The 10 Best Samsung Galaxy Watch Features

Co-authored by Nada Shoreibah

Last Updated: December 29, 2021 References

The Samsung Galaxy Watch is one of the best smartwatches on the market and is jam-packed with new features to help streamline your life to your wrist. It’s especially suited to Android users, but it works with iPhones too. In this wikiHow article, we’ll teach you how to use our top Samsung Galaxy Watch features from fitness tracking to customizations to using your watch as a personal assistant.

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Bixby Personal Assistant

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Bixby is your personal intelligence assistant. Think Siri, Alexa, or Cortana, but on your wrist. You can use Bixby to search information on the web or complete tasks like setting an alarm or sending a message.^{[1]
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- To activate Bixby, just say “Hi Bixby.”
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Customizable Watch Face

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You can customize the color scheme, font, and design of your watch face. For a more personalized look, you can even choose a photo to set as your watch face. Just make sure you use the Galaxy Wearable mobile app to transfer our photo of choice to your watch.
- To modify your default watch face, tap it and hold then turn the watch bezel to the right to select an option.

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In-Watch Music App

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You can enjoy your favorite songs and playlists using the Music app. First, use the Galaxy wearable app to export music to your watch. This app will guide you through adding music to your watch.^{[2]
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In the app, navigate to Watch Settings. Then tap Add content to your watch. You can add any range of music from single songs to whole albums.
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Tap add tracks. Here you can select the songs you want, and you’re set. Now you can listen to your favorite tunes through your watch.

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Samsung Health Activity Tracker

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Samsung health covers all of your activity tracking needs. With this feature, you can track steps, heart rate, stress levels, floors climbed, hydration and more.
- You can also use the exercise tracker to track and log individual workouts, which helps you monitor your progress over time.^{[3]
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Activate new health trackers. To select which trackers you want to activate, open the Samsung Health app on your watch and tap Manage Items.
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Add health trackers that you'll find useful. To add a new tracker, tap the green plus sign.
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Remove any health trackers that aren't relevant to you. To remove a tracker, tap the red minus sign.^{[4]
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Ability to Receive Notifications

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Sync your phone and watch notification settings. Using the Galaxy Wearable app, you can enable your Samsung Galaxy Watch to receive all of the same notifications that your phone does.
- If you want to keep track of messages, news updates, or emails without being glued to your phone or computer, this feature is ideal.
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To enable all notifications, open the Notifications tab in the Galaxy Wearable app. Next, tap See all notifications and toggle on all of the notifications you want your watch to receive.^{[5]
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Watch's Water Resistance

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The Samsung Galaxy Watch is water resistant for 30 minutes in up to five feet of water. That means you don’t have to worry about your watch being damaged while swimming, walking through the rain, or washing your hands.^{[6]
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If you notice that getting your watch wet has affected its sound quality, try the Eject water feature. Go to Advanced settings and tap Eject water.
- Your speakers will begin emitting a noise that disperses water from them.
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Lock Watch Feature

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If you store sensitive information on your watch that you don’t want others to access you can choose to lock it. To activate a lock, navigate to Settings using your bezel, tap Security, and select Lock watch.
- You can lock your watch using either a dot pattern or a pin.^{[7]
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Screenshot Feature

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If you want to capture something on your watch screen to reference later, you can take a screenshot. Simply hold down the home button then swipe from the left to right edge of the screen.
- You should hear a camera flash sound that confirms your screenshot has been taken.
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You can capture error messages. Taking screenshots is especially useful if you encounter an error message or malfunction that you want to show to a Samsung team member.

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Ability to Connect to Your Phone Remotely

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This feature allows you to connect your watch to its paired phone when they are out of bluetooth range of each other. Setting up the remote connection will come in handy if you want to locate your watch using your phone.
- To do so, open the Galaxy Wearable app on your companion phone, then tap Account and backup. Toggle on the switch that says Remote connection.
- This feature only applies when your watch is paired to an Android smartphone, so it won’t work for iPhone users.

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SOS Request Feature

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This safety feature allows you to end SOS messages to a group of emergency contacts by pressing your watch’s home button three times quickly. Since your watch is attached to you all day, it's one of the most reliable devices you can use for an emergency message system.
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To enable SOS messages, open the Galaxy Wearable app. Then select Send SOS requests, then enter the contacts you’d like these requests to be sent to.
- You can also toggle on “Count down before sending,” which gives you a few seconds to stop accidental messages.
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