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at your fingertips, including steps, blood oxygen (Sp02), sleep, and stress levels. Workouts are also personalised based on the shape you’re in and the goals you want to achieve – and include rest and recovery coaching. A cool auto-detect feature for certain modes will track your workout from the very first step, and prompt you when it’s time to take a breather and rehydrate. We particularly love the unique 3-in-1 BioActive Sensor that maintains close skin contact for more accurate electrocardiogram results and monitoring of heart rate and body composition, as well as the inbuilt fall detection alert that notifies an emergency contact should you take a tumble while on the run. Sleep scoring and coaching A good night’s rest is vital for good health and wellbeing, but are you getting

5 THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT THE SAMSUNG GALAXY WATCH5 The Samsung GalaxyWatch5 boasts an innovative and holistic approach to fitness and wellbeing, with a suite of advanced tracking features that help you maintain a healthy body and mind. More than just a smartwatch, it’s a personal coach on your wrist! Words Bec Summer

enough quality sleep? The Watch5’s advanced sleep tracker learns your

sleeping patterns and routines and assigns a score based on the quality of your

kip. You can also delve into more

detailed insights like blood oxygen levels and snoring patterns via the

Samsung Health app. And after you’ve slept with the watch on for at least a week you’ll get personal sleep coaching based on the data collected, and a tailored program to follow for four to five weeks. All the right connections When it comes to health data collection and further functionality, the Watch5 and a Samsung smartphone is a perfect match. Wear OS puts a galaxy of Google apps and a voice assistant on your wrist, and what we really love is that you can now also use your Watch5 to conveniently control smart home devices in the SmartThings ecosystem.

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Staying power High-powered workouts require a battery that can stay the distance, and the Watch5 will last for up to 40 hours on a full charge – that’s ten hours more than its predecessor, the Watch4. And if the battery is low at the end of the day, a fast eight-minute charge will give you eight hours of power for all-night sleep tracking.

planning a family, its ability to forecast fertility windows and ovulation days lets you predict when the time is right for an early night. Simply activate the women’s health feature in the Samsung Health app on your smartphone to access it on the Watch5. The personal touch

If you’ve left for the morning run or workout without your phone, worry no more. Galaxy Watch5 LTE models are equipped with an eSim that connects to your phone’s mobile network, giving you the freedom to make and take calls and messages directly from the watch without the need for smartphone pairing. You can also stream playlists and access Google apps.

LTE can be easily enabled using the Galaxy Wearable app by accessing the watch settings and your mobile plan. However, you’ll first need to set up an active LTE plan with your carrier.

Equipped with advanced and comprehensive health and wellbeing tracking features, the Watch5 gets to know your body and mind to provide personalised feedback and analysis of your overall wellbeing. All the essential fitness-tracking features are right

The Galaxy Glow An integrated and advanced women’s health tool, Glow tracks the menstrual cycle and collates daily data into a cycle history for better menstrual health insight and management. And if you’re

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