Samsung’s sleep apnea detection could save your life, and it's Galaxy Watch Ultra is $150 cheaper than the Apple Watch Ultra 2, even if it looks similar
Could you please confirm if you enabled all the health features such as continuous heart rate monitoring, continuous stress tracking, and sleep tracking during your review? Additionally, was the Always-on display feature activated?
Hi Abraham. Welcome to The Shortcut newsletter. I did enable all of these functions on the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra in the Samsung Health app – HR monitoring, stress tracking and sleep tracking. I had to go through a lot of permissions pop-ups, which I found a bit annoying (and some things are easy to miss, including the sleep apnea detection, which is in another app called Health Monitoring). The always-on display was on by default.
Workouts using the GPS do tax the battery, but I'm still able to get a day-and-a-half with daily activity tracked. Back-to-back-to-back fitness tracking using the GPS will drain it in a day. I hope that helps. Thanks for subscribing and using our affiliate links if you choose to buy.
Matt, would you please confirm Qi charging will not work?
I contacted Samsung via chat last week to inquire whether my existing Samsung Qi charger, model EP-P5400, is compatible with the Ultra. I was told, YES, it will work.
Could you please confirm if you enabled all the health features such as continuous heart rate monitoring, continuous stress tracking, and sleep tracking during your review? Additionally, was the Always-on display feature activated?
Hi Abraham. Welcome to The Shortcut newsletter. I did enable all of these functions on the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra in the Samsung Health app – HR monitoring, stress tracking and sleep tracking. I had to go through a lot of permissions pop-ups, which I found a bit annoying (and some things are easy to miss, including the sleep apnea detection, which is in another app called Health Monitoring). The always-on display was on by default.
Workouts using the GPS do tax the battery, but I'm still able to get a day-and-a-half with daily activity tracked. Back-to-back-to-back fitness tracking using the GPS will drain it in a day. I hope that helps. Thanks for subscribing and using our affiliate links if you choose to buy.
Matt, would you please confirm Qi charging will not work?
I contacted Samsung via chat last week to inquire whether my existing Samsung Qi charger, model EP-P5400, is compatible with the Ultra. I was told, YES, it will work.