Still enjoying it, although a weird bug has me waiting for the Ultra 2 next month. "Raise wrist to wake" keeps turning itself off a couple of times a week. I submitted feedback on it, so I hope a new update will fix it.
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Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra
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i love the ultra's band. its the best band, i never had to switch it out. most bands i am allergic to, but not this one. i love my ultra. i am also digging the battery life as well. i had the 6 classic as well and i can get easily 3 days with having to charge with the ultra. the classic i got 2 days and maybe 3 days worth.
I switched out the Ultra band as soon as I got it. Already had a 3rd party black titanium band ready.
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Samsung finally offers a $250 trade-in for last year's Galaxy Watch Ultra for the new 2025 Watch Ultra. However, that's still $350 for an upgrade that just doesn't seem adequate to justify the expense. The OG Ultra does what I need it to do (which is track my sleep and activity; show my notifications; and tell me what time it is) so it will be on my wrist for another year.
I haven't worn my smart watch yet this summer. It proved to be a very useful tool when I was working but not so much now that I'm retired. I used it to determine if I needed to fetch my phone from my pocket for a call or text and to pause my toons if I needed to communicate with someone. I bought the watch for it's BP monitoring ability but found that in the USA I had to join a study group for the feature to function. I was more than upset.
I did a search of FDA's files for applications and approvals for Samsung: the only consumer electronics device feature listed was the sleep apnea detection, approved in February 2024. To my knowledge, Samsung hasn't even applied to the FDA for blood pressure monitoring via a smartwatch.
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The Galaxy Watch 3 can measure blood pressure using the Samsung Health Monitor app, but it requires initial calibration with a traditional cuff-based blood pressure monitor. The watch uses pulse wave analysis, tracking heart rate and blood pressure through its sensors, and the app analyzes the data, relating it to the initial calibration to estimate blood pressure.
How to Measure Blood Pressure with Your Galaxy Watch
The advertising for the watch was it could take your BP which was important to me.
The Galaxy Watch 3 can measure blood pressure using the Samsung Health Monitor app, but it requires initial calibration with a traditional cuff-based blood pressure monitor. The watch uses pulse wave analysis, tracking heart rate and blood pressure through its sensors, and the app analyzes the data, relating it to the initial calibration to estimate blood pressure.
How to Measure Blood Pressure with Your Galaxy Watch
The advertising for the watch was it could take your BP which was important to me.
Heck, I have a blood pressure cuff with Bluetooth connectivity to my phone, so it's linked directly to Samsung Health. No watch necessary - but it would be nice to have real-time readings all day, every day, to track trends and link them to specific activities.
I thought it would be a useful tool. I bought the watch before I had my heart attack. My BP always ran on the high side and I thought monitoring it would be or could be useful.