Samsung Galaxy Watch: Tips and Tricks

and calls by flicking your wrist twice go to settings notifications scroll all the way down to dismiss alerts and calls and turn that on now who's calling no thank you the side buttons can also be programmed to do different things go to settings Advanced features and then customize buttons double press the home button and you can go to the recent app bring up accessibility shortcuts bring up exercise shortcuts or launch your favorite app I love to bring up Spotify this way press and hold if you want to switch between Bixby and the Google Assistant if you're sick of your app screen looking messy organize it with folders in the same way you would on your phone screen so just press and hold then drag on top of another app or you can also add any app into an existing folder you can rename them too and also add colors simple but effective

but please consider this my official request Samsung to be able to see apps in a list on WE OS please with the default Samsung keyboard you might notice that voice to text dictation is not as accurate as you'd like or at least it's not great for me with my accent one way around this is to download gboard from the app store then set it as your default keyboard go to settings General inputs then keyboard list and default and then select gboard now when you bring up the keyboard it uses Google speech engine which I found is way more accurate

because this watch runs where OS 4 there are a few exclusive apps including WhatsApp Google Calendar and Gmail you can install them all from the Play Store and again you have my permission to act smug around your friends who have watches that don't run native versions of these apps speaking of apps that aren't already installed the Galaxy watch 5 and 6 have a temperature sensor that you can use to measure your surroundings food drinks water and more you'll need to go to the Play Store and download the Thermo check app first

here's my cup of coffee because I am precise with how I drink my beverages I only like it to be a 120° f or 48.8 de C so it runs me through all of the instructions holding it away 2 cm from the object let's see if I can drink this almost perfect your watch has another cool hidden nightstand mode while it charges to get this and other options you're going to have to turn on developer mode

so go to settings scroll to about watch software information and then software version tap on this five times to get into developer mode now go back to screens and you will see developer mode tap into it and some magic new options are here the one I'm talking about is keep watch awake while charging that's just another way of saying nightstand mode for me and it does exactly what it says so once you have it on drop the watch on the the charger you're always going to see the clock face normally when you charge you're only going to see the charging percentage and the time really small on top

so I love this other method there's other stuff in here you can really dive into if you're feeling brave but another helpful one is vibrate on connectivity change now if you prefer the first party Samsung workout app to track activities but you still want to send your data to third party workout apps like say straber you can do that from the Samsung Health app pull out your phone and in the Samsung Health app tap those three dots at the top then settings then Services select the toggle for the app you want log into your account and it will sync your data automatically

you can also display your workout metrics on a compatible Samsung TV or on gym equipment open the Samsung Health app on the watch scroll to settings and then down to share data with devices and services find the TV option and make sure you have heart rate and calories turned on go back to pages and then make visible to other devices I don't know about you but I get pretty tired of seeing these status indicators on the watch face when I'm using say power saving mode or I am separated from my phone

you can turn them off in settings Advanced features status indicators and select hide after 2 seconds your watch can give you the same turn BYT directions from your phone in Google maps on your wrist just open the Google Maps app on the watch then scroll down to settings mirror turn that on if it's not active but also make sure to scroll down a little bit further and select driving walking cycling or all three

there's so many cool things you can do on these watches and this list just scratches the surface so if you want more tips drop me a comment down below and if you already knew all these you get a gold star and may your watch be blessed with extra battery life thanks

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyou've got a brand new Galaxy watch 6 and want to get the most out of it well you've come to the right place because I've put together some of the top tips secret and not so secret features to check out the best part some of these will also work on older Galaxy watches like the four and 5 just make sure you've updated to one ui5 watch you can check that by going to the Galaxy wearable app and then watch settings if you have a friend with an apple watch you've probably heard them talk a lot about double tap but you have my full permission to act very smug and let them know you have it too with universal gestures on the watch go to settings accessibility interaction and dexterity set Universal gestures to on and now you can do things like pinch and double pinch to scroll through options and select something by making a fist but if you like the idea of gestures for some things and not all and you don't like this yellow line around your watch you can also use them selectively to do things like dismiss alerts and calls by flicking your wrist twice go to settings notifications scroll all the way down to dismiss alerts and calls and turn that on now who's calling no thank you the side buttons can also be programmed to do different things go to settings Advanced features and then customize buttons double press the home button and you can go to the recent app bring up accessibility shortcuts bring up exercise shortcuts or launch your favorite app I love to bring up Spotify this way press and hold if you want to switch between Bixby and the Google Assistant if you're sick of your app screen looking messy organize it with folders in the same way you would on your phone screen so just press and hold then drag on top of another app or you can also add any app into an existing folder you can rename them too and also add colors simple but effective but please consider this my official request Samsung to be able to see apps in a list on on WE OS please with the default Samsung keyboard you might notice that voice to text dictation is not as accurate as you'd like or at least it's not great for me with my accent one way around this is to download gboard from the app store then set it as your default keyboard go to settings General inputs then keyboard list and default and then select gboard now when you bring up the keyboard it uses Google speech engine which I found is way more accurate because this watch runs where OS 4 there are a few exclusive apps including WhatsApp Google Calendar and Gmail you can install them all from the Play Store and again you have my permission to act smug around your friends who have watchers that don't run native versions of these apps speaking of apps that aren't already installed the Galaxy watch 5 and 6 have a temperature sensor that you can use to measure your surroundings food drinks water and more you'll need to go to the Play Store and download the Thermo check app first here's my cup of coffee because I am precise with how I drink my beverages I only like it to be a 120° f or 48.8 de C so it runs me through all of the instructions holding it away 2 cm from the object let's see if I can drink this almost perfect your watch has another cool hidden nightstand mode while it charges to get this and other options you're going to have to turn on developer mode so go to settings scroll to about watch software information and then software version tap on this five times to get into developer mode now go back to screens and you will see developer mode tap into it and some magic new options are here the one I'm talking about is keep watch awake while charging that's just another way of saying nightstand mode for me and it does exactly what it says so once you have it on drop the watch on the the charger you're always going to see the clock face normally when you charge you're only going to see the charging percentage and the time really small on top so I love this other method there's other stuff in here you can really dive into if you're feeling brave but another helpful one is vibrate on connectivity change now if you prefer the first party Samsung workout app to track activities but you still want to send your data to third party workout apps like say straber you can do that from the Samsung Health app pull out your phone and in the Samsung Health app tap those three dots at the top then settings then Services select the toggle for the app you want log into your account and it will sync your data automatically you can also display your workout metrics on a compatible Samsung TV or on gym equipment open the Samsung Health app on the watch scroll to settings and then down to share data with devices and services find the TV option and make sure you have heart rate and calories turned on go back to pages and then make visible to other devices I don't know about you but I get pretty tired of seeing these status indicators on the watch face when I'm using say power saving mode or I am separated from my phone you can turn them off in settings Advanced features status indicators and select hide after 2 seconds your watch can give you the same turn BYT directions from your phone in Google maps on your wrist just open the Google Maps app on the watch then scroll down to settings mirror turn that on if it's not active but also make sure to scroll down a little bit further and select driving walking cycling or all three there's so many cool things you can do on these watches and this list just scratches the surface so if you want more tips drop me a comment down below and if you already knew all these you get a gold star and may your watch be blessed with extra battery life thanks so much for watching I'll catch you next timeyou've got a brand new Galaxy watch 6 and want to get the most out of it well you've come to the right place because I've put together some of the top tips secret and not so secret features to check out the best part some of these will also work on older Galaxy watches like the four and 5 just make sure you've updated to one ui5 watch you can check that by going to the Galaxy wearable app and then watch settings if you have a friend with an apple watch you've probably heard them talk a lot about double tap but you have my full permission to act very smug and let them know you have it too with universal gestures on the watch go to settings accessibility interaction and dexterity set Universal gestures to on and now you can do things like pinch and double pinch to scroll through options and select something by making a fist but if you like the idea of gestures for some things and not all and you don't like this yellow line around your watch you can also use them selectively to do things like dismiss alerts and calls by flicking your wrist twice go to settings notifications scroll all the way down to dismiss alerts and calls and turn that on now who's calling no thank you the side buttons can also be programmed to do different things go to settings Advanced features and then customize buttons double press the home button and you can go to the recent app bring up accessibility shortcuts bring up exercise shortcuts or launch your favorite app I love to bring up Spotify this way press and hold if you want to switch between Bixby and the Google Assistant if you're sick of your app screen looking messy organize it with folders in the same way you would on your phone screen so just press and hold then drag on top of another app or you can also add any app into an existing folder you can rename them too and also add colors simple but effective but please consider this my official request Samsung to be able to see apps in a list on on WE OS please with the default Samsung keyboard you might notice that voice to text dictation is not as accurate as you'd like or at least it's not great for me with my accent one way around this is to download gboard from the app store then set it as your default keyboard go to settings General inputs then keyboard list and default and then select gboard now when you bring up the keyboard it uses Google speech engine which I found is way more accurate because this watch runs where OS 4 there are a few exclusive apps including WhatsApp Google Calendar and Gmail you can install them all from the Play Store and again you have my permission to act smug around your friends who have watchers that don't run native versions of these apps speaking of apps that aren't already installed the Galaxy watch 5 and 6 have a temperature sensor that you can use to measure your surroundings food drinks water and more you'll need to go to the Play Store and download the Thermo check app first here's my cup of coffee because I am precise with how I drink my beverages I only like it to be a 120° f or 48.8 de C so it runs me through all of the instructions holding it away 2 cm from the object let's see if I can drink this almost perfect your watch has another cool hidden nightstand mode while it charges to get this and other options you're going to have to turn on developer mode so go to settings scroll to about watch software information and then software version tap on this five times to get into developer mode now go back to screens and you will see developer mode tap into it and some magic new options are here the one I'm talking about is keep watch awake while charging that's just another way of saying nightstand mode for me and it does exactly what it says so once you have it on drop the watch on the the charger you're always going to see the clock face normally when you charge you're only going to see the charging percentage and the time really small on top so I love this other method there's other stuff in here you can really dive into if you're feeling brave but another helpful one is vibrate on connectivity change now if you prefer the first party Samsung workout app to track activities but you still want to send your data to third party workout apps like say straber you can do that from the Samsung Health app pull out your phone and in the Samsung Health app tap those three dots at the top then settings then Services select the toggle for the app you want log into your account and it will sync your data automatically you can also display your workout metrics on a compatible Samsung TV or on gym equipment open the Samsung Health app on the watch scroll to settings and then down to share data with devices and services find the TV option and make sure you have heart rate and calories turned on go back to pages and then make visible to other devices I don't know about you but I get pretty tired of seeing these status indicators on the watch face when I'm using say power saving mode or I am separated from my phone you can turn them off in settings Advanced features status indicators and select hide after 2 seconds your watch can give you the same turn BYT directions from your phone in Google maps on your wrist just open the Google Maps app on the watch then scroll down to settings mirror turn that on if it's not active but also make sure to scroll down a little bit further and select driving walking cycling or all three there's so many cool things you can do on these watches and this list just scratches the surface so if you want more tips drop me a comment down below and if you already knew all these you get a gold star and may your watch be blessed with extra battery life thanks so much for watching I'll catch you next time\n"