Battery life is poor . It often does not hold a charge 24 hours.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
5
Performance
3
Design
5
Value
3
Response from Samsung USBy R&R Team, August 27, 2025
Howdy Tonja, Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us about your experience using the Samsung Galaxy Watch8. We value your feedback as we continue to improve the functionality and performance of our product line. Samsung offers a 12-month warranty on your device for manufacturing defects in materials and workmanship. The Galaxy Watch8 battery life varies depending on the usage. The 40mm model comes with a 325mAh battery, and the 44mm model has a 435mAh battery. Both offer up to 30 hours of use in Always On Display (AOD) mode. If you're experiencing less than optimal battery life, please take a moment to check out, "Reduced battery life on your Samsung smart watch" to see what factors may be impacting your device. Let us know if you have any questions for us afterward or if you would like any further assistance by contacting Samsung Support at your leisure. Thanks for being a faithful Samsung customer. - Debra
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Definitely better than my watch 6 LTE. My only issue is the battery life still just lasts 1whole day, it would be nice to have longer battery life. The sports strap suits me better than the athleisure strap.
The best smart watch Samsung has made. The new OS if much improved. Battery life better but still needs to be improved. Classic Hybrid Band is very comfortable. The watch is quick and display in great. I can even use the watch speakers to listen to Spotify (if room is quite). Think the design is to big and still heavy. Also the sensors at night are to bright. If you compare to watch 7 which sucked, this watch is a homerun.
I love my watch its very customizable, charges fast and love the new design. I exchanged my watch 7 for this when it came out and have no regrets. Its better then the apple watch last one I had was the apple watch 9. After several years of apple promising more customization and not delivery I said enough is enough and switch got thew samsing 25 ultra and the new watch 8. I been missing out on alot of features apple doesn't provide. Happy I made the switch!