arrived early and in very good (new) conditionwatch works well. everything I expectedThe 44 "black" is actually Chicago Bears dark blue. Wasn't expecting thatBack button already showing signs if paint wearing lighter after just a few weeks of owning the watchNot as amazed by the electronic bezel as most people. But I have big hands/fingers so that probably takes away from the "Bezel experience"the exercise apps require you move exactly as they require or you don't get credit for a movementOverall most readings are in the ballpark. not exact. But good enoughToo many watch faces to choose from! And those are just the free ones.No ECG reading available and this model of watch has been out for over a year - disappointingI went with the Active 2 44 design over the Galaxy watch 46 hoping for the best of both worlds. For the most part it has met expectations. Some analog faces probably would look better with the support of the Galaxy Watch Casing/Bezel. The digitals faces look very niceGetting about a day of battery life but the watch starts conserving energy at 15-20% so not actually a full dayOverall satisfied with the watch and it's capabilities so far

Having used several WearOS watches I was a little reluctant in going with a proprietary platform, but I finally took the plunge and don't regret it. I think this watch is really ahead in terms of health tracking, customization options and battery life (although it is nothing stellar). Although the platform offers much less apps, the ones included cover all the basics, as opposed as WearOS where you don't even have a native way of transferring music to the watch, what I always found ridiculous. Also as a dev I like the multiple options available for app creation, especially Tizen.NET, although the API and tools are not as mature as in Android. I also like the hardware, although I think it could offer a bit more RAM for the bluetooth model. I don't like the acqua black color much because it is harder to match with black straps, and since most watches of this size use 22mm straps exchanging/reusing straps is also a problem. Finally I was a bit disappointed to find out that none of my wireless chargers work with the watch. In the end I think these are minor cons and this is a very good purchase.

Bought this to replace my Fitbit Blaze, which had cracked across the screen for the second time in the years that I had owned it. (apparently the Blaze design has a weakness in skew flexing of the housing?)So far I am liking it.It does have some problems and drawbacks.Battery life - so far it seems like it is about the same as my old Blaze : 2-3 days. I'm still playing with some of the settings which I'm sure will impact battery life such as the wifi being enabled/disabled.App - Fitbit has Samsung stomped on this. They have a single app. For this device you have to have the Gear app PLUS the Samsung Health app. Really???Stairs - If you're looking for something to count stairs go find a different product. This thing not only doesn't count stairs accurately, it rarely if ever counts stairs. Not a deal breaker for me but a LOT of people have complained about this and NONE of the "solutions" work. (The documentation hints that it takes climbing 10+ feet to trigger one "stairs" count but a lot of people say even then it doesn't count).The only thing I cannot comment on yet is an experience with riding a motorcycle. The Fitbit would count thousands of steps and hundreds of flights of stairs while riding but I have not ridden since getting this. I'll look to update once I have and can see what happens.

I came from apple and it had set a pretty high bar for watches. There are some things i miss like music and sound control. I used to control the sounds of my earphones with the watch which was useful. I also used to control things like skipping songs and such. You can skip songs with this watch it is just way harder to click the menu scroll over to music and open the app and switch. Maybe there is a better way, but its not as easy. The watch faces you can buy are super cool and far better than my old watch. The battery life A+. I usually get down to 81-83 percent after the first day. I have wore it for a couple days without charging and was around 53 percent after the second day. This is wayy better than my old watch which is nice. I could potentially take a weekend trip with the family and not have to bring its charger. Another big plus over apple. Third party chargers. This thing is not picky about what charges it. I have tried three different products and all of them worked. Even one that was totally flat, but i do not recommend that as it slides out of the sweet spot too easy. All in all if you have android this watch is very hard to beat with its thin profile and fantastic battery life. There are some tweaks you may need to make to get it to fit to you.

The Galaxy Watch Active2 is a beautiful smartwatch that pairs nicely with the Galaxy S10. It's been about a month now since my purchase and I have no regrets so far. However, as a longtime Fitbit wearer (Charge, Charge II, Charge 3) I guess you could say I had high expectations for some of its advertised functions.The short: If you're looking for a sleek fitness tracker that can monitor your steps, sleep habits, heart rate, and incoming text messages/phone calls, there's likely a cheaper alternative for you that'll do a more accurate job. If you don't mind spending extra money for GPS functionality and a fancy screen with mediocre fitness activity/sleep stats, buy an Active2.The long(er): As a person that's obsessed with stats, I was really excited to finally get my hands on a flagship smartwatch that doubled as a fitness tracker to pair with my Galaxy S10. My Fitbit Charge 3 was serving its purpose well, but it was finally time to fork over some extra $$ and get my hands on (what I thought was) a more detail-oriented & stats-driven smartwatch. Originally, I was going to purchase the latest Galaxy smartwatch, but the idea of having a less-bulky watch that would accurately measure my activity during the day/sleep at night was far-more appealing to me. If this is your first and ONLY fitness tracker, it's possible that you could be blown away by its results. However, having owned several Fitbits over the years and comparing my experiences, I feel like the Smartwatch functionality of the Active2 diminishes the capability of its fitness tracker. If you're looking for a stylish Smartwatch that can handle your standard smartwatch needs as well as a basic overview of your activity for the day, the Active2 will not disappoint. If you're looking for accurate statistics on heart-rate, sleeping behavior and daily steps, perhaps consider going the cheaper route and getting something that's centered around exactly what you're looking for. It does look cool, though. So that's nice.

worked great but the battery did not last 1 full year had to send to back to samsung to have the battery repaced we did have the 2 year warrenty. that was the only thing that was wrong with it after the new battery it has worked great

Very great product, but does have it's quirks. The product has good build quality and is still relatively cheap in terms of smart watches. The tap to pay feature is a great feature to have, but it is Samsung pay so keep that in mind. Software is good and easy to navigate, I bought my mother one for mother's day and she figured everything out on her own, it has plenty of health trackers from heart rate, stress, sleep tracking, and fitness tracking. It also has its own app for your phone where you can access all settings for the watch plus some extra that's not on the watch, but the layout looks a bit out of date, it still works though. It has a well rounded UI, but this is where some of these "quirks" come into play, this is a Samsung watch and it shows, the only apps that are available are those that are on the Galaxy store so it is very limited on apps that you can get on your watch, and certain apps or features are only available if you have a Samsung device. So if you have a Samsung phone you will have a slightly better experience, but without a Samsung phone it won't be to big of a difference for most people to notice. To sum it up the watch is great, has good build quality, and has an easy to UI, but it is made for Samsung devices so if you have a Samsung device you will get a few more features out of it.

I really like having the notification on my wrist, helps me not miss things. Never been huge into tech and this took me a looong time to come around to actually buying. Little credit card promotions and my girl getting and apple watched pushed me over the edge. Now I don't have a samsung phone, I have a mere ZTE blade A7, but so far everything I have used works just fine with exception to the app store from my watch itself. I am able to get to it of course through the phone app. Battery life has been good, about 2 days, and I get all calls and text and email notifications, have wake on raise, no wifi, and heart rate checked every hour, and 2 2 work outs a day. The downfall, that I knew going in, is that Samsung has stiiiill not release the ECG option, nor have they released the blood pressure option here in the states. It has been on hold since launch, which is a huge mess up on there part in my eyes. Its like you bought the first car supposed to have cruise control and it doesn't work, and now Ford has now announced the next year's model of that car and isn't saying anything to the customers who bought the first model specifically to get cruise control. Samsung at this point seems to have sort of acknowledged the issue, but has also announced the next year's watch. So if you want those features, and are on the edge up buying but perhaps could wait to see what the galaxy watch 3 has ..maybe wait it out. If you don't end up with the new model, at least this model will likely be way cheaper. I know there are other things I will likely come back and add but that is the first impression after about a month with the watch.

Full suite of features that work very well. I track hr, sleep and stress full time. Has an emergency feature to notify one selected person of where you are at all times and if you've fallen/been in an accident. If this function is active, it uses GPS on watch and this KILLS the battery life. I only turn on for bike rides. Be prepared to charge 3x/day. With hr/stress/sleep and GPS turned off,, i charge 1x day 1 and 2x day 2. Seems to use less battery in my case when adjusted pretty snug (yet still comfortable) on wrist. Very wide selection of watch faces and color combinations to customize as you like. Samsung needs to allow GPS readings from connected phone when bt or wifi connected to conserve battery. Since there are quite a few negative reviews as to water damage, I have chosen to not even test this (closest it comes to water is handwashing and sweating, and i haven't used the water setting yet). The charging dock is a good design and magnetic so it doesn't require delicacy to get watch on dock. Does take 80-90 minutes from dead to full charge (I use a Samsung fast charger). If you have a Samsung account, when you first connect and activate watch, warranty is already in place on your account. Overall very useful for my needs of hr tracking. Star removed for poor battery life when desired features are used and inability to use GPS from connected phone. (For clarification i have a Samsung Note 9. It should be easy to make GPS connection work at least within their own lines, if not all Android platforms.)It is comfortable to wear and not over-sized (44mm model) on my wrist. I will stick with the band supplied as it is supple and the excess tucks underneath instead of over and a loop to secure. Definately better than leather or metal choices in my opinion.

I do like this product. The profile is much smaller than any other watch and I love the round shape making it look so much more like a real watch. The always on feature is nice to quickly glance at time and I really see potential on what Samsung did on the Active 2 with the edge bezel being used for your finger to move thru menus. There is a learning curve and the app support is very small. All that said, for now I am getting ~2 days of battery life and I was able to download a 3rd party app to sync my company calendar. Oh, Samsung tech support went way above and beyond assisting me to get the device working so 5 stars to them. Only two issues so far are:1) There doesn't appear to be an app that will sync corporate G-Suite account. As my company doesn't use IMAPI or POP3, there simply isn't a way to log into gmail from the watch to receive email. Bummer since in a pinch it would be useful to check receipt of critical emails.2) Since the bezel finger gesture is so new to Samsung, it isn't yet fully realized. My example is in calendar instead of navigating to a date on the calendar by pointing to the tiny number for the date on the calendar, it should utilize the ring gesture to scroll. I opened a feature request so hopefully this will improve.All in all, this is a very attractive watch and good fitness device with a few additional business benefits. Again, app support is very small so bummer there but hopefully Samsung will incent the ecosystem to grow. Things like Lyft, Starbucks and navigation like waze / google maps for starters.Oh, I also installed the IQ Shield Screen protector 1st thing very easily. The pack I got had 6 shields so not yet sure how quickly they scratch however the watch still is relatively responsive and help protect the screen of this $300 computer on my wrist.Consider this. Not perfect but especially if you don't like the square screen like the Apple Watch and if you are on Android, this is the best out there (in my opinion) as of Nov 2019.