected 141 expert reviews of the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung Galaxy Watch Active.
May 2019
(79%)
141 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(83%)
445 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
790100141
The editors liked
Design
Lightweight
Screen
Software
Premium feel design
Tizen software has matured
Small
Comfortable design
Strong fitness tracking features
Great price
Decent heart rate performance
High-end design
Competitive price
Lots of features
Good looking
Excellent smartwatch functionality
Comfortable
Stylish design
Great feature set (particularly if you're a Samsung user)
Good value
Easy to use
Good fitness-tracking capabilities
Excellent display
Beautiful
Simple design
Comfortable and lightweight build
Decent battery life
You can store music on the watch to listen to when running
Or sync your Spotify playlists
Built-in heart rate monitor is simple to use and accurate
It's waterproof and can be used to track swimming
The watch gives you breathing exercises that can help
The editors didn't like
Questions over small battery
No rotating bezel
Only one size
Battery life could be better
You'll miss rotating bezel
Samsung software still a bit clumsy
Blood pressure monitoring MIA
Lacks rotating bezel
No LTE variant
Limited storage
No ANT+
Exercise screens can't be customised
Samsung Health isn't a great app
App selection still lacking
Bixby needs work
Limited capabilities when used with non-Samsung phones and apps
Limited third-party apps
Lacks some of the most popular apps
Such as Google Maps and WhatsApp
To use the Samsung Pay feature you'll need a Sasmung smartphone
Good fitness-tracking capabilities, Excellent display, Beautiful, simple design, Comfortable and lightweight build, Decent battery life
Limited capabilities when used with non-Samsung phones and apps, No rotating bezel, Limited third-party apps
Yes. At $200, the Galaxy Watch Active is a great value.Editors' RecommendationsBest Buy offers rare discounts on latest Apple Watch and Samsung Galaxy Watch Amazon drops huge deals on the Apple Watch and Samsung Galaxy Watch Apple Watch Series 5, Samsung...
Comfortable, stylish design, Great feature set (particularly if you're a Samsung user), Good value, Easy to use
App selection still lacking, Battery life could be better, Bixby needs work
Considering you can now pick up the Galaxy Watch Active for under £200 with a bit of shopping around, it does represent a decent saving on its bigger brother - if you can do without the bezel navigation and don't mind the day or so shorter battery life, o...
No ANT+, Exercise screens can't be customised, Samsung Health isn't a great app
All of which leaves me in two minds about recommending the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active. For serious runners and cyclists, it doesn't feel like the right choice: you're better served by the superior battery life and data field customisation options of Garm...
You can store music on the watch to listen to when running, or sync your Spotify playlists, Built-in heart rate monitor is simple to use and accurate, It's waterproof and can be used to track swimming, The watch gives you breathing exercises that can help
Lacks some of the most popular apps, such as Google Maps and WhatsApp, To use the Samsung Pay feature you'll need a Sasmung smartphone
Love the idea of a smart watch loaded with fitness features but don't want to fork out nearly £300? The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active could be the ideal choice. It's smaller and has a battery that doesn't quite last as long than its bigger brother, the Sams...
Published: 2019-04-17, Author: James , review by: techradar.com
High-end design, Competitive price, Lots of features
Lacks rotating bezel, No LTE variant, Limited storage
Samsung's Galaxy Watch Active takes a lot of what was great about the company's standard smartwatch, pushes it all into a smaller package and trims some of the top-end features we've come to love. Given that the Galaxy Watch Active is a lot cheaper, and t...
Abstract: A worthy successor to the Samsung Gear Sport that boasts an attractive design and worthwhile new features for the price. Samsung has just unveiled its Galaxy S10 family of smartphones, as well as giving us our first real look at the Galaxy Fold foldable...
Battery life could be better, You'll miss rotating bezel, Samsung software still a bit clumsy, Blood pressure monitoring MIA
The Galaxy Watch Active is an enjoyable smartwatch to live with, more so than the Galaxy Watches in many ways. If you want a smartwatch that's small and light, but doesn't scrimp on features, then there's a lot to like here. Samsung's software still needs...
The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active is the best smartwatch Samsung has ever made, yes, even better than the Samsung Galaxy Watch. We're calling it already.In my opinion, it far more stylish than previous incarnations of the smartwatch, and comes packing some...
Abstract: Samsung launched a new smartwatch alongside its slick new Galaxy S10. It's called the Galaxy Watch Active and Samsung says it's a fitness tracker but also a full on smartwatch. It already makes one of those in the Galaxy Watch, so what does the Active pa...
