when it comes to smartwatches you have a

lot of options we're comparing apples to

Samsung's on features like design health

and fitness tracking and connectivity

this is Apple watch series 4 versus

Samsung Galaxy watch let's start with

design the obvious difference is that

the Galaxy has a round screen while the

Apple watch is square the galaxy is

thicker so it sticks out on your wrist

more than 




the Apple watch both come in

different sizes either a 42 or a 46

millimeter version of the galaxy watch

or a 40 or 44 millimeter for the Apple

watch for the galaxy watch you have the

choice of either black or silver plus an

additional rose-gold option in the

smaller model while the Apple watch also

comes in silver space grey and gold to

make your watch more personal you can

change and customize the galaxy watch

with many third-party faces while the

Apple watch has a more limited selection

and both are water-resistant to 50

meters

I love the analog look of the galaxy

watch that said the Apple watch is still

super super customizable because of how

easy it is to swap out the wristbands

and I find myself using different ones

to kind of change the look whereas the

galaxy watch it's just harder to get

that strap out so I ended up sticking to

the same one I love the screen the Super

AMOLED on the Galaxy watch tips it's

really bright it's easy to see in

sunlight and that bezel oh that tactile

response of just being able to turn it

and navigate and also just play with it

it's just a nicer way to interact with

the device than that digital crown on

the Apple watch at least for me

the galaxy watch is compatible with both

Android and iOS devices while the Apple

watch is tied exclusively to the Apple

ecosystem as you'd expect both can bear

most notifications from your phone and

there are plenty of third-party apps

available on both both also let you tap

into payments from your wrist using

Apple pay and an NFC only version of

Samsung pay but if you want to leave the

phone at home they do have GPS built in

as well as an LTE version that costs

extra at the time of recording the

chiefest galaxy watch is two hundred and

eighty dollars in the US and another $70

for LTE but the cheapest series four is

$400 add $100 more to get LTE so there's

something about the interface on the

Apple watch that I still take a lot of

time to figure out like I don't know

when I turn the crown I don't know when

to press the button though the other

button the galaxy watch on the other

hand just a couple days and I feel like

I'm a pro at the interface like I know

where to find everything I know what the

buttons do it's just easier to pick up

when it comes to the voice assistant

Laura let's just say I was being polite

about Siri on the Apple watch not being

I guess ads fully fledged as Siri on the

iPhone and then I tried big speaking on

the Galaxy watch and that was a big

letdown because all I could do is check

the weather and she sounds like this

what I do like about the galaxy watch

though is that it's so customizable

right from the watch face itself you can

just drag and drop widgets rearrange get

rid of some on the go it also has more

watch faces to choose from because it

has that watch face store what I will

say was a disappointment was the fact

that Samsung pay doesn't work like how

it works on the Samsung phones because

it doesn't have that MST tip that allows

it to work on any terminal so you're

stuck with NFC just like the Apple watch

with Apple pay please second generation

like let's make MST a thief while we're

at it on generation 2 something about

the galaxy watch that does driving up

the wall is that raised awake sometimes

works and sometimes doesn't I'd say like

they're three times out of 10 I just I

can't get it to work the Apple watch on

the other hand works consistently every

single time

still have to be quite violent though

with both of them where you're like

thank you it didn't work that time I

also also what's with the phantom

vibrations I feel like I haven't quite

gotten why it's nudging me just wants to

get to know I don't know I like there's

no notifications pending so I'm like

what do you want the phantom in you in

watch these watches go all out when it comes

to fitness features the Apple watch has

Galaxy watch has 39 both also let you

track more workouts under the other

category if you forget to start a

workout both give you an alert when it

automatically detects that you've

started one the Apple watch only detects

certain activities like indoor and

outdoor running and walking but only the

galaxy watch Auto detect cycling apart

from your basic activity tracking both

have added health features the Apple

watch has an FDA cleared EKG feature

plus it lets you know when there's

something abnormal about your heart it

sends you a notification when your heart

rate is too high too low or if it

detects an irregular rhythm that could

signal a chill fibrillation

it also has fall detection the Galaxy

watch uses the heart rate sensor for

fitness and for tracking your stress

levels and it's the only one you can use

to track your sleep it breaks down the

duration and quality of your sleep aside

from the extremely helpful Find My Phone

feature what I use these watches for the

most are Fitness features and I could

say that they both do a really good job

at tracking activity they show you all

the stats that you'd probably want to

see I like that the Apple watch shows

you more stats on one screen while you

run whereas the galaxy watch you have to

swipe I like seeing them all at once

I also I'm very responsive to the rain

system that the Apple watch has it's

just visual it makes you close rings

that you've those goals that you've set

for yourself at the end of the day and I

find that myself pushing myself harder

just because I'm obsessive about closing

rings I'm not as obsessed with the rings

as you are I have to say I don't feel

really bad if I don't close them on one

day for example but I'm glad to bring up

that point about information because the

problem for me is not on the screens is

that information I think is totally fine

on the watch screens it's when I want to

track my progress over time and I pull

that information in from the first party

apps apart from the galaxy watch having

two apps in their ports having three

apart from not knowing where to look to

find that I find it really difficult to

know how I'm making progress over time

say for example if I'm running the same

route every week am I getting better in

terms of my speed in terms of segments

that I'm running how's my pace doing

like I need to know this information

and you have to basically pull it out

and work it out yourself there's no easy

way to find that within those first

party apps which is something that third

party apps of course are really good at

but I would love to see the next

generation of these apps and Watchers

have a little bit more of that progress

tracking built in the Apple watch lets

you stream or store your tunes from

Apple music directly to the watch and

listen to podcasts you can also use

third-party apps like Spotify but you'll

get more basic functionality the galaxy

watch has better Spotify support so you

can download playlists to listen to

offline if you're a premium subscriber

and the galaxy also lets you transfer

songs from your computer when they're on

the same Wi-Fi network we tested the

smaller versions of both these watches

side-by-side to see how long the

batteries would hold up during normal

use and with a workout in between we

found the Apple watch lasted about a day

and a half the galaxy watch will give

you about a day more battery but the

larger version of the Galaxy watch

claims to last up to four days this is

by no means a scientific test and your

battery mileage may vary what is clear

is that you will be having to charge

both these watches on a regular basis so

with that in mind Vanessa it's crunch

time are you choosing the Apple watch or

the galaxy watch this is a tough one

because this one is so pretty it's

distracting my choice but ultimately I

think I'm gonna have to go to that with

the Apple watch because of the fitness

features what about you so your Fitness

first

I am hybrid of SmartWatch and fitness

features first I think they birth to an

excellent job on this front and the

Galaxy watch has really grown on me I

didn't expect to love it as much as I do

and now I think it's gonna be really

hard to take off with that in mind there

are a couple things that it doesn't do

quite as well right now if I have to buy

one and of course I was an iPhone user I

would choose the Apple watch but I love

the Android and iOS compatibility on the

Galaxy watch that's great so what do you

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