It’s a vanilla update.
The Watch 5 is still better with a Samsung phone, but you have more options than last year., and you’d need a half-dozen third-party apps to replicate all the wellness and fitness features of Samsung Health on a non-Samsung phone. Samsung Pay is also hardcoded as a shortcut when you long-press the back button — and there doesn’t seem to be a way to reprogram it to launch Google Wallet instead.
There’s an improved 3-in-1 BioActive sensor and an infrared temperature sensor that doesn’t do much yet. You can see the curve better here. Top to bottom: Galaxy Watch 5, Galaxy Watch 4, Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. Battery life was a major pain point for users of the Watch 4, and Samsung made a point of increasing battery size on the Watch 5. I never managed more than 20 hours with the Watch 4, The numbers I’ve heard from readers over the past year ranged from well under 20 to nearly 40. I frankly don’t think 24 hours on a flagship smartwatch. But several of you asked if the battery life on the Watch 5 was worth upgrading for, so here’s a snapshot of my battery testing this past week.
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