I've been wearing my Galaxy Watch Ultra for about 2 weeks and I agree with your findings. I'm 70 years old now and starting to slow down my physical activities and more concerned about steps, energy scores, heart beat, etc. I have a home fitness gym with a treadmill, elliptical machine and a Bowflex. I've found I can get a solid 2 days of battery life with everything ON. It tracks well for heart rate, temp, duration of workouts, etc. I also like the irregular heart beat monitoring and sleep score. I upgraded from the Galaxy Watch5 Pro and it's a much better smart watch. Thanks for the review.
@@ibby81ae Thanks. Yes, I have those set. I would just like to find a blood pressure monitor device that works seamlessly with Samsung Health and not have a second app. I currently use iHealth's KN-550BT which works well but requires it's own app.
I am a galaxy user who has been wanting an apple watch ultra competitor for android. I've really enjoyed using the watch so far, and am glad to hear that it is fairly accurate. I appreciate all your testing and comparisons between other devices!
maybe u know what im wondering...so im trying 15promax and apple watch ultra3 in greece on vacation...with option to give to one of my daughters...i love watch but hate phn.... when i return home i have s24u which i will go back to and i ordered this samsung ultra watch in orange/black im wondering will the watch work fluidly with googlepay ie tap to pay and google calendar which i have on s24ultra... the apple watch u2 was handy but i really found i hated the phn versus my samsung
I took a leap on this and sold my Garmin Epix. I've left the Garmin universe for Samsung and so far have no regrets. While the Samsung Ultra can't compare in many ways to Garmin, it's working for me...I really love it. As for the style, I think it's totally unique and looks awesome. The build quality is outstanding.
@RaP22 no guts were needed, it's just a watch...and it was just a confident leap. I do miss the battery life of the Garmin for sure. I'm getting about 3 days with Samsung... never used maps much so that didn't bother me. So far so good but we'll see. The build quality on the Galaxy Ultra is exceptional but I think Garmin is a tad better. I think Garmin has a more resilient coating on the bezel. Who knows... these things only last a year or two so I might be back. Lol
Made the jump from Garmin Epix Pro Gen 2 Sapphire. The garming may have been a bit more accurate and better for the VERY serious athlete. I ended up switching because I prefer to be able to leave my phone at home on runs and rides. Both great products and still own the Garmin too...
@jprosentreter after having the Galaxy Ultra for a few months, I decided to go back to Garmin. I found a sweet deal on a new Fenix 7 Sapphire Solar, which should be here soon. I just miss the whole Garmin environment and actually missed the MIP display...odd I know.
@@Yuu_Tuub After 3weeks I'll be honest my man - it has great software but battery is 2.5 days max (no AOD), it is too heavy and I will sell him and wait for Fenix 8!
Been waiting for the good reviews. Earlier today we got DC Rainmaker. Now Chase the Summit. Just waiting on DesFit. Good day. 😃 Thanks for all your hard work.
I been watching at least 20 + videos on YT about the Ultra watch! Yours is the 1st that does a deep dive into battery life, fitness, n GPS! Well done, man! I switched from Garmin Fenix 3 to this just under a week now no regrets! Do a lot of spinning classes, weight training, n MTB! Very accurate recordings!
Hey, the weight training tile is pretty good. There's also individual body parts weight training, but it's too much of a hassle! Spinning and yoga classes are pretty accurate, though! The GPS location for MTB trail centers is spot on. I double-checked with my previous recordings on Strava! The only thing is, if I crash, I might damage the head unit, so I'd recommend getting a protective guard!
@@kwiyau Thanks man! Appreciate the comment. I’m having a hard time these days to believe in RUclips reviews that’s why I’m asking people for their real opinions because they actually USE the watch.
Im still super happy with my 5 pro, i think im using it untill it dies or is too old to have software updates 😂... just today i was laying in my bed listening to a audio book about Carlos Hathcock fell a sleep and woke up thinking I'll never find the spot where i was left, little did i know my watch stopped playing it once it recognized i was sleeping 🤯.... amazing!!!
Are you sure? Mine doesn't change throughout the day and I've been wearing it for a couple of weeks. Scrolling through the previous days still shows their scores as well.
@ChaseTheSummit I think the 7 has a bug or not so great battery life. A friend of mine has 1 and he's disappointed. There seems to be large differences between the 7 and the 7 Ultra
@@leeslimz7606 It all depends on our individual ideas of 'great battery life' I guess. My Watch 7 44mm BT version easily lasts 3 days with AOD off, gestures off, continuous health monitoring and sleep tracking on at night and a 45 minute workout everyday which uses GPS. All of these even before the update and the update didn't really change anything. In my opinion, this is great battery life, for some who want a battery that lasts a week, this might be disappointing. You cannot compare it with the Ultra that has 50% more battery that the 44mm and double the battery size of the 40mm. It's double the price of these both.
@@ChaseTheSummit Yes, it does change everyday for me. The score reduces by atleast 3-4 points as the day passes. Might be a big in your case. Did you try it after the update?
The Galaxy Watch platform has always been the most feature rich smartwatch platform. No other smart watch on the market can tell you your body fat percentage, monitor for sleep apnea, and check your blood pressure, all while being a rugged smartwatch one can place calls from and even play music from. Its accuracy issues běing fixed tăkes it to the tippy top in my eyes.
Make sure you get a screen protector, as on day one my wife hit the screen with her ring and put a tiny tiny chip in the screen. I find it very comfortable to wear. Had some watches Iwas alergic too, this is fine as titanium. Got the chip sorted. I love the watch and the battery is good as far as Ihave used it.
Just ordered mine, cant wait. I have quite slim wrists so im hoping it wont be too big for me. Otherwise will have to return it for the galaxy 7 instead
I'm liking it so far. The accuracy is much improved when compared to the previous Samsung watches. I primarily got it for the smart watch features and LTE connectivity so that I dont have to run with my phone. My Epix Pro 51mm is my main fitness tracker, but I wear the Samsung watch on my other wrist. The overall design is growing on me. I have the same color as you and think it looks better with the dark gray trail band. I do hope Samsung adds support for external sensors in the native app.
The GPS from the Epix 2 Pro is not accurate.. When i'm walking in the city between buildings on both sides the GPS is measuring my walk 20 meters off. It says i'm walking on the other side of the street. And walking inside a mall, the Epix 2 pro is measuring that i'm walking outside of the mall while i'm actually inside... The Samsung watch 7 Ultra sometimes measures the correct path in a zigzag shape, but it does measure the correct path. The Samsung also takes the correct measurement between buildings and inside a mall it is still measuring that I am walking in a shopping center.
@Tha-King-Arthur you might want to check your configurations on the Epix Pro. I feel it's more accurate than the Galaxy Watch Ultra, especially in difficult situations. Now, the Galaxy Watch Ultra isn't bad, but the antenna design is probably better in the Epix.
I got a Galaxy Watch. 7 40mm. Love it. I got it early, before official release. I get easy 2 days battery with AOD. Gps and HR comparable to my Garmin 165 or better. Soo fast and capable! I might also get an Ultra for Adventures It learns your use and the battery improves as you use it.
Compared to the Galaxy Watch 7, which uses the same sensors and all the processing hardware, what you gain for more than double the price is a 40% larger battery, 3000 nits instead of a 1000, the ability to worry free dive into the water from the jetty but not below 1.5 meters, the alarm, the extra orange sport button and the titanium body, plus the squircle cushion design.
for battery drain does that take into account the bluetooth bug where it cauzed crazy battery drain? A new firmware released fixed it supposedly. At least some users are reporting positive outcomes after updating.
Awesome review. I really loved how you approached explaining battery life. On the Energy score how low did it seem capable of going? Was it more similar to Oura which barely crosses below 60%, or did you get a full range of scores?
I'm loving the smartwatch design style of the Samsung Galaxy Watch ULTRA ⌚️ which is an upgradable version to the old Galaxy Gear Sports Watch, I've already ordered one in Titanium Gray just like yours on the video. But I won't use it just until I get the Galaxy S25 ULTRA in 2025
I just started tracking my workouts (mostly running and hiking) with the Galaxy Watch Ultra, i also compared it to the data from the Garmin Fenix7. I am impressed with the Galaxy Watch Ultra! Amazingly precise, and the screen and interface is just sooo much better than Garmin.
I'm curious, since you test many watches for extended periods and engage in various workouts, how do you track and organize all your workout data? Do you use a specific app or have another method for compiling everything? Great review! 👌😍
I love my Ultra. Same model as yours. I'm still dual tracking right now due to my commitment to the Garmin ecosystem, but really dig the Samsung for all of the other functionality that my Garmin either lacks or doesn't do well, such as body composition analysis.
Now we need the Garmin ring and truly seamless Physio True Up. I still love the Garmin ecosystem, I just can't get on board with a watch needing charged pretty much daily.
I ordered 8 different bands for the two Galaxy watch ultras I bought. Got titanium grey & titanium white. Happy with them both so far. I just didn't like the provided bands they came with. Thumbs up from me. I do miss the physical scroll bezel though.
That's the thing with optical sensors. It could perform wildly different on different wrists with different bands and different levels of snugness. We all have different body fat percentages, hair density, skin color, etc... Lots of variables. The only way to do a proper test would be to find a group of 20-30 strangers and average the results from the same group with every device.
Looks great, but I can't use it. I travel and need to be able to set a manual time zone, but it has never done any good on Samsung phone for YEARS because when I set a manual time zone it arbitrarily changes back to whatever my local time zone is within a day.
That’s the impossible question. It simply boils down to which ecosystem and what phone you use that will dictate which watch is better suited. If Samsung left the door open for iPhone users I think this would be a super interesting conversation for a watch that’s $100 cheaper and very similar… but that didn’t happen so here we are with two different walled ecosystems 🙃
Nice one...But i hav watched every video of this watch but couldn't find one review on Battery drain in FULL LTE mode.This is my reason to buy this watch👇 I want to leave my phone at home & go for a RUN while using this watch in full LTE mode, listening to music using galaxy buds through Spotify on the watch & at the same time wanna track my Run via the watch app. Question : How much of the watch battery do u think will drain for a one hour RUN if my watch is 100% charged when i started my RUN? Roughly 50%may be?? Can you lemme know pls. Coz the only reason i am considering to buy this watch is for the above requirement.
Like I said there's a lot of variables with battery life and Music + LTE will certainly play a BIG role in draining the battery. I wouldn't expect any more than 2-3 hours while streaming but that's just a guess. You could also pre-download the music before you leave home over wifi and save a bunch of battery though!
What is your take on this watch vs garmin fenix 8? I like garmin but samsung tends to get good deals and gets to like half price of the garmin. Is it worth such a huge difference in price?
Had Fenix 8 and switching now to Samsung Ultra. Fenix price is soo much overrated now because they added in 2024 a speaker and micro on the watch plus diving😂
Excellent video, just one question for tou! Can you have a map on screen on watch, during the running?! I ask for that fact because I need that detail on my watch during my hiking, please can you answer me something, or even show on another SWU video, thanks again!
I just ordered my Ultra yesterday. Trading in my Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. I was really hesitant as I REALLY love the rotatable bezel on the 4 Classic. However, the 4 has been slow from the beginning and Does not respond well, or quickly to touch inputs. When I receive a call I have to swipe at the screen several times to answer, or decline a call. That bugs me.
I don't use LTE and WIFI because it's always connected with my phone but my workout drained much more. I did a indoor walk 4 km and a indoor run 1 km and the battery dropped 17% with GPS on, AOD on, all health on, adaptive brightness on.. My battery last 1 day and 20 hours on a full charge. But there is a software update coming to fix the drain..
I use mine for 10k runs every day (slightly over 50 minutes) and listening to music and it drains around 16%. Pretty happy with it so far apart from some heart rate glitches every now and then when the heart rate seems way too high for a few minutes on the run. Happens about every 4 or 5 runs. I hope they fix that one day. But so far almost all GPS watches I owned had glitches like that - Amazfit Cheetah, Garmin Instinct 2X, Huawei GT5 all sometimes were off. I know because I run the same route every day and by now know how high my heart rate goes at the different parts of the route.
Hows that band on your wrist? I have the garmin fenix 7x and the band really irritates my skin under my band. Would you go from the garmin fenix 7x sapphire solar to the galaxy watch ultra?
Wrist movements seriously affect heart rate accuracy for some/many watches. You kept your wrist more or less steady at 22:00. Wonder what would happen to the heart rate when you swing your arms.
Great thoughts about this new watch. So you bought the Galaxy Watch Ultra with your own money. Would not Samsung been able to send you a media sample watch since your channel is nearing the 150,000 subscribers?
@@LiveYoung0 it doesn’t connect to external sensors for sport despite having Bluetooth. There are third party apps that will allow it like “sporty go” in Google play.
I have a question about navigation that i did not see in that section: when following a route, can remaining altitude (profile) be displayed? I have a Garmin 735xt and it bothers me that i can't see what comes next
Have not, I might pick one up since folks seem interested. It should be similar in terms of heart rate accuracy but IU suspect may not be as good in GPS due to the older antenna design. Purely speculation though.
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I hate on samsung watches that I cant connect any sensors. I ve had Samsung Watch 4 and when I went for a run, 21km (2hours) listening to music, I came home and they turned off. So GPS+music 2hours battery life made me switch to Garmin Fenix 7X pro and now I couldnt go back. The battery on garmin is awesome, 30+ hours of GPS is mindblowing. And I barely used any of a smart features of a samsung. I used payments and calling. Calling is one feature I miss the most on my Garmins. Great video!
Samsung watch 4 is not the Samsung watch 7 Ultra.. Garmin has an great battery with amazing health features but a very slow and boring software experience, no decent smartwatch functions, 95% of the apps are useless to download and the GPS inaccurate in city's.. The Samsung 7 Ultra has a much better GPS signal, better software experience, more smartwatch abilities, tons of apps then my Garmin Epix 2 Pro..
When you say you can connect an external HRM with 3P apps, is that via the phone or in watch? I don't think you can connect any sensor direct to the watch. I love the idea of this watch, but I think it will let me down versus the Garmin Tactix 7 I currently use. If GWU just had offline topo maps installed, I would be much happier.
Using an app like SportyGo you can in fact connect external sensors. SportyGo supports Heart Rate straps, and even the Stryd foot pod. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.qooapps.sportygo The downside is that the activities won't be reflected in Samsung Health
At 15:27, you pressed the quick button to start the running workout but there was a lag in the seconds field. Does the running clock start immediately when you press the quick button? I'm mainly interested in track/interval splits and interval time accuracy...like a stopwatch. Thanks.
Returned mine after 2 weeks of gentle usage. White color wristband was fading after the first use. After about a week it looked like garbage. Not sure why they chose to cheap out so drastically on the wristband.
It's not a matter of "cheaping out" but unfortunately a problem with every white or light colored rubber strap on the market. A well-known problem for all G-Shock fans. You can buy third party straps for like 10 bucks.
I’m torn between the Pixel Watch 3 and the Galaxy Watch ultra. You mentioned in this video how the Ultra is generous with its step count and calories burned. How did the Pixel Watch 3 compare when it came to the same thing? I won’t be using a Samsung phone but, for things I care about I don’t think that will matter.
the thing about the design they probably needed the shape to increase the battery size and maybe for the new bio sensors? But use the apple ultra 2 as an example. It has a rectangular display screen. Had Samsung gone down that route, people will be then scoffing it's a blatant copy/clone. So they went with this. Whatever way they took they'd still get criticized. Personally i don't really care about the copy accusations, i would have prefered had their display be the same size and shape as the apple ultra 2. Primarily because that has more display retail space, and it doesn't have rounded edges which cuts off stuff like UI among other things due to screen shape constrictions. The downside to that though, is the round shape for watch faces are all circles, so to use it on a rectangular design won't be as good. So they would have then have to do a completely new design unique to a rectangular shaped display screen. You would also not have a rotating bezel with that design. But that only works with a circle shape. But the reason given why they didn't add that this time around was because that rotating mechanism would impact the durability rating which was why it was omitted. Marques said something interesting, that they should done it anyway even if it impacted durability. If they did do that and release some special edition with disclaimer that now it might not work in water at all, and durability rating is impacted, would then people complain about that? My point is, people will just complain no matter what even if they add what people critisized it for. quantified scientist did some testing on ring, and the results were not good. the only thing then left for it would be the reduced battery drain when paired to the watch, but with those poor accuracy results.... yikes. the ring isn't cheap and if the accuracy is poor, that is a hard sell.
@@RagingBad thats fair. not every1 likes the design and i get that. but if that is the case, why then is apple ultra watches with that type of design selling so well? so if samsung decided to make that, i'll bet you some people would still buy that.
The battery its exactly the same one used inside the smaller galaxy 5 pro and i dont understand the talk about ruggedness and waterproofing issue of a rotating bezel : basically all the exploring and diving mechanical watches have a rotating bezel and mechanical watches are much much more delicate than digital ones , looking at the exploded view from samsung the bezel its just a cosmetic piece of metal glued in the front and i ve read already a couple of reviews on amazon saying that the bezel its really easy to scratxh and dent as its made from a soft metal. In the end the fixed bezel its just samsung being cheap.
I have had mine since the 19th and I would love if they would give us sensor support. They need to give us this update. The GPS is great from my experience but I find the pace jumping around while running when compared to my Epix Pro. Do you notice this?
Same problem here, in comparison to my garmin fenix 7x the pace jumps up and down totally crazy. I’m probably sending my Samsung back for this reason because I can’t trust in the pace that i’m running.
@ChaseTheSummit thank you for saying something. Yes I'd like to use the decompress. But someone should come out with a wristwatch system that doesn't require you to have to continue continue to buy new product each month. Buy once, cry once. Over time the dexcom and libra are to damm expensive.
I cant imagine that 3000 nits. I was wory about 1000nits in Epix pro, but even witth 2/3 or 1/3 of brightness settings it is amazing even on sunny days
1000 nits is perfectly adequate. These 3000 nit watches are only adding it for the spec sheet lol. In reality I doubt the watch ever really boosts that high and usually looks similar to my Garmin.
Don’t see enough difference from my Galaxy 4 Classic at 46mm. I like the spinning outer dial on mine over a quick button. For me, it’s not worth the money.
The reason why the watch showed your heart rate while it's on the table is because you've been wearing the galaxy ring which can sync together for workout metrics :)
I was wearing the Oura Ring in this video... not the Galaxy Ring. I think the heart rate sensor was picking up the light flickering frequency from my studio lights and confusing it with my heart rate. I've seen this anomaly before.
Fun fact: I average 20 + klms per day walking & I have noticed classic 6 gives dramatically different calories burnt depending if I bother to start exercise in watch or just log steps, or lie to watch, telling it I am cycling. No doubt the ultra will feed me similar algorithm estimates ...
I could be wrong according to the comments on this video it's metal. I was purely going by what it felt like and the fact that MOST watches with a metal top/bottom have plastic center areas like Garmin, Suunto, COROS, etc... they do this because bluetooth, cellular, and other connectivity is challenging to house inside of a metal case with no openings.
the estimated VO2 max is so puzzling to me. yours is the first time, I've seen it accurately score someone yet someone like DC Rainmaker gets the usual score I've always seen. I have no idea what's going on lol
I may have just been lucky. I also ran an ultra last week that totally jacked up my body and I’m sure I’m still not 100%. My Garmin went from 58 to 56 in just this past week while Samsung is reporting 54-55. Still, for an estimated ballpark not bad.
@ChaseTheSummit or you're incredibly fit lol. the VO2 max on Samsung watches is one of the hardest to show accurately. again, you're literally the first person I've seen get a high score. they're supposed to be working with a uni on a V02 algo but we'll see
I don't see my energy score everyday but rather once or twice since I got it and also I don't see sleep score any fix ? I do see sleeping stages and other stuff just not the score or enegry score
I've been wearing my Galaxy Watch Ultra for about 2 weeks and I agree with your findings. I'm 70 years old now and starting to slow down my physical activities and more concerned about steps, energy scores, heart beat, etc. I have a home fitness gym with a treadmill, elliptical machine and a Bowflex. I've found I can get a solid 2 days of battery life with everything ON. It tracks well for heart rate, temp, duration of workouts, etc. I also like the irregular heart beat monitoring and sleep score. I upgraded from the Galaxy Watch5 Pro and it's a much better smart watch. Thanks for the review.
Did you activate the continuous heart rate and continuous stress?
@@ibby81ae Thanks. Yes, I have those set. I would just like to find a blood pressure monitor device that works seamlessly with Samsung Health and not have a second app. I currently use iHealth's KN-550BT which works well but requires it's own app.
Congrats on being well off! It's one of my dreams to have a home gym
70 years old and still training...😤🔥🔥
There is a lady who does our parkrun, she walks it but at some fast pace, aged 85ish. You can do anything if you put your mind to it. @@isthi000ify
After wearing my Gear s3 for the past seven years this is a much needed upgrade and I'm so happy with it.
My s3 fuckin died on me when I updated it and doesn't hold a charge since. Definitely need an upgrade
I am a galaxy user who has been wanting an apple watch ultra competitor for android. I've really enjoyed using the watch so far, and am glad to hear that it is fairly accurate. I appreciate all your testing and comparisons between other devices!
maybe u know what im wondering...so im trying 15promax and apple watch ultra3 in greece on vacation...with option to give to one of my daughters...i love watch but hate phn....
when i return home i have s24u which i will go back to and i ordered this samsung ultra watch in orange/black im wondering will the watch work fluidly with googlepay ie tap to pay and google calendar which i have on s24ultra...
the apple watch u2 was handy but i really found i hated the phn versus my samsung
I took a leap on this and sold my Garmin Epix. I've left the Garmin universe for Samsung and so far have no regrets. While the Samsung Ultra can't compare in many ways to Garmin, it's working for me...I really love it. As for the style, I think it's totally unique and looks awesome. The build quality is outstanding.
I wish I had your guts to leave garmin. I have the samsung s24 ultra but I'm to scared to take the jump. I'll miss my maps and battery life.
@RaP22 no guts were needed, it's just a watch...and it was just a confident leap. I do miss the battery life of the Garmin for sure. I'm getting about 3 days with Samsung... never used maps much so that didn't bother me. So far so good but we'll see. The build quality on the Galaxy Ultra is exceptional but I think Garmin is a tad better. I think Garmin has a more resilient coating on the bezel. Who knows... these things only last a year or two so I might be back. Lol
Made the jump from Garmin Epix Pro Gen 2 Sapphire. The garming may have been a bit more accurate and better for the VERY serious athlete. I ended up switching because I prefer to be able to leave my phone at home on runs and rides. Both great products and still own the Garmin too...
Samsung s really poor in accuracy of all tracking but great UI and smart features. Depends on what you care about@@wzahrte
@jprosentreter after having the Galaxy Ultra for a few months, I decided to go back to Garmin. I found a sweet deal on a new Fenix 7 Sapphire Solar, which should be here soon. I just miss the whole Garmin environment and actually missed the MIP display...odd I know.
I actually am enjoying this watch. I'm not a professional athlete. Always enjoy watching your reviews!
Just got mine...OUTSTANDING watch!!!
Is it too big?
@@Yuu_Tuub After 3weeks I'll be honest my man - it has great software but battery is 2.5 days max (no AOD), it is too heavy and I will sell him and wait for Fenix 8!
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Thanks for the reply, but 2.5 days of battery is good indeed. Watch 7 44mm wont go even 1 full day lol
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I got mine. Super duper perfection watch. Will keep it
@@Yuu_Tuub Mine Fenix 8 coming 2morrow..... 👍
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Thank you!
Been waiting for the good reviews. Earlier today we got DC Rainmaker. Now Chase the Summit. Just waiting on DesFit. Good day. 😃 Thanks for all your hard work.
I been watching at least 20 + videos on YT about the Ultra watch! Yours is the 1st that does a deep dive into battery life, fitness, n GPS! Well done, man! I switched from Garmin Fenix 3 to this just under a week now no regrets! Do a lot of spinning classes, weight training, n MTB! Very accurate recordings!
I also do a lot of weight trainings and MTB. How do you find the watch? Heart rate during trainings? Is it comfortable? Thanks!
Hey, the weight training tile is pretty good. There's also individual body parts weight training, but it's too much of a hassle! Spinning and yoga classes are pretty accurate, though! The GPS location for MTB trail centers is spot on. I double-checked with my previous recordings on Strava! The only thing is, if I crash, I might damage the head unit, so I'd recommend getting a protective guard!
@@kwiyau Thanks man! Appreciate the comment. I’m having a hard time these days to believe in RUclips reviews that’s why I’m asking people for their real opinions because they actually USE the watch.
Im still super happy with my 5 pro, i think im using it untill it dies or is too old to have software updates 😂... just today i was laying in my bed listening to a audio book about Carlos Hathcock fell a sleep and woke up thinking I'll never find the spot where i was left, little did i know my watch stopped playing it once it recognized i was sleeping 🤯.... amazing!!!
That’s really cool! Technology, even simple, can be amazing!
I’m not even an android user or Samsung user but I just watch your videos. Man always got the best reviews. Thank you.
Thanks!
Nice review. Didnt watch the whole thing since I'm sticking with my garmin. But Samsung is starting to get it.
The energy score does change during the usage. It comes down after a while. I can confirm this as a Galaxy Watch 7 user.
Are you sure? Mine doesn't change throughout the day and I've been wearing it for a couple of weeks. Scrolling through the previous days still shows their scores as well.
@ChaseTheSummit I think the 7 has a bug or not so great battery life. A friend of mine has 1 and he's disappointed. There seems to be large differences between the 7 and the 7 Ultra
@@leeslimz7606 It all depends on our individual ideas of 'great battery life' I guess. My Watch 7 44mm BT version easily lasts 3 days with AOD off, gestures off, continuous health monitoring and sleep tracking on at night and a 45 minute workout everyday which uses GPS. All of these even before the update and the update didn't really change anything. In my opinion, this is great battery life, for some who want a battery that lasts a week, this might be disappointing. You cannot compare it with the Ultra that has 50% more battery that the 44mm and double the battery size of the 40mm. It's double the price of these both.
@@ChaseTheSummit Yes, it does change everyday for me. The score reduces by atleast 3-4 points as the day passes. Might be a big in your case. Did you try it after the update?
Fantastic review. Enjoying the watch so far. I hope I actually make use of all its features and sensors.
Thanks you've just sold me the Galaxy ultra 🤙🤙
The Galaxy Watch platform has always been the most feature rich smartwatch platform.
No other smart watch on the market can tell you your body fat percentage, monitor for sleep apnea, and check your blood pressure, all while being a rugged smartwatch one can place calls from and even play music from.
Its accuracy issues běing fixed tăkes it to the tippy top in my eyes.
I love it! I came from gear S3.. Huge difference! 😎
As a trail runner I always saw Your review, best reviewer for me, Tks.
Make sure you get a screen protector, as on day one my wife hit the screen with her ring and put a tiny tiny chip in the screen.
I find it very comfortable to wear.
Had some watches Iwas alergic too, this is fine as titanium. Got the chip sorted.
I love the watch and the battery is good as far as Ihave used it.
Just ordered mine, cant wait. I have quite slim wrists so im hoping it wont be too big for me. Otherwise will have to return it for the galaxy 7 instead
Have a small wrist as well, love my watch ultra. Had it since launch. No complaints at all.
@@ruachhibbard3796 ye man have had mine for 2 weeks now and love it.
Hello , Did you receive it now ? How is it ?
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Thanks for the review.
I am praying for a Garmin like the forerunner 965 with esim that can receive and make calls. Thanks for the video 🙏
Another awesome video Chase!
Congratulations, best review so far, the accuracy of the Samsung GPS was something that bothered me, as a runner and a fan of the Galaxy line
Just change my Garmin Vivoactive 3, from 2020 to this. First impressions were great until now!
I'm liking it so far. The accuracy is much improved when compared to the previous Samsung watches. I primarily got it for the smart watch features and LTE connectivity so that I dont have to run with my phone. My Epix Pro 51mm is my main fitness tracker, but I wear the Samsung watch on my other wrist. The overall design is growing on me. I have the same color as you and think it looks better with the dark gray trail band. I do hope Samsung adds support for external sensors in the native app.
The GPS from the Epix 2 Pro is not accurate.. When i'm walking in the city between buildings on both sides the GPS is measuring my walk 20 meters off. It says i'm walking on the other side of the street. And walking inside a mall, the Epix 2 pro is measuring that i'm walking outside of the mall while i'm actually inside...
The Samsung watch 7 Ultra sometimes measures the correct path in a zigzag shape, but it does measure the correct path. The Samsung also takes the correct measurement between buildings and inside a mall it is still measuring that I am walking in a shopping center.
@Tha-King-Arthur you might want to check your configurations on the Epix Pro. I feel it's more accurate than the Galaxy Watch Ultra, especially in difficult situations. Now, the Galaxy Watch Ultra isn't bad, but the antenna design is probably better in the Epix.
I got a Galaxy Watch. 7 40mm. Love it. I got it early, before official release. I get easy 2 days battery with AOD. Gps and HR comparable to my Garmin 165 or better. Soo fast and capable!
I might also get an Ultra for Adventures
It learns your use and the battery improves as you use it.
Such a quality review; thanks.
Compared to the Galaxy Watch 7, which uses the same sensors and all the processing hardware, what you gain for more than double the price is a 40% larger battery, 3000 nits instead of a 1000, the ability to worry free dive into the water from the jetty but not below 1.5 meters, the alarm, the extra orange sport button and the titanium body, plus the squircle cushion design.
You kinda nailed it. That’s what you get 😂
@@ChaseTheSummit The titatinum body had a scratch after 3 days of use, without me remembering any shock..But fantastic watch
finally more reviews of deep info. thankyou!
Hope it was helpful!
Excelente! Obrigado, Dave
for battery drain does that take into account the bluetooth bug where it cauzed crazy battery drain? A new firmware released fixed it supposedly. At least some users are reporting positive outcomes after updating.
Not sure? My firmware was up to date so I’m assuming no?
@@ChaseTheSummit Europe is still waiting on a battery drain and software stability update..
Awesome review. I really loved how you approached explaining battery life. On the Energy score how low did it seem capable of going? Was it more similar to Oura which barely crosses below 60%, or did you get a full range of scores?
Energy score seems to be pretty dynamic. In fact, I've only been getting rather low scores lately lol.
It's definitely a unique looking face, but i believe it's definitely an eye catcher. Many people are going to ask about it for sure.
Best watch for me. Everything is accurate, and battery life is amazing
Hey there. How about a comparison between the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra and the new Amazfit T-rex 3?? Could be interesting.
Great review Dave.
8:11 "Look What They Need to Mimic a Fraction of Our Power" - watches with MIP displays
I'm loving the smartwatch design style of the Samsung Galaxy Watch ULTRA ⌚️ which is an upgradable version to the old Galaxy Gear Sports Watch, I've already ordered one in Titanium Gray just like yours on the video. But I won't use it just until I get the Galaxy S25 ULTRA in 2025
I just started tracking my workouts (mostly running and hiking) with the Galaxy Watch Ultra, i also compared it to the data from the Garmin Fenix7. I am impressed with the Galaxy Watch Ultra! Amazingly precise, and the screen and interface is just sooo much better than Garmin.
I'm curious, since you test many watches for extended periods and engage in various workouts, how do you track and organize all your workout data? Do you use a specific app or have another method for compiling everything?
Great review! 👌😍
How about GPS delay, the time between when you change pace and when the watch actually updated the pace on the screen!!!
Same question...
I love my Ultra. Same model as yours. I'm still dual tracking right now due to my commitment to the Garmin ecosystem, but really dig the Samsung for all of the other functionality that my Garmin either lacks or doesn't do well, such as body composition analysis.
using health sync to push garmin data to Samsung health ?
25:53 I’m actually surprised about no AWU references really. I was waiting to see if there would be one or not 😂. I do have the AWU though.
watching this from vacation in Greece noticed tattoo...
if it is memorial may their memory be eternal
Now we need the Garmin ring and truly seamless Physio True Up. I still love the Garmin ecosystem, I just can't get on board with a watch needing charged pretty much daily.
Love mine!
good job !
I ordered 8 different bands for the two Galaxy watch ultras I bought. Got titanium grey & titanium white. Happy with them both so far. I just didn't like the provided bands they came with. Thumbs up from me. I do miss the physical scroll bezel though.
I gotta say, the “trail band” came in and I REALLY like it despite the rather annoying adjustment process!
te felicito por haber comprado ese smartwatch con tu propio dinero y no es una broma mia.
Got to love all the different reviews of this watch when it comes to HR accuracy. Some say its pretty good and other say its not so good.
That's the thing with optical sensors. It could perform wildly different on different wrists with different bands and different levels of snugness. We all have different body fat percentages, hair density, skin color, etc... Lots of variables. The only way to do a proper test would be to find a group of 20-30 strangers and average the results from the same group with every device.
@@ChaseTheSummit💯
It's pretty much on par with my Garmin Instinct 2X. GPS too.
Looks great, but I can't use it. I travel and need to be able to set a manual time zone, but it has never done any good on Samsung phone for YEARS because when I set a manual time zone it arbitrarily changes back to whatever my local time zone is within a day.
hi can i use this watch for indoor swimming? thanks
Ok Dave great video but now the big question if you had to choose one Apple Watch Ultra or the Samsung watch ultra which one you picking???
That’s the impossible question. It simply boils down to which ecosystem and what phone you use that will dictate which watch is better suited. If Samsung left the door open for iPhone users I think this would be a super interesting conversation for a watch that’s $100 cheaper and very similar… but that didn’t happen so here we are with two different walled ecosystems 🙃
Nice one...But i hav watched every video of this watch but couldn't find one review on Battery drain in FULL LTE mode.This is my reason to buy this watch👇
I want to leave my phone at home & go for a RUN while using this watch in full LTE mode, listening to music using galaxy buds through Spotify on the watch & at the same time wanna track my Run via the watch app.
Question : How much of the watch battery do u think will drain for a one hour RUN if my watch is 100% charged when i started my RUN? Roughly 50%may be?? Can you lemme know pls.
Coz the only reason i am considering to buy this watch is for the above requirement.
Like I said there's a lot of variables with battery life and Music + LTE will certainly play a BIG role in draining the battery. I wouldn't expect any more than 2-3 hours while streaming but that's just a guess. You could also pre-download the music before you leave home over wifi and save a bunch of battery though!
What is your take on this watch vs garmin fenix 8? I like garmin but samsung tends to get good deals and gets to like half price of the garmin. Is it worth such a huge difference in price?
Had Fenix 8 and switching now to Samsung Ultra. Fenix price is soo much overrated now because they added in 2024 a speaker and micro on the watch plus diving😂
Excellent video, just one question for tou!
Can you have a map on screen on watch, during the running?!
I ask for that fact because I need that detail on my watch during my hiking, please can you answer me something, or even show on another SWU video, thanks again!
Yes you can.
I just ordered my Ultra yesterday. Trading in my Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. I was really hesitant as I REALLY love the rotatable bezel on the 4 Classic. However, the 4 has been slow from the beginning and Does not respond well, or quickly to touch inputs. When I receive a call I have to swipe at the screen several times to answer, or decline a call. That bugs me.
.. Another Great Review ..
I don't use LTE and WIFI because it's always connected with my phone but my workout drained much more. I did a indoor walk 4 km and a indoor run 1 km and the battery dropped 17% with GPS on, AOD on, all health on, adaptive brightness on.. My battery last 1 day and 20 hours on a full charge. But there is a software update coming to fix the drain..
Yikes! I'm not seeing drain like that. Were you playing music or anything?
I use mine for 10k runs every day (slightly over 50 minutes) and listening to music and it drains around 16%. Pretty happy with it so far apart from some heart rate glitches every now and then when the heart rate seems way too high for a few minutes on the run. Happens about every 4 or 5 runs. I hope they fix that one day. But so far almost all GPS watches I owned had glitches like that - Amazfit Cheetah, Garmin Instinct 2X, Huawei GT5 all sometimes were off. I know because I run the same route every day and by now know how high my heart rate goes at the different parts of the route.
Hows that band on your wrist? I have the garmin fenix 7x and the band really irritates my skin under my band. Would you go from the garmin fenix 7x sapphire solar to the galaxy watch ultra?
Would you say the energy score is akin to Garmin's training readiness feature? Seems like a cool move for Samsung! =D
It’s more similar to body battery in my opinion but in some ways training readiness as well. Useful for sure!
crazy they got rid of the physical bezel.
where can i get this watchface?
It comes pre-installed on the Galaxy Watch Ultra. Not sure if it's available on other devices?
@ChaseTheSummit it's also available on the watch 4,5,6 and 7.
How much max data Music storage? What esim?
32 GB. Don't know about the esim, as I don't use that feature.
The color orange is used because it is the color that divers use
What watch face is that? I love it
One of the pre-installed faces.
Edit: it's called "Ultra Info Board"
Battery life !
Wrist movements seriously affect heart rate accuracy for some/many watches. You kept your wrist more or less steady at 22:00. Wonder what would happen to the heart rate when you swing your arms.
Is there a lap button for doing intervals/reps on a run?
How do you find the larger speaker for calls?
Great thoughts about this new watch. So you bought the Galaxy Watch Ultra with your own money. Would not Samsung been able to send you a media sample watch since your channel is nearing the 150,000 subscribers?
That would be nice (and save me $1000+ lol) but oddly Samsung is still one of the brands that doesn't acknowledge my existence.
Can you connect this to external heart rate chest strap like HRM pro? Your video said it didn't but, doesn't it have bluetooth connectivity to do so?
@@LiveYoung0 it doesn’t connect to external sensors for sport despite having Bluetooth. There are third party apps that will allow it like “sporty go” in Google play.
Does it coop with apple phones?
Nope, only works on Android and for full functionality it needs to be a Galaxy phone.
pls compare sleep scores vs galaxy ring or Ultrahuman ring
I have a question about navigation that i did not see in that section: when following a route, can remaining altitude (profile) be displayed? I have a Garmin 735xt and it bothers me that i can't see what comes next
I don't believe an elevation profile is displayed while navigating on the Galaxy Watch Ultra.
Is there a link to the watch face please 🙏
@@AndyThaiSamui it comes on the watch
I would like to see a rotating crown or bezel. Also reverse charging.
I've found the step count to be in line with Garmin 165
Have you tried the galaxy watch 7 and does it compare to the ultra in terms of HR And gps accuracy?
Have not, I might pick one up since folks seem interested. It should be similar in terms of heart rate accuracy but IU suspect may not be as good in GPS due to the older antenna design. Purely speculation though.
I hate on samsung watches that I cant connect any sensors. I ve had Samsung Watch 4 and when I went for a run, 21km (2hours) listening to music, I came home and they turned off. So GPS+music 2hours battery life made me switch to Garmin Fenix 7X pro and now I couldnt go back. The battery on garmin is awesome, 30+ hours of GPS is mindblowing. And I barely used any of a smart features of a samsung. I used payments and calling. Calling is one feature I miss the most on my Garmins. Great video!
Samsung watch 4 is not the Samsung watch 7 Ultra.. Garmin has an great battery with amazing health features but a very slow and boring software experience, no decent smartwatch functions, 95% of the apps are useless to download and the GPS inaccurate in city's.. The Samsung 7 Ultra has a much better GPS signal, better software experience, more smartwatch abilities, tons of apps then my Garmin Epix 2 Pro..
@@Tha-King-Arthur dude BATTERY...2-3 days = AUTOMATIC PASS.
When you say you can connect an external HRM with 3P apps, is that via the phone or in watch? I don't think you can connect any sensor direct to the watch.
I love the idea of this watch, but I think it will let me down versus the Garmin Tactix 7 I currently use. If GWU just had offline topo maps installed, I would be much happier.
Using an app like SportyGo you can in fact connect external sensors. SportyGo supports Heart Rate straps, and even the Stryd foot pod. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.qooapps.sportygo
The downside is that the activities won't be reflected in Samsung Health
@@ChaseTheSummit Thanks for explaining!!
At 15:27, you pressed the quick button to start the running workout but there was a lag in the seconds field. Does the running clock start immediately when you press the quick button? I'm mainly interested in track/interval splits and interval time accuracy...like a stopwatch. Thanks.
I didn't notice th lag in person. It's pretty much instantaneous when you start a workout.
@@ChaseTheSummit ok, thanks.
Could you review the Galaxy 7 watch? I think the ultra is going to be too big for many women's wrists..
Returned mine after 2 weeks of gentle usage. White color wristband was fading after the first use. After about a week it looked like garbage. Not sure why they chose to cheap out so drastically on the wristband.
It's not a matter of "cheaping out" but unfortunately a problem with every white or light colored rubber strap on the market. A well-known problem for all G-Shock fans. You can buy third party straps for like 10 bucks.
I’m torn between the Pixel Watch 3 and the Galaxy Watch ultra. You mentioned in this video how the Ultra is generous with its step count and calories burned. How did the Pixel Watch 3 compare when it came to the same thing? I won’t be using a Samsung phone but, for things I care about I don’t think that will matter.
It's hard to say which one is the most accurate but I'd feel more confident with the Pixel Watch 3 on my wrist!
@ Thank you very much for your response. I really appreciate that.
What is the watch face you are using?
I'm not sure of the name but it was pre-installed in the Wearable app.
the thing about the design they probably needed the shape to increase the battery size and maybe for the new bio sensors?
But use the apple ultra 2 as an example. It has a rectangular display screen. Had Samsung gone down that route, people will be then scoffing it's a blatant copy/clone.
So they went with this. Whatever way they took they'd still get criticized. Personally i don't really care about the copy accusations, i would have prefered had their display be the same size and shape as the apple ultra 2. Primarily because that has more display retail space, and it doesn't have rounded edges which cuts off stuff like UI among other things due to screen shape constrictions.
The downside to that though, is the round shape for watch faces are all circles, so to use it on a rectangular design won't be as good. So they would have then have to do a completely new design unique to a rectangular shaped display screen.
You would also not have a rotating bezel with that design. But that only works with a circle shape. But the reason given why they didn't add that this time around was because that rotating mechanism would impact the durability rating which was why it was omitted. Marques said something interesting, that they should done it anyway even if it impacted durability. If they did do that and release some special edition with disclaimer that now it might not work in water at all, and durability rating is impacted, would then people complain about that?
My point is, people will just complain no matter what even if they add what people critisized it for.
quantified scientist did some testing on ring, and the results were not good. the only thing then left for it would be the reduced battery drain when paired to the watch, but with those poor accuracy results.... yikes. the ring isn't cheap and if the accuracy is poor, that is a hard sell.
Lots of people don’t like squared shaped watches
@@RagingBad thats fair. not every1 likes the design and i get that. but if that is the case, why then is apple ultra watches with that type of design selling so well? so if samsung decided to make that, i'll bet you some people would still buy that.
The battery its exactly the same one used inside the smaller galaxy 5 pro and i dont understand the talk about ruggedness and waterproofing issue of a rotating bezel : basically all the exploring and diving mechanical watches have a rotating bezel and mechanical watches are much much more delicate than digital ones , looking at the exploded view from samsung the bezel its just a cosmetic piece of metal glued in the front and i ve read already a couple of reviews on amazon saying that the bezel its really easy to scratxh and dent as its made from a soft metal.
In the end the fixed bezel its just samsung being cheap.
I have had mine since the 19th and I would love if they would give us sensor support. They need to give us this update. The GPS is great from my experience but I find the pace jumping around while running when compared to my Epix Pro. Do you notice this?
Same problem here, in comparison to my garmin fenix 7x the pace jumps up and down totally crazy. I’m probably sending my Samsung back for this reason because I can’t trust in the pace that i’m running.
@@davidgutierrezgarcia6366yep me too. Not to mention it barely lasted all day today.
Does this OR the riing do blood sugar levels? I'm typ2 diabetic, that's what is most important to me.
I don't think any of these devices can track that without using something like a Dexcom or Libra
@ChaseTheSummit thank you for saying something. Yes I'd like to use the decompress. But someone should come out with a wristwatch system that doesn't require you to have to continue continue to buy new product each month. Buy once, cry once. Over time the dexcom and libra are to damm expensive.
As usual, best review on youtube. Bought it on release day, love it! Only downside is the battery.
You say strava? I've been trying for a full day now trying to connect to strava without any joy.....
I cant imagine that 3000 nits. I was wory about 1000nits in Epix pro, but even witth 2/3 or 1/3 of brightness settings it is amazing even on sunny days
1000 nits is perfectly adequate. These 3000 nit watches are only adding it for the spec sheet lol. In reality I doubt the watch ever really boosts that high and usually looks similar to my Garmin.
Don’t see enough difference from my Galaxy 4 Classic at 46mm. I like the spinning outer dial on mine over a quick button. For me, it’s not worth the money.
The reason why the watch showed your heart rate while it's on the table is because you've been wearing the galaxy ring which can sync together for workout metrics :)
I was wearing the Oura Ring in this video... not the Galaxy Ring. I think the heart rate sensor was picking up the light flickering frequency from my studio lights and confusing it with my heart rate. I've seen this anomaly before.
@@ChaseTheSummit ohhhh that actually happened to me once lmao sorry for this mistake lmao
Fun fact: I average 20 + klms per day walking & I have noticed classic 6 gives dramatically different calories burnt depending if I bother to start exercise in watch or just log steps, or lie to watch, telling it I am cycling. No doubt the ultra will feed me similar algorithm estimates ...
I can’t believe the middle part is plastic, how is it going to compete with Apple Watch Ultra then ?
I could be wrong according to the comments on this video it's metal. I was purely going by what it felt like and the fact that MOST watches with a metal top/bottom have plastic center areas like Garmin, Suunto, COROS, etc... they do this because bluetooth, cellular, and other connectivity is challenging to house inside of a metal case with no openings.
the estimated VO2 max is so puzzling to me. yours is the first time, I've seen it accurately score someone yet someone like DC Rainmaker gets the usual score I've always seen. I have no idea what's going on lol
I may have just been lucky. I also ran an ultra last week that totally jacked up my body and I’m sure I’m still not 100%. My Garmin went from 58 to 56 in just this past week while Samsung is reporting 54-55. Still, for an estimated ballpark not bad.
@ChaseTheSummit or you're incredibly fit lol. the VO2 max on Samsung watches is one of the hardest to show accurately. again, you're literally the first person I've seen get a high score. they're supposed to be working with a uni on a V02 algo but we'll see
@@MrTagoe-xw8yg I’ll keep an eye on it. Stay tuned!
Yeah, but wait until you want to customize it with Facer or Watchmaker. It’s a no go. And I really wanted to buy this watch too. :(
I don't see my energy score everyday but rather once or twice since I got it and also I don't see sleep score any fix ? I do see sleeping stages and other stuff just not the score or enegry score
Are you wearing it 24 hours a day? If you remove it for a long duration of time you'll lose the energy score.
@ChaseTheSummit yes I am, sometimes i remove it for a min or 2.
@@ChaseTheSummit I didn't take my watch off for 48 hour yet I'm not seeing the energy score