Galaxy Watch 8 (2025)

Samsung

Galaxy Watch 8 (2025)

94 positive 0 neutral 88 negative

Based on 182 Reddit mentions

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Sleep Tracking. Am I doing something wrong, or is this feature an actual joke?

I can tell you the GW8 sleep functions DO NOT WORK. Rest assured it's not you or wrist fitment/ tightness. It doesn't work. It's the software NOT the sensors for me. Download sleep for Android and you'll see the watch work all night. No gaps nada problem. I've reported this many times to Samsung til

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TouchMysterious514 in r/GalaxyWatch

February 8, 2026 6:59 PM

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Upgrading the 4. To what?

The Galaxy Watch 6 should be more than fine for you. I use my Galaxy Watch 6 Classic for simple sports tracking like jogging twice a week or basic home workouts, lots of AI stuff with Gemini, WhatsApp, Spotify, mobile payments, the heatlh functions, translations, or navigation with Google Maps… and

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No_Drawer_4950 in r/GalaxyWatch

November 24, 2025 3:27 PM

2

Need help to pick my first smart watch

I just bought the Galaxy Watch 8, specifically for the blood pressure sensing thing. Guess what feature isn't available if you don't have a Samsung smartphone? The blood pressure sensing thing. (And ECG.) And it's absolutely a pure software limitation: for the GW4 there are hacked APKs that make it

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kairiola- in r/WearOS

August 19, 2025 7:27 PM

2

VO2-max seems off

I have a GW8 (previously had an ultra) and it's the same thing here... Vo2 max provided in Samsung health is complete BS

nathanollw in r/galaxywatchultra

October 1, 2025 2:03 AM

2

I will forever love this

No u won't sadly...even i thought the same when I bought gw7 but after just 2 weeks I am selling it to get a older version of apple watch series 8 it is absolutely crap in terms of sleep / tracking runs/ tracking absolutely anything only good thing is looks other than that this watch is no better th

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Glittering-Fee-8669 in r/GalaxyWatch

March 21, 2026 3:46 PM

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Galaxy Watch8 is just marketing fluff – Watch7 was the real upgrade 💯

I was exited--maybe not the right word--intrigued may be better, about the AGE index that was announced when the watch 7 was announced. It turns out it's a generally-insightful-less metric and, at least for me, has never changed from "mediocre" for the entire time I've had my watch despite changes i

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cdegallo in r/GalaxyWatch

July 17, 2025 1:26 PM

1

Samsung health new features

Just got a new GW Ultra, everything running latest version. Trying to start the running test (part of running coach setup) from Samsung Health app on my phone. My error message has now changed to say I need a GW8 or newer to use this function. Last week it said it would work on GW7, Ultra or newer,

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Chrstein in r/GalaxyWatch

July 18, 2025 10:52 AM

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AoD Animation on PW3 vs GW8

The PW3 41 got me at least around 1.5 times the battery. Doesn't sound that much more, but in practical terms it is. I rarely finished the day below 30 percent independent of what I was doing. Sleep tracking, 1 workout (~at least 1 hour), all health features enabled, AoD on,...). I charge once a day

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HuffyFuffy in r/PixelWatch

July 30, 2025 10:28 AM

1

🌀 Samsung Health + Galaxy Watch + Galaxy Ring: weird behavior with automatic workouts and Health Connect confusion

I use both Galaxy ring and GW8. Samsung Health shows 3 different sleep data entries. I suspect even the galaxy phone collects sleep data. The app aggregates all 3 and sends to Welltory which then shows total sleep times of around 24 hours. If anyone has a suggestion please let me know.

Time-pass19 in r/GalaxyWatch

August 31, 2025 11:27 AM

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Why many people complain with heart rate accuricy during workout and should i get GT6 instead GW8

Thank you so much, OnePlus 3 is considered a good upgrade from OnePlus 2, but still not as accurate as Pixel 3 or Apple Watch. I don't use Google or Samsung Wallet; I just want good health monitoring and notifications. I like the GW8, but there are contradictory reviews on health monitoring. So, if

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AliXxps in r/GalaxyWatch

September 20, 2025 7:09 AM

1

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