**Tizen and Watch OS 6: A Comparison of Customization Options**

One of the standout features of Tizen is its ability to customize widgets, offering users a level of granular control that's not available on some other smartwatches. In contrast, Apple Watch OS 6 has a more streamlined approach to customization, although it does offer some options for personalizing the watch face and home screen. While both operating systems have their strengths and weaknesses, fans of Tizen may appreciate its flexibility when it comes to customizing their wearable experience.

**Digital Assistants: Siri vs Bixby**

When it comes to digital assistants, both Apple Watch's Siri and Samsung's Bixby have their own strengths and weaknesses. Both assistants are designed to be voice-controlled, allowing users to send messages, start workouts, or access various apps with just their voice. However, in terms of responsiveness and understanding user intent, Siri tends to come out on top. Its ability to understand nuances in language and context makes it a more reliable choice for many users. Bixby, while improving over time, still struggles to match Siri's level of sophistication.

**Music Storage: Apple Music vs Spotify**

For music enthusiasts, the ability to store music directly on your watch is a key feature. Both Apple Watch and Samsung Galaxy Watch Active offer this capability, but with some caveats. If you're an Apple Music premium subscriber, you'll be able to access your music library directly on the Apple Watch, while Spotify users will need to rely on cloud storage or use the Samsung Music app on their phone. While both options work well, the integration is more seamless on the Galaxy Watch Active, especially for Spotify fans.

**LTE Connectivity: A Premium Feature**

Both watches offer LTE connectivity as an option, but with some important differences. The Apple Watch requires an iPhone to function, while the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active can be paired with either Android or iOS devices. However, it's essential to check compatibility with your carrier before opting for LTE on your watch, as not all carriers support this feature.

**Mobile Payments: NFC Only**

When it comes to mobile payments, both watches offer NFC tap-to-pay functionality, but Samsung Pay has some limitations. While you can use Samsung Pay on any NFC-enabled device, the experience is limited to just tap-to-pay transactions at participating merchants. Apple Pay, on the other hand, offers more flexibility in terms of payment methods and compatibility.

**Battery Life: A Mixed Bag**

Battery life is an area where both watches have some significant differences. The Galaxy Watch Active 2 tends to have better battery life overall, with some users reporting up to two days of use with the always-on display turned off. However, when using the always-on display or engaging in intense physical activity, battery life can be significantly shorter. The Apple Watch, on the other hand, manages battery life more consistently, especially during workouts and outdoor activities.

**Price: A Key Consideration**

Finally, there's the issue of price. The Apple Watch Series 5 starts at $400 for the non-LTE version and goes up to $500 with LTE. In contrast, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 is priced significantly lower, starting at $280 for the base model without LTE and rising to around $430 with LTE. While both watches offer a premium experience, the price difference can be substantial, especially for those on a budget.

**Conclusion**

Ultimately, the decision between an Apple Watch and a Samsung Galaxy Watch Active comes down to personal preference and compatibility. If you're already invested in the Apple ecosystem and want the best possible experience with seamless integration, the Apple Watch is likely the better choice. However, if you're an Android user or prefer the flexibility of Samsung's offerings, the Galaxy Watch Active 2 may be the way to go.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enApple and Samsung makes some of the best smartwatches you can buy but how do you decide which one is right for you this is Apple watch Series 5 vs samsung galaxy watch active 2 now a lot of people have been asking for this comparison so I'm going to dive into everything from Fitness features to Smart Watch features and of course the all-important battery life so let's start with fitness tracking because both of these smartwatches also do double duty as fitness trackers I've used them for several weeks across a variety of different workouts and I've been pretty impressed with the results from both when it comes to heart rate tracking I definitely found when I'd started a workout the galaxy watch active was giving me BPM readings that were maybe 10 or 15 BPM more than the Apple watch and a little bit higher than I would have expected when I was pretty much doing nothing at the start of the workout however once the workout had been going on for a couple of minutes the galaxy watch active and the Apple watch will both fairly consistent within about 5 BPM of each other so I was pretty happy with that results both have lots of different workouts that you can track and I really appreciate that there is a wide variety of exercises available on both the galaxy watch active was a little bit over enthusiastic when it came to Auto detecting workouts now both say that they kick in after around 10 minutes and say walking or running if you forget to start the activity I found that when I was looking at the workouts in this samsung health app there were definitely more Auto Detective workouts from the Galaxy watch then there were from the Apple watch in the activity and health apps both have some tools to help you when you are doing outdoor runs to keep an eye on your pace and your general metrics the Galaxy watch active has a running coach that gives you both on-screen cues and in-ear cues to let you know your pace and your BPM the Apple watch also has pace alerts to let you know if you're falling below a desired pace that you want to set yourself at the start of the run I like both of them they both work pretty well however the Galaxy watch active has this super robotic voice that speaks in your ear it's the s-health voice and it's just like it's just very nice or the s voice I think it's called not great doesn't sound very appealing so for that reason I probably just prefer having an alert on the wrist like the Apple watch but it's nice that it's there both these watches have built-in GPS so you don't need to take your phone with you when you are on a run to get your pace and distance information and both of them work pretty seamlessly a few updates later after the Galaxy watch active first came out and I found it's definitely a lot more consistent it's a lot quicker to lock onto a GPS signal as well now a lot of people had spoken about the Galaxy watch active too and the GPS accuracy so I decided to test this out so I took out a phone with Strava on it recording then I was recording the activity on both the Apple watch and the Galaxy watch active in the workouts out separately and then I sync them all together with instra and looked at the activities and I have to say the GPS was fairly spot-on for both of them so I don't think there were too many issues there the Apple watch uses a ring based system to keep an eye on your activity whereas the Samsung Galaxy watch active has a heart based system this is really a personal preference I like the Rings a little bit more it just seems to be a little easy to interpret than the heart based system when it comes to the apps though Samsung does win this one because it's just a lot easier to find that data rather than looking in the two different apps that the Apple watch has so Apple watch has the health and activity app and it's just a little hard to work out where you need to find your workout data in the Samsung health app it's really easy to find it's fairly consolidated and you also get a nice breakdown of your heart rate zones which I really like and you don't get that in the first party Apple watch apps let's talk about some of the other health features that these watches can track the big one is that the Galaxy watch active two does sleep tracking natively and the Apple watch series five doesn't yes there are third-party apps but I want to see it natively on the Apple watch the Galaxy has stress tracking I don't know if you find that useful I definitely don't and the Apple watch has sound detection gives you an alert if the environment is too noisy and it also has a decibel reading in it so I guess if you want to find out the sound level of something else around you do that the Apple watch also has full detection and the ability to call emergency services plus high-low and irregular heartbeat readings the Galaxy watch active also gives you those high and low heartbeat readings although you do need to set the heart rate monitor to be constantly reading in order to get that information now let's talk s e-g because both of these watches technically have it on the Apple watch Series five it's FDA cleared and available in several countries including the US the galaxy watch active 2 has ECG but it's invader and it doesn't work there's no way for you as a customer to actually see how it works at the moment Samsung couldn't give me a timing about when to expect it either so don't hold your breath both of the watches come in two different sizes either a forty or forty four millimeter watch face and square versus round I guess is the next question that you need to ask yourself which one of these do you prefer I think it really depends on the application I think that the Galaxy watch acted looks really pretty and premium on the wrist and looks more like a traditional watch whereas the Apple watch for me it's actually easy to read notifications on a square screen so I guess there's trade-offs there I don't like the look of the Apple watch as much as I do the galaxy watch active but there are advantages that it has in different ways both of them also have an always-on display and it's color although if you do turn it on so you will be able to see the time on your wrist all the time without raising to wake it will affect battery life and I'll talk about that shortly touch bezel or digital crown now those are the two main ways that you can navigate around these watches apart from using the touch screen of course I really like the galaxy watch active and the touch bezel you move your finger around the outside honor that bezel and you'll be able to feel some haptic feedback and it will actually let you know on the screen of course what settings you're changing the digital crown on the Apple watch is tried and true it just works all the time and I really like how you can use it to not only adjust things like changing between menu settings but also the volume when you are on a workout for example and listening to music in the app so I think they both have their advantages in terms of actually a quick feature digital crown wins it to me but I just like playing with the touch bezel it's just a lot of fun the Galaxy watch active comes in an aluminium or a stainless steel finish whereas the Apple watch has a couple more it adds ceramic and titanium although the cost does go up if you choose those more premium finishes both our water-resistant to track your swims and let's talk about watch faces because for me this is a very important part of the design in terms of making the watch feel more like your own the galaxy watch active 2 has a lot more watch faces including third party watch faces whereas the Apple watch is a lot more limited yes you can customize and add complications and change colors although I find myself quickly getting bored of those stock watch faces that are on watch OS 6 I would just love to see a third party watch face or some extra options whereas the Galaxy watch active also lets you do this cool thing where you can take a photo of the outfit you're wearing and it lets you match the watch face colors to the colors of your outfit maybe you think it's gimmicky but I kind of like it it's kind of my thing when it comes to SmartWatch features both of these Watchers do a great job they receive notifications from your phone you can be really granular and choose which ones come through you can accept and reject calls install apps lots of different things you can do with them the main differences come down to the operating system and the selection of third-party apps so when it comes to third-party apps I definitely think that the Apple watch has a couple more in terms of the selection that you can get the galaxy watch active 2 does have quite a few third-party apps I'll give you that although there's a lot of them that don't work that well compared to what you can find on the Apple watch watch OS on the Apple watch vs. Tizen on the Galaxy watch active - I think both are really really fully fledged SmartWatch operating systems and I like how Tizen gives you the option to customize widgets really get quiet granular in what you can do with it compared to watch OS 6 although I think that the Apple watch and watch OS 6 is just a lot smoother and it just has less problems overall in terms of some bugginess and things like that compared to the galaxy watch active Bixby or Siri do you care about the digital assistant because both of them live on your wrist if you want to be able to use your voice to send messages or start workouts I don't think either of them of that great but overall Siri is a little bit more responsive and just understands my voice a bit better than Bixby does both that you store music on your wrist whether that's music you own all being able to store music for listening offline from a music streaming service such as Spotify or Apple music and it really comes down to which of those services that you use if you're a premium subscriber on either Apple music on the Apple watch you can do that or Spotify on the Galaxy watch active I'm a Spotify person so the integration on the galaxy watch active is really nice for me both of these watches also have an LTE option which comes at a premium price of course and you'll need to use obviously an iPhone with the Apple watch it's not Android compatible whatsoever and on the Galaxy watch active you'll need an Android phone at the time that I recorded this to use LTE and you'll also need to double check what your carrier supports so some carriers will only support LTE on galaxy phone not an Android phone in general so make sure to check this table and I've linked it in the description below just so you can double-check that you'll be able to use LTE on your watch and of course if you're not interested in LTE on your wrist to make calls and things while you're on the go they both come in a regular bluetooth option with GPS mobile payments are available on both either Apple pay or Samsung pay and it is NFC only unfortunately you won't get that nice Samsung pay feature of being able to use your phone anywhere at any terminal even if it doesn't have contactless payments it's just NFC tap to pay on both of these watches I'm gonna be the bearer of bad news and tell you that the battery life on both of these watches is not that great the galaxy watch active 2 overall has a little bit better battery life than the Apple watch although there are a couple of caveats there so let's talk about the always-on display this obviously affects battery life and with the Apple watch if you have that turned on you'll only get an entire day's worth of use out of it that's around 18 hours before you'll need to recharge on the Galaxy watch active 2 you'll get about one and a half days with the always-on display turned on with the display turned off however it's a little bit of a different story I managed to get almost two days out of the Apple watch and the same on the Galaxy watch active 2 if you're doing an outdoor workout while listening to music and with the always-on display turned on the Galaxy watch active will take a bit of a beating when it comes to the battery life it won't be a pretty sight after 30 minutes your battery will deteriorate probably from 40 to 15% which is not that great the Apple watch was a little bit better in terms of managing battery life during a workout and listening to music it didn't decrease as rapidly and it still kept pretty consistent overall in terms of that all-day battery life that I mentioned and it wouldn't be a comparison without talking about price because there is a fair amount of difference between these two these series 5 Apple watch is $400 for the non LTE version $500 with LTE in the US and that's just a price of course if you want different finishes the price goes up the galaxy watch active is two hundred and eighty dollars for the base forty millimeter version without LTE and there goes up to around four hundred and thirty dollars plus if you are choosing the LTE version and in a larger size overall I think the decision really comes down to which one is right for you dependent on which phone you have because if you're an iPhone user yeah you can use the galaxy watch active to but you won't get as many features and the experience is just gonna be a lot better if you use an Android or specifically a samsung galaxy phone if you have an iPhone obviously just get the Apple watch it's gonna be the better overall experience thanks so much for watching and let me know which one you choose down in the comments below or leave me a comment with any questions that you have about either of these two watches and don't forget to check out the full reviews of the Apple watch Series five and the samsung galaxy watch active two right over thereApple and Samsung makes some of the best smartwatches you can buy but how do you decide which one is right for you this is Apple watch Series 5 vs samsung galaxy watch active 2 now a lot of people have been asking for this comparison so I'm going to dive into everything from Fitness features to Smart Watch features and of course the all-important battery life so let's start with fitness tracking because both of these smartwatches also do double duty as fitness trackers I've used them for several weeks across a variety of different workouts and I've been pretty impressed with the results from both when it comes to heart rate tracking I definitely found when I'd started a workout the galaxy watch active was giving me BPM readings that were maybe 10 or 15 BPM more than the Apple watch and a little bit higher than I would have expected when I was pretty much doing nothing at the start of the workout however once the workout had been going on for a couple of minutes the galaxy watch active and the Apple watch will both fairly consistent within about 5 BPM of each other so I was pretty happy with that results both have lots of different workouts that you can track and I really appreciate that there is a wide variety of exercises available on both the galaxy watch active was a little bit over enthusiastic when it came to Auto detecting workouts now both say that they kick in after around 10 minutes and say walking or running if you forget to start the activity I found that when I was looking at the workouts in this samsung health app there were definitely more Auto Detective workouts from the Galaxy watch then there were from the Apple watch in the activity and health apps both have some tools to help you when you are doing outdoor runs to keep an eye on your pace and your general metrics the Galaxy watch active has a running coach that gives you both on-screen cues and in-ear cues to let you know your pace and your BPM the Apple watch also has pace alerts to let you know if you're falling below a desired pace that you want to set yourself at the start of the run I like both of them they both work pretty well however the Galaxy watch active has this super robotic voice that speaks in your ear it's the s-health voice and it's just like it's just very nice or the s voice I think it's called not great doesn't sound very appealing so for that reason I probably just prefer having an alert on the wrist like the Apple watch but it's nice that it's there both these watches have built-in GPS so you don't need to take your phone with you when you are on a run to get your pace and distance information and both of them work pretty seamlessly a few updates later after the Galaxy watch active first came out and I found it's definitely a lot more consistent it's a lot quicker to lock onto a GPS signal as well now a lot of people had spoken about the Galaxy watch active too and the GPS accuracy so I decided to test this out so I took out a phone with Strava on it recording then I was recording the activity on both the Apple watch and the Galaxy watch active in the workouts out separately and then I sync them all together with instra and looked at the activities and I have to say the GPS was fairly spot-on for both of them so I don't think there were too many issues there the Apple watch uses a ring based system to keep an eye on your activity whereas the Samsung Galaxy watch active has a heart based system this is really a personal preference I like the Rings a little bit more it just seems to be a little easy to interpret than the heart based system when it comes to the apps though Samsung does win this one because it's just a lot easier to find that data rather than looking in the two different apps that the Apple watch has so Apple watch has the health and activity app and it's just a little hard to work out where you need to find your workout data in the Samsung health app it's really easy to find it's fairly consolidated and you also get a nice breakdown of your heart rate zones which I really like and you don't get that in the first party Apple watch apps let's talk about some of the other health features that these watches can track the big one is that the Galaxy watch active two does sleep tracking natively and the Apple watch series five doesn't yes there are third-party apps but I want to see it natively on the Apple watch the Galaxy has stress tracking I don't know if you find that useful I definitely don't and the Apple watch has sound detection gives you an alert if the environment is too noisy and it also has a decibel reading in it so I guess if you want to find out the sound level of something else around you do that the Apple watch also has full detection and the ability to call emergency services plus high-low and irregular heartbeat readings the Galaxy watch active also gives you those high and low heartbeat readings although you do need to set the heart rate monitor to be constantly reading in order to get that information now let's talk s e-g because both of these watches technically have it on the Apple watch Series five it's FDA cleared and available in several countries including the US the galaxy watch active 2 has ECG but it's invader and it doesn't work there's no way for you as a customer to actually see how it works at the moment Samsung couldn't give me a timing about when to expect it either so don't hold your breath both of the watches come in two different sizes either a forty or forty four millimeter watch face and square versus round I guess is the next question that you need to ask yourself which one of these do you prefer I think it really depends on the application I think that the Galaxy watch acted looks really pretty and premium on the wrist and looks more like a traditional watch whereas the Apple watch for me it's actually easy to read notifications on a square screen so I guess there's trade-offs there I don't like the look of the Apple watch as much as I do the galaxy watch active but there are advantages that it has in different ways both of them also have an always-on display and it's color although if you do turn it on so you will be able to see the time on your wrist all the time without raising to wake it will affect battery life and I'll talk about that shortly touch bezel or digital crown now those are the two main ways that you can navigate around these watches apart from using the touch screen of course I really like the galaxy watch active and the touch bezel you move your finger around the outside honor that bezel and you'll be able to feel some haptic feedback and it will actually let you know on the screen of course what settings you're changing the digital crown on the Apple watch is tried and true it just works all the time and I really like how you can use it to not only adjust things like changing between menu settings but also the volume when you are on a workout for example and listening to music in the app so I think they both have their advantages in terms of actually a quick feature digital crown wins it to me but I just like playing with the touch bezel it's just a lot of fun the Galaxy watch active comes in an aluminium or a stainless steel finish whereas the Apple watch has a couple more it adds ceramic and titanium although the cost does go up if you choose those more premium finishes both our water-resistant to track your swims and let's talk about watch faces because for me this is a very important part of the design in terms of making the watch feel more like your own the galaxy watch active 2 has a lot more watch faces including third party watch faces whereas the Apple watch is a lot more limited yes you can customize and add complications and change colors although I find myself quickly getting bored of those stock watch faces that are on watch OS 6 I would just love to see a third party watch face or some extra options whereas the Galaxy watch active also lets you do this cool thing where you can take a photo of the outfit you're wearing and it lets you match the watch face colors to the colors of your outfit maybe you think it's gimmicky but I kind of like it it's kind of my thing when it comes to SmartWatch features both of these Watchers do a great job they receive notifications from your phone you can be really granular and choose which ones come through you can accept and reject calls install apps lots of different things you can do with them the main differences come down to the operating system and the selection of third-party apps so when it comes to third-party apps I definitely think that the Apple watch has a couple more in terms of the selection that you can get the galaxy watch active 2 does have quite a few third-party apps I'll give you that although there's a lot of them that don't work that well compared to what you can find on the Apple watch watch OS on the Apple watch vs. Tizen on the Galaxy watch active - I think both are really really fully fledged SmartWatch operating systems and I like how Tizen gives you the option to customize widgets really get quiet granular in what you can do with it compared to watch OS 6 although I think that the Apple watch and watch OS 6 is just a lot smoother and it just has less problems overall in terms of some bugginess and things like that compared to the galaxy watch active Bixby or Siri do you care about the digital assistant because both of them live on your wrist if you want to be able to use your voice to send messages or start workouts I don't think either of them of that great but overall Siri is a little bit more responsive and just understands my voice a bit better than Bixby does both that you store music on your wrist whether that's music you own all being able to store music for listening offline from a music streaming service such as Spotify or Apple music and it really comes down to which of those services that you use if you're a premium subscriber on either Apple music on the Apple watch you can do that or Spotify on the Galaxy watch active I'm a Spotify person so the integration on the galaxy watch active is really nice for me both of these watches also have an LTE option which comes at a premium price of course and you'll need to use obviously an iPhone with the Apple watch it's not Android compatible whatsoever and on the Galaxy watch active you'll need an Android phone at the time that I recorded this to use LTE and you'll also need to double check what your carrier supports so some carriers will only support LTE on galaxy phone not an Android phone in general so make sure to check this table and I've linked it in the description below just so you can double-check that you'll be able to use LTE on your watch and of course if you're not interested in LTE on your wrist to make calls and things while you're on the go they both come in a regular bluetooth option with GPS mobile payments are available on both either Apple pay or Samsung pay and it is NFC only unfortunately you won't get that nice Samsung pay feature of being able to use your phone anywhere at any terminal even if it doesn't have contactless payments it's just NFC tap to pay on both of these watches I'm gonna be the bearer of bad news and tell you that the battery life on both of these watches is not that great the galaxy watch active 2 overall has a little bit better battery life than the Apple watch although there are a couple of caveats there so let's talk about the always-on display this obviously affects battery life and with the Apple watch if you have that turned on you'll only get an entire day's worth of use out of it that's around 18 hours before you'll need to recharge on the Galaxy watch active 2 you'll get about one and a half days with the always-on display turned on with the display turned off however it's a little bit of a different story I managed to get almost two days out of the Apple watch and the same on the Galaxy watch active 2 if you're doing an outdoor workout while listening to music and with the always-on display turned on the Galaxy watch active will take a bit of a beating when it comes to the battery life it won't be a pretty sight after 30 minutes your battery will deteriorate probably from 40 to 15% which is not that great the Apple watch was a little bit better in terms of managing battery life during a workout and listening to music it didn't decrease as rapidly and it still kept pretty consistent overall in terms of that all-day battery life that I mentioned and it wouldn't be a comparison without talking about price because there is a fair amount of difference between these two these series 5 Apple watch is $400 for the non LTE version $500 with LTE in the US and that's just a price of course if you want different finishes the price goes up the galaxy watch active is two hundred and eighty dollars for the base forty millimeter version without LTE and there goes up to around four hundred and thirty dollars plus if you are choosing the LTE version and in a larger size overall I think the decision really comes down to which one is right for you dependent on which phone you have because if you're an iPhone user yeah you can use the galaxy watch active to but you won't get as many features and the experience is just gonna be a lot better if you use an Android or specifically a samsung galaxy phone if you have an iPhone obviously just get the Apple watch it's gonna be the better overall experience thanks so much for watching and let me know which one you choose down in the comments below or leave me a comment with any questions that you have about either of these two watches and don't forget to check out the full reviews of the Apple watch Series five and the samsung galaxy watch active two right over there\n"