Apple Watch Series 4 vs. Samsung Galaxy Watch Active

**The Great Smartwatch Debate: Apple Watch Series 4 vs Galaxy Watch Active**

When it comes to smartwatches, there are many options available on the market, each with its own unique features and benefits. In this article, we'll be pitting two of the most popular smartwatches against each other: the Apple Watch Series 4 and the Galaxy Watch Active. Both watches have their strengths and weaknesses, but which one comes out on top?

**A Convenient Solution for Running**

For one user, the convenience factor was a major deciding point when it came to choosing between these two smartwatches. "I like that I can take a call even though obviously the speaker quality is by no means great on the series 4," they explained. "It's something I've gotten used to also the LTE option that's something the galaxy watch active doesn't have." This user appreciated being able to stay connected on the go without having to carry their phone with them.

**A Safe and Secure Option**

Another key benefit of one of these smartwatches was its ability to provide a sense of safety for this particular user. "I run outside a lot so that's an important feature for me," they said. "Now that I've gotten used to running phone free, I don't get on the galaxy watch." The user found that this smartwatch provided the necessary functionality without requiring them to carry their phone with them.

**Mobile Payments**

Both of these smartwatches support mobile payments, but one feature stood out as a major advantage for this particular user: MST (Magnetic Secure Transaction) support. "The same as the galaxy watch I know I say this and people are like well cause it doesn't have MST but it's the big part of Samsung," they explained. Despite not having this feature, this smartwatch was still able to provide a seamless experience for mobile payments.

**Notification Management**

This user also appreciated the notification management capabilities of their chosen smartwatch. "I can even reply to a whatsapp message on the Galaxy watch active so it's pretty good at just marrying all the notifications and let you have let you take action into the notifications," they said. This feature was particularly useful for this user, who found that other smartwatches fell short in terms of notification management.

**Performance**

In terms of performance, both smartwatches were able to deliver on this front. "I noticed that I had the Galaxy watch active paid to a Galaxy S ten and the Apple watch paid to an iPhone 10 and both were on LTE like the phones," they explained. This user was impressed by the ability of these smartwatches to receive notifications from their accounts in real-time.

**Battery Life**

One area where one smartwatch excelled over the other was battery life. "We got almost two days out the galaxy watch active and just under a day and a half on the 40 millimeter Apple watch," they said. This user found that these smartwatches required daily charging, but appreciated the convenience of being able to charge their phone using its back as a power source.

**The Verdict**

Ultimately, this user was torn between these two smartwatches. While the Galaxy Watch Active offered many features at an affordable price point, the Apple Watch Series 4 excelled in terms of fitness tracking and seamless setup. "If you're on iOS and you're going to spend money on a SmartWatch anyway it's gonna be this series 4," they said. However, for those on Android or looking for a more budget-friendly option, the Galaxy Watch Active was still an excellent choice.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, both the Apple Watch Series 4 and the Galaxy Watch Active have their strengths and weaknesses. While one may excel in terms of fitness tracking and seamless setup, the other offers a more affordable price point and advanced features like MST support. Ultimately, the decision between these two smartwatches will depend on your individual needs and preferences.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enin the $200 Samsung Galaxy watch active give you just as good of a workout as the $400 Apple watch we put them through some heavy weight challenges to find out this is Apple watch Series fall vs. Samsung Galaxy watch active let's start with design and here it really comes down to the round versus square question except unlike the original Galaxy watch the active doesn't have that fancy rotating bezel the Apple watch gives you the option of a forty or forty four millimeter watch base while the Galaxy watch active only comes in one thirty nine point five millimeter version it's also slightly lighter and thinner than both sizes of the Apple watch both offered different metal finishes and swappable bands to personalize your look but the Galaxy watch active has way more watch faces to choose from we've been testing these smartwatches out for about a week at this point kind of switching back and forth and Lexie last time when we tested out the traditional Galaxy watch it was a no brainer for me when it came to design I was drawn to that round watch face and the rotating bezel the Galaxy watch this time around I'm a little bit less clear as to which one I prefer I still love that round watch face on the Galaxy watch active buddy because it's more bare-bones now I it does look a little bit cheap and it is like it's half the price surprising that it feels a little bit like less premium in the Apple watch so in that case I might just go with the Apple watch for the design just aesthetically in my opinion well I don't I think I love the galaxy watch active way more than they Apple watch when it comes to the look in the feel and the only thing that I'd really didn't like about the galaxy watch active was the size of the bezel obviously when you had the actual rotating bezel on the original galaxy watch it was hiding that but now you can actually see like where the screen ends and you know where the edge of the watch actually starts to begin the Apple watch is more edge to edge but then the galaxy watch active is so much lighter to wear especially if you're doing a workout I feel like I can always feel when the Apple watch was on my wrist the galaxy watch active I just feel like it's so light I hardly even notice it's there which is great especially if I'm doing something really high-intensity I never feel like I'm actually tracking it I'm just doing my thing yeah for watch I'm like oh it's kind of a little heavy it's always there these watches have almost everything when it comes to fitness features the Apple watch has 14 workout types built in while the galaxy watch has 39 they can automatically detect certain workouts and they're both water resistant up to 50 meters to track your swims both watches have an optical heart rate sensor for tracking calories burned and other health features the galaxy watch active also uses it to detect sleep and stress while the Apple watch uses it for the ECG or electrocardiogram app and it notifies you of high or irregular heart rhythms that may signal something more serious the Apple watch also uses its sensors for fall detection what the galaxy watch active has over the Apple watch at least natively is sleep tracking I didn't think I was a big fan of sleep tracking until I have tried it on the earlier galaxy watching now the galaxy watch active it gives you a great breakdown of specs whereas on the Apple watch it's only available through a third-party app and I just didn't find it was giving me the same level of accuracy that the Galaxy was watch was say for example I was awake one night for maybe like thirty minutes to an hour it always feels like an eternity the galaxy watch knew I was awake the third party app on the Apple watch just didn't it was like you had a great night's sleep and that no I did not so hopefully first party sleep tracking is coming soon to the Apple watch through a watch OS update or even the series 5 so fingers crossed for that but what about some of the other health features when it comes to the fitness tracking though I did have a couple issues with the Galaxy watch active I like looking at my heart rate when I'm exerting myself on a run for example if I'm going uphill or if I'm doing a sprint I always look down to make sure that I'm like reaching my heart rate the Apple watch is not perfect but it catches up pretty quickly whereas the galaxy watch it takes about eight minutes into my run to start detecting my heart rate and then once I'm like going it takes a while to catch up to my actual heart whereas the Apple watch does it a lot faster and that makes me question the accuracy of the calorie tracking and the fitness tracking in general of the galaxy watch active I could be wrong it's just that made me question it because they both offer very interesting health features the Apple watch launched the EKG or ECG the electrocardiogram app or you can take it from your wrist and you can also have those notifications of the high heart rate low heart rate and irregular heart rate and then the galaxy watch saw TAS in there they're like we're gonna raise your EKG and we're gonna get a blood pressure on the watch and I was like oh my god that's so exciting but then it turns out there's a lot of caveats it's still very much in beta you have to sign up to be part of this study and then you have to go through a huge long process and you have to calibrate it with an actual cuff it's more like come join us on this experiment because not a full-fledged working blood pressure monitor contrary to the EKG app on the watch like Apple went through the studies they got the FDA clearance it seems just like a finished mature product and I think that's speaks as a metaphor for the watch itself both Marin notifications from your phone you can text place a call and have a variety of third-party apps to choose from which is basically everything you'd expect from a SmartWatch the Galaxy watch active works with both Android and iOS devices the Apple watch only works with other Apple products both have GPS and the Apple watch has an LTE version that costs $100 more so you can get text and call without your phone and only the Apple watch has a built-in speaker the Galaxy watch lets you dictate texts and use a voice assistant but it does rely on the phone to take calls the Galaxy watch active has an immediate advantage that's really clear is that it works with both iOS and Android that being said of course if you're pairing the Galaxy watch active with an iOS device you don't get as many of the functions and the ease of replying to notifications as you would say if you're pairing the watch with another galaxy device which is obviously the optimal use case but you know considering the Apple watch only works with iOS I think it's an immediately a huge advantage especially for someone that isn't like stuck to one platform exclusively that maybe swaps phones every you know every year or so and changes ecosystems it's just a big advantage that's a good point however there are some features that you are missing out on aside from the whole pairing thing but that the galaxy watch active just doesn't have that the Apple watch does in this case a speaker and that might not be important for you we've determined that nobody wants to hear big speech anyway hey big speak hey Bixby like nothing hey Biggs Oh finally they were takes a couple tries for three times but I think I like Seawatch she sounded kind of scary anyway so we don't want to hear it but it is kind of nice to be able to respond on the go there's often times I can't find my phone and I like end up taking a call even though obviously the speaker quality is by no means great on the series 4 it is convenient have it's something I've gotten used to also the LTE option that's something the galaxy watch active doesn't have I've gotten used to not taking a phone on a run and because I feel I feel safe enough that if I really needed to call a lyft or an uber or if I need it to text one someone or make a call I run outside a lot so that's an important feature for me now that I've gotten used to running phone free that I don't get on the galaxy watch they both work exactly the same when it comes to mobile payments so both NFC based Apple pay and Samsung pay just still upset that there is no MST support on the galaxy watch active the same as the galaxy watch I know I say this and people are like well cause it doesn't have MST but it's the big part of Samsung say that it's the reason why I was impressed that even at its price point I was used to the the Fitbit that is the same price point and didn't get as many notifications you can't do as much with the notifications I can even reply to a whatsapp message on the Galaxy watch active so it's pretty good at just marrying all the notifications and let you have let you take action into the notifications even at its price point which was impressive yeah I noticed that I had the Galaxy watch active paid to a Galaxy S ten and the Apple watch paid to an iPhone 10 and both were on LTE like the phones both receiving the same notifications from my accounts I did notice that the actual the galaxy watch active was just a little bit slower to get the actual notification pushed the watch then the Apple watch was from the iOS device yeah both watches let you store music locally but the galaxy watch active has better Spotify support than the Apple watch so you can download entire playlists if you're a premium subscriber the Apple watch only gives you basic playback control and Spotify but you get a lot more options on Apple music and if you have the LTE version you can actually stream your music and podcasts as for battery life we tested both during a normal day with a commute to work a 45-minute workout tracking our sleep having notifications turned on and listening to a bit of music we got almost two days out the galaxy watch active and just under a day and a half on the 40 millimeter Apple watch now this is by no means scientific and your mileage may vary but essentially both will require charging them daily the galaxy watch active also has a charging superpower if you own a Galaxy S 10 you can charge the watch from the back of the phone so Vanessa now we have to make a decision is the winner for you the Apple watch series 4 or is it the galaxy watch active a little torn on this one only because I think the most important feature in a SmartWatch for me at least is are the Fitness feature and in that sense I would give it to the Apple watch series for if I you know wanted to spend on a watch that will be a great fitness companion I think that one's the winner it felt just a little bit more seamless and it also felt like it was more accurate in my tracking based on my usual routes and everything I do on a regular basis that said there's a huge drawback and that's the price it cannot compete with two hundred dollars of the galaxy watch active and the galaxy watch active you know it's it's a great watch it's just not at the same level at the as the Apple watch but it's so much cheaper and I am cheap and so that's tearing me up inside I love pretty much everything that the galaxy watch active can do the price point the fact that it's really light it works with iOS and Android even if you don't get everything that you can do on Android or at least a galaxy phone on iOS you still have great functionality there but then you go to the Apple watch and it's so much more seamless in terms of setting up in terms of tracking navigation even that bezel the lack of the bezel and the galaxy watch active from the older and more expensive model really makes a difference in terms of that each abuse of navigation for me so it's it's two different price points in two different playing field okay $200 you cannot go wrong with the galaxy watch active but if you're on iOS and you're going to spend money on a SmartWatch anyway it's gonna be this series 4 but what do you guys think you've seen the video choose your winner and let us know on the comments section below and come back to see me YouTube page for more of these types of versesin the $200 Samsung Galaxy watch active give you just as good of a workout as the $400 Apple watch we put them through some heavy weight challenges to find out this is Apple watch Series fall vs. Samsung Galaxy watch active let's start with design and here it really comes down to the round versus square question except unlike the original Galaxy watch the active doesn't have that fancy rotating bezel the Apple watch gives you the option of a forty or forty four millimeter watch base while the Galaxy watch active only comes in one thirty nine point five millimeter version it's also slightly lighter and thinner than both sizes of the Apple watch both offered different metal finishes and swappable bands to personalize your look but the Galaxy watch active has way more watch faces to choose from we've been testing these smartwatches out for about a week at this point kind of switching back and forth and Lexie last time when we tested out the traditional Galaxy watch it was a no brainer for me when it came to design I was drawn to that round watch face and the rotating bezel the Galaxy watch this time around I'm a little bit less clear as to which one I prefer I still love that round watch face on the Galaxy watch active buddy because it's more bare-bones now I it does look a little bit cheap and it is like it's half the price surprising that it feels a little bit like less premium in the Apple watch so in that case I might just go with the Apple watch for the design just aesthetically in my opinion well I don't I think I love the galaxy watch active way more than they Apple watch when it comes to the look in the feel and the only thing that I'd really didn't like about the galaxy watch active was the size of the bezel obviously when you had the actual rotating bezel on the original galaxy watch it was hiding that but now you can actually see like where the screen ends and you know where the edge of the watch actually starts to begin the Apple watch is more edge to edge but then the galaxy watch active is so much lighter to wear especially if you're doing a workout I feel like I can always feel when the Apple watch was on my wrist the galaxy watch active I just feel like it's so light I hardly even notice it's there which is great especially if I'm doing something really high-intensity I never feel like I'm actually tracking it I'm just doing my thing yeah for watch I'm like oh it's kind of a little heavy it's always there these watches have almost everything when it comes to fitness features the Apple watch has 14 workout types built in while the galaxy watch has 39 they can automatically detect certain workouts and they're both water resistant up to 50 meters to track your swims both watches have an optical heart rate sensor for tracking calories burned and other health features the galaxy watch active also uses it to detect sleep and stress while the Apple watch uses it for the ECG or electrocardiogram app and it notifies you of high or irregular heart rhythms that may signal something more serious the Apple watch also uses its sensors for fall detection what the galaxy watch active has over the Apple watch at least natively is sleep tracking I didn't think I was a big fan of sleep tracking until I have tried it on the earlier galaxy watching now the galaxy watch active it gives you a great breakdown of specs whereas on the Apple watch it's only available through a third-party app and I just didn't find it was giving me the same level of accuracy that the Galaxy was watch was say for example I was awake one night for maybe like thirty minutes to an hour it always feels like an eternity the galaxy watch knew I was awake the third party app on the Apple watch just didn't it was like you had a great night's sleep and that no I did not so hopefully first party sleep tracking is coming soon to the Apple watch through a watch OS update or even the series 5 so fingers crossed for that but what about some of the other health features when it comes to the fitness tracking though I did have a couple issues with the Galaxy watch active I like looking at my heart rate when I'm exerting myself on a run for example if I'm going uphill or if I'm doing a sprint I always look down to make sure that I'm like reaching my heart rate the Apple watch is not perfect but it catches up pretty quickly whereas the galaxy watch it takes about eight minutes into my run to start detecting my heart rate and then once I'm like going it takes a while to catch up to my actual heart whereas the Apple watch does it a lot faster and that makes me question the accuracy of the calorie tracking and the fitness tracking in general of the galaxy watch active I could be wrong it's just that made me question it because they both offer very interesting health features the Apple watch launched the EKG or ECG the electrocardiogram app or you can take it from your wrist and you can also have those notifications of the high heart rate low heart rate and irregular heart rate and then the galaxy watch saw TAS in there they're like we're gonna raise your EKG and we're gonna get a blood pressure on the watch and I was like oh my god that's so exciting but then it turns out there's a lot of caveats it's still very much in beta you have to sign up to be part of this study and then you have to go through a huge long process and you have to calibrate it with an actual cuff it's more like come join us on this experiment because not a full-fledged working blood pressure monitor contrary to the EKG app on the watch like Apple went through the studies they got the FDA clearance it seems just like a finished mature product and I think that's speaks as a metaphor for the watch itself both Marin notifications from your phone you can text place a call and have a variety of third-party apps to choose from which is basically everything you'd expect from a SmartWatch the Galaxy watch active works with both Android and iOS devices the Apple watch only works with other Apple products both have GPS and the Apple watch has an LTE version that costs $100 more so you can get text and call without your phone and only the Apple watch has a built-in speaker the Galaxy watch lets you dictate texts and use a voice assistant but it does rely on the phone to take calls the Galaxy watch active has an immediate advantage that's really clear is that it works with both iOS and Android that being said of course if you're pairing the Galaxy watch active with an iOS device you don't get as many of the functions and the ease of replying to notifications as you would say if you're pairing the watch with another galaxy device which is obviously the optimal use case but you know considering the Apple watch only works with iOS I think it's an immediately a huge advantage especially for someone that isn't like stuck to one platform exclusively that maybe swaps phones every you know every year or so and changes ecosystems it's just a big advantage that's a good point however there are some features that you are missing out on aside from the whole pairing thing but that the galaxy watch active just doesn't have that the Apple watch does in this case a speaker and that might not be important for you we've determined that nobody wants to hear big speech anyway hey big speak hey Bixby like nothing hey Biggs Oh finally they were takes a couple tries for three times but I think I like Seawatch she sounded kind of scary anyway so we don't want to hear it but it is kind of nice to be able to respond on the go there's often times I can't find my phone and I like end up taking a call even though obviously the speaker quality is by no means great on the series 4 it is convenient have it's something I've gotten used to also the LTE option that's something the galaxy watch active doesn't have I've gotten used to not taking a phone on a run and because I feel I feel safe enough that if I really needed to call a lyft or an uber or if I need it to text one someone or make a call I run outside a lot so that's an important feature for me now that I've gotten used to running phone free that I don't get on the galaxy watch they both work exactly the same when it comes to mobile payments so both NFC based Apple pay and Samsung pay just still upset that there is no MST support on the galaxy watch active the same as the galaxy watch I know I say this and people are like well cause it doesn't have MST but it's the big part of Samsung say that it's the reason why I was impressed that even at its price point I was used to the the Fitbit that is the same price point and didn't get as many notifications you can't do as much with the notifications I can even reply to a whatsapp message on the Galaxy watch active so it's pretty good at just marrying all the notifications and let you have let you take action into the notifications even at its price point which was impressive yeah I noticed that I had the Galaxy watch active paid to a Galaxy S ten and the Apple watch paid to an iPhone 10 and both were on LTE like the phones both receiving the same notifications from my accounts I did notice that the actual the galaxy watch active was just a little bit slower to get the actual notification pushed the watch then the Apple watch was from the iOS device yeah both watches let you store music locally but the galaxy watch active has better Spotify support than the Apple watch so you can download entire playlists if you're a premium subscriber the Apple watch only gives you basic playback control and Spotify but you get a lot more options on Apple music and if you have the LTE version you can actually stream your music and podcasts as for battery life we tested both during a normal day with a commute to work a 45-minute workout tracking our sleep having notifications turned on and listening to a bit of music we got almost two days out the galaxy watch active and just under a day and a half on the 40 millimeter Apple watch now this is by no means scientific and your mileage may vary but essentially both will require charging them daily the galaxy watch active also has a charging superpower if you own a Galaxy S 10 you can charge the watch from the back of the phone so Vanessa now we have to make a decision is the winner for you the Apple watch series 4 or is it the galaxy watch active a little torn on this one only because I think the most important feature in a SmartWatch for me at least is are the Fitness feature and in that sense I would give it to the Apple watch series for if I you know wanted to spend on a watch that will be a great fitness companion I think that one's the winner it felt just a little bit more seamless and it also felt like it was more accurate in my tracking based on my usual routes and everything I do on a regular basis that said there's a huge drawback and that's the price it cannot compete with two hundred dollars of the galaxy watch active and the galaxy watch active you know it's it's a great watch it's just not at the same level at the as the Apple watch but it's so much cheaper and I am cheap and so that's tearing me up inside I love pretty much everything that the galaxy watch active can do the price point the fact that it's really light it works with iOS and Android even if you don't get everything that you can do on Android or at least a galaxy phone on iOS you still have great functionality there but then you go to the Apple watch and it's so much more seamless in terms of setting up in terms of tracking navigation even that bezel the lack of the bezel and the galaxy watch active from the older and more expensive model really makes a difference in terms of that each abuse of navigation for me so it's it's two different price points in two different playing field okay $200 you cannot go wrong with the galaxy watch active but if you're on iOS and you're going to spend money on a SmartWatch anyway it's gonna be this series 4 but what do you guys think you've seen the video choose your winner and let us know on the comments section below and come back to see me YouTube page for more of these types of verses\n"