This watch has great sleep tracking features. The size is perfect and looks nice. I am not an fitness enthusiast but this watch has so much more going for it besides fitness tracking.
Feels early to review something as capable as this watch, since I'm still learning what it can do. However, thus far I'm thrilled with the Ultra.
I'm coming from a Fitbit Charge 5 so this is a MASSIVE upgrade in capabilities. I love being able to EASILY read texts quickly as they come in to decide whether they require my attention. I even find myself responding to many tests through the watch that require only short answers (up to a sentence or two) as it's surprisingly easy to type on the Watch Ultra.
Love the different watch faces and the amount of customization most allow with regards to complications.
I'm a big watch person so I find the size of this sucker to be awesome. But those wanting something small and those with particularly small wrists might hate it.
Health metrics (main reason I need a smartwatch) have been great so far. Seems to be accurate enough for my needs... I can't test it to the same level as some YT scientist reviewers, but my limited testing shows results remarkably consistent with medical grade results taken at the same time while at the doc. Not perfect, but very close and more than adequate for my daily monitoring.
My one niggle so far is with the band. After reading a lot of reviews I chose the ultramarine band. It looks good, is comfortable and seems sturdy. But the keeper loop that holds the end just does not stay where I put it despite the bumps of the band seeming as though they should accomplish that. It constantly works it's way towards the buckle, leaving too much tail sticking out to catch on things. I also find it gets dirty easily (I did buy the orange one) and tho it cleans fairly easily it looks dingy way too often. Lastly, I find this band slightly difficult when taking the watch on and off frequently. The style of clasp on my old Fitbit was waaaay easier. This band is thick and relatively stiff and that makes a traditional buckle difficult, especially when the dang keeper loop keeps cuddling up to the buckle.
I will also note that the stiffness and angle of attachment of the band make it so that Samsung's Duo wireless charger just will NOT work with the watch unless you remove the band from the watch... which is ridiculous. The original puck works great so that's my solution for now, but if Samsung is going to market a Duo type charger as being compatible with Watch Ultra then they REALLY need to redesign the charger to have a narrower profile so the watch band can actually wrap over the edges of the pad instead of simply lifting the watch off the pad.
I love the looks and battery life. I have a narrow wrist however this fits my wrist better than the 45mm regular galaxy watch because there are no lugs sticking out with their proprietary band system
The watch is pretty good. It was an upgrade from Galaxy Watch 3. For me it looks like a great upgrade, very nice to look at and better heart rate and workout detection. Battery life is decent, with about 14-16 hours of light use it still has about 65% of juice left. I am not a heavy exerciser which might explain it. I would recommend it overall.