![]() I personally like to know my step count as it’s an easy metric to understand, but appreciate that calorie burn is a better, more motivational figure to work towards. It’s there in the app, but you really have to search for it, while Samsung incorporates it into its daily set of goals. Apple doesn’t put any emphasis on step count at all. These are displayed in the shape of a heart rather than a circle. Samsung uses a similar three-goal system covering activity/calorie burn, active time in minutes, and steps. Samsung Health Andy Boxall/Digital Trends It’s very clear how far you are from meeting your targets, plus there’s a complete breakdown of each category underneath the ring display if you want more details. Apple’s “ring” system has three rings to close on a daily basis, covering your movement goal, which is based on calorie burn, the amount of exercise you’ve done in minutes, and an hourly stand goal. It needs to be informative, but not too dense. This is the main screen you see when you want to check how active (or not) you’ve been during the day. Daily activity Apple Health and Fitness apps Andy Boxall/Digital Trends There are fewer steps needed to enable all the Apple Watch’s features, as most are on by default, making it a more user-friendly smartwatch out-of-the-box. All these have to be set up individually, and may not work until you do. Why? Some features are turned off by default or require some kind of activation to work, including blood oxygen monitoring, stress monitoring, and the always-on screen. Connection and setup of both smartwatches are simple and don’t take long, although you do have to pay more attention to the Samsung platform after you’ve paired the watch. ![]() Having only one app, as with Samsung Health, makes more sense, but there is a potential problem with this, as we will see later on. Having to use Apple Health and Apple Fitness is a little confusing, and I’d really like to see Apple combine the two together into one, single app in the future. Both the Health and Wear apps come pre-installed on Samsung phones, and can be downloaded through Google Play for other Android phones. Additionally, you need Samsung Health for all your exercise and health data, plus there’s a one-time installation of a plugin for the Galaxy Watch 5 if you aren’t using a Samsung phone. To use the Galaxy Watch 5, you need Samsung’s Wear app to connect the smartwatch to your phone. Surprise Apple sale brings big discounts on iPad and Apple Watch The Huawei Watch Ultimate looks like the perfect Apple Watch Ultra rival Fitbit Versa 3ĩ Apple products we’re expecting in 2023: iPhone 15, M2 Mac Pro, and more
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