Aside from that minor overheating issue, I had no problem setting up the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic via the Galaxy Wearable app (available for Android only) on a Galaxy S21 FE, and the watch has worked flawlessly. Detect falls feature must be enabled on the Galaxy Wearable app on your Galaxy smartphone to use Fall Detection on the watch. Even though a lot of smartwatch designs started as variations of traditional watch themes including crowns and complications, they have over time moved away from that. Here’s how things compared, against a chest strap (Garmin HRM-PRO Plus), the COROS Heart Rate Sensor (optical band), the Whoop 4.

But once you zoom in, you see how the Samsung is always off somewhere else, no matter which direction I’m heading.Due to country restrictions in obtaining approval/registration as a Software as a medical device (SaMD), Cycle Tracking based on skin temperature only works on phones and watches purchased in the countries where the service is currently available. So, putting to the test both editions against a variety of trusted sensors in both heart rate (chest straps and optical sensors) as well as GPS (other watches and bike computers), we can see if they’ve finally made some gains.

This too requires a Samsung phone, and also is only available in certified countries (they got FDA certification for this a few months ago).Also, the sleep consistency seems somewhat basic, but I suppose there’s only so much you can really say on that metric. The Classic's stainless steel case has a mostly shiny finish, with brushed matte accents on the left and right sides and on the band clasp.

It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation. With the always-on display and Adaptive Brightness enabled, the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic offered about 24 hours of battery life on a charge in testing. Even high-end comparison systems are only about 80% accurate on average in determining those sleep phases/stages, and within that there’s broad variability. For its part, Samsung officially claims that both the Galaxy Watch 6 and the Classic have a maximum battery life of 40 hours on a charge (or 30 hours with the always-on display), down from 50 hours for the Galaxy Watch 5.That said, the phone I’m using/paired doesn’t get as many notifications as my primary phone, so that may give me a bit more battery than some might get on a busier-notification phone. The latter, though, requires you to keep your phone nearby as it uses those mics to pick up the snoring sounds.

Item number VO4LM Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Classic 4G 47mm (GPS) - an elegant smartwatch for notifications and fitness tracking. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Classic debuted during Samsung Unpacked on July 26, alongside the Watch 6, the Tab S9 series, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 phones. The Classic also offers the same fantastic collection of fitness and health features I previously detailed in my Galaxy Watch 6 review, including overnight skin temperature measurements and many other useful sleep insights.It was accurate when I did an indoor bike ride, but during a walk, I noticed that there were moments when the Galaxy Watch6 Classic showed my heartbeat was decidedly lower than the Pixel Watch and Apple Watch indicated. I tested it with the new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5; while it delivers notifications from the phone to the watch, at other times you can start your journey on the watch and have it open on the phone.