{"id":12010,"date":"2024-07-24T20:50:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T20:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=12010"},"modified":"2024-07-24T20:50:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T20:50:48","slug":"samsung-galaxy-watch-ultra-review-blood-sugar-index-and-navigation-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=12010","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra Review: Blood Sugar Index and Navigation Features"},"content":{"rendered":"


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To test the<\/span> Galaxy Watch Ultra, I had to take off the Apple Watch Ultra 2 (8\/10, WIRED Recommends<\/a>) with a mere two days left to go before completing my 28-day preliminary Training Load analysis<\/a>. Training Load is a new feature in watchOS 11<\/a> that takes cumulative, calorimetric data like heart rate, pace, effort, and age to gauge whether your efforts are improving your fitness performance or not. It was annoying to be so close and not finish. However, it was not as annoying as it might have been, since I’ve tried this feature before. Garmin has had a Training Load<\/a> feature for years.<\/p>\n

In the race to create the most fully-featured outdoor smartwatch that works well with your phone, Apple is clearly winning. The Apple Watch Ultra<\/a>\u2019s design is more visually distinctive. The software is better, with more sports like diving, better algorithms like Training Load, and a better UI. It\u2019s also hilarious how closely the Galaxy Watch Ultra\u2019s design mimics Apple\u2019s, with a safety orange band that looks exactly like Apple\u2019s Ocean Band ($99)<\/a> and a Quick Button on the side where you can assign a function, like Apple\u2019s Action button. There\u2019s even a gesture-based feature very similar to Double Tap, which is called (still laughing) Double Pinch.<\/p>\n

With all that said, Samsung has the resources to catch up quickly, and I found no major flaws. If you\u2019re pretty happy as an Android<\/a> user and would like the experience of wearing an Apple Watch Ultra, this is a decent start. It can only get better.<\/p>\n

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The Galaxy Watch Ultra is very pretty. It\u2019s not as visually distinctive as the Apple Watch Ultra, but its design does echo the look of a high-end Garmin<\/a> or Coros<\/a> watch. It\u2019s a 47-mm smartwatch, which makes it slightly smaller than the Watch Ultra\u2019s 49-mm case, but it feels<\/em> bigger because it\u2019s square instead of rectangular.<\/p>\n

It has a titanium case with a sapphire glass face that is rated to 10 ATM (which means it can withstand the pressure exerted by 100 meters of water) and IP68<\/a>, and can withstand elevations as high as 9,000 meters and temperatures as high as 131 degrees Fahrenheit. I didn’t have the opportunity to bag a Colorado 14er<\/a> while testing, but I did stupidly go biking to run errands with temperatures well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in a heat wave, and the watch operated well (I did not).<\/p>\n

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