Every few years I decide to tryout a smartwatch to see if any progress has been made. Was really excited with the GW5. Looks like a regular watch, extremely light and has a nice band. It works great when it is connected via BT to the zfold 4. That is where it ends.....
LTE is so spotty. Was hoping that I could go for walks and have the ability to text and make a quick call.
Google maps did not work at all......SOMETIMES I could make a text message.....but will not receive or vice versa. The only thing that worked consistantly was making a call. Spotify worked as well....was able to stream music or download and listen.
To get a solid day battery life you need to turn off all health monitoring features, always on screen and auto brightness etc...which is fine.
UI is extremely buggy.....you will swipe up to look at apps and the screen will go black etc....
I really wanted to like this watch.....giving it one more go by resetting.
Most likely will be returned.....the Galaxy Watch is not ready for primetime....can't believe this is on the 5th revision.