Samsung Galaxy Watch 4: Complete Scientific Review
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- I tested the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 against a scientific sleep EEG device, and tested the Blood Pressure, SpO2, Heart Rate and Step Counting accuracy. Subscribe to my weekly Newsletter(!) on www.robterhorst.com
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Timestamps:
00:00 General intro
01:05 Galaxy Watch 4 Basic Info
02:22 Results: Sleep Test Setup
02:59 Results: Sleep Test Comparison
06:53 Results: Sleep Test Overview
08:40 Results: Waking Up/Falling Asleep
09:32 Results: Versus Other Devices
10:00 Results: Heart Rate Test Spinning
12:29 Results: Heart Rate Test Cycling
14:01 Results: Heart Rate Test Longboard
14:29 Results: Heart Rate Test Weights
16:02 Results: Blood Pressure Test
19:36 Results: Oxygen Saturation (SpO2)
21:51 Results: Step Test
22:54 Conclusions
23:37 Buy The Galaxy Watch 4?
24:15 Limitations
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Great job, you put to shame every tech reviewer.
Thanks Peter!!
I really hope You never run out of time and money to do those great reviews. Hope You get to 1M subs really fast 👍
Thanks Maurycy!
I hope he finally finds a watch that actually does what its supposed to do some day so I can buy that one.
@@MikeMurphChops lol definitely! I'm definitely finding myself extremely anxious in anticipation for the great reveal. I'm vacillating between my WITHINGS scan watch and throwing in the towel and purchasing the apple watch.
Nice and informative video, as usual.
I would be curious to see same level of analysis over one of those "no brand" devices that claim to do... Everything! Couple of names are the "FIYPO E80" or "BAKEEY E66". These claim to do blood pressure, ECG (and relevant AI analysis), sp02, body temperature...
I know these must be considered gimmicks but could not resist and got myself a E66 for 15euro... All measures do appear to be in the right ballpark but... That could be a easy thing when you have actually all "normal" values 😂
This said, i do understand this would imply a lot of work over, basically, a toy, but still remain curious as to how these actually work
@@TheQuantifiedScientist Could you check whether the newest update improved the Galaxy Watch 4 HR??
You worked hard for this right, cuz we requested it . Thank you very Very much, I've been there with you since beginning and will continue to share this wholesome content with my friends !
I appreciate that!
@@TheQuantifiedScientist you should try holding your breath to measure the spo2 at lower values
@@basselalkhoury7697 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am glad u didn't ask to kill anyone to measure spo2
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Amazfit gts 2 mini this time plz🤗🤗
so... at least, it displays the time correctly, right?
Thank you very much for all the effort and scientific rigor. The best review I have watched thus far.
Wow, thanks!
Samsung is releasing a new update today that supposedly will improve the HR measurement. It will would be nice to see whether it actually improved or not
Yeah! It's been almost two years since Rob made this video. A LOT of updates since then... Maybe some features improved!
Have been waiting for this! Hope Samsung sees this and responds with updates!
I think a probably reason why the watch misses the heart peaks could be the sensors sampling frequency which might be to low to detect more of the peaks. But the higher sampling freq. would cause more battery consumption. Maybe they do some interpolation, that could explain why the signals signature is detected good and only the peaks are not right in amplitude
We should donate to this guy some of the money we save thanks to his honest reviews.
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One of the most informative and interesting reviews I've seen so far. Thank you.
I knew it! The sleep tracking sucks!!! Thank you for your honest review!
I have an active 2 and it is also bad in tracking deep sleep. My deep sleep can vary between 15 and 0 minutes which is kinda impossible.
@@quiCksilvieZzz how good is the apple watch for sleep?
@@gunzforarmz I wouldn't know, I've never used one.
I was wondering why I always get so little deep sleep....
@@gunzforarmz I think apple watch doesn't track different sleep stages.
I don't usually leave comments on youtube vidéos but I gotta your reviews are a work of art, a truly scientific unbiased data that actually provide us viewers with the answers we seek. I cannot to thank you enough for the dedicated and detailed hard work you've done, you've got a new subscriber/fan in me for sure and I can already predict a continuous growth and success of your channel.
With all of that being said I do wish you reviewed the rest of the sensors, namely the ECG and body composition. Another wish of mine is a quick look of the results after a major software update like the one recently released by Samsung.
Until then I am gonna go ahead and enjoy the rest of your reviews, keep up the good work.
Cheers.
Great effort and presentation. Loved it from start to finish. I didn’t even need you to include a conclusion section because I nearly watched the whole thing. Glad I found your video.
This man is doing a great job in reviewing the accuracy of smart watches. Thank you very much!
You are the best! May you be blessed with millions of reviews! Love your research🤩
This is what I've been waiting for
Edit: good thing I didn't buy the watch before watching this review. Thank you!! 🙏🏿
Me too
I can't wait to buy it, but I regret it😥
As an owner since launch, I'd 100% not recommend buying this watch at all until software updates fix many of the issues currently with it.
@@LaurenceGough And it still has to be seen when they will do this update and if the measurements will really be reliable.
@@LaurenceGough Are you on Reddit as well? I'd like to know more.
Excellent review! You both speak slow,and clearly enough to enjoy. I usually skip these because it is hard to listen to . Great job !
Ok I'm gonna stray away from the topic at hand since I'm very thrilled to see statistical stuff being applied in real-life. I've learned statistics last sem but failed to understand its importance. Now I've finally known the importance of ANOVA, regression,etc. All thanks to you! I hope you will continue updating this review several months later after a possible software update that addresses the inaccuracies of the sensors, if possible. Keep up the good work!
First time I've watched your review. Amazing. The sheer quality is amazing. Keep up the amazing content bro.
Incredibly helpful analysis and review! Thank you! First time I've watched one of your videos, but it won't be the last!
Thank you for reviewing this watch, I really appreciate it. Please continue posting other devices for us to choose better purchase decisions.
FANTASTIC video. It's GOLD. Really appreciate the quality of your analysis and the amount of time you invested in conducting this analysis and creating this video. Truly AMAZING and soooooooo appreciated. Keep up the GREAT work and THANK YOU!!!! You my thumbs up and subscription.
This was pretty quick, I thought it would take at least 3 months. Thank you for all that you do.
Wow insane dedication! This is so thorough thank you for this, especially the sleep accuracy as I have the watch 4 classic and im dubious of the sleep accuracy. It never records after I wake up to pee. Super annoying
I wish you a million folllowers! You deserve it bro
First video i ever watched on your channel, but it was so good that i knew i would subscribe even without you having to ask me for it at some point during the video (which was also a couple seconds only, that is also to be appreciated!)
I was really looking forward to your in depth review. Thank you for being so thorough. Love your video's, thank you 😊
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Thanks so much Tim 🙏
Holy cow!
I just found your channel.....I LOVE this.
thank you.
the phrase " I don't want to waste your time" just made me subscribe. Damn, so good to hear this in youtube, specially in scientific/comparison videos.
Keep up the good work. Loved the review
Will we see Fitbit Charge 5 tests soon, cause I am very interested if they made it accurately? Thanks for over 2 years of hard work Rob. Your experiments and accuracy tests are really appreciated in the "any kind of workout people" society. In the beginning I was really sceptical about bands, rings and watches accurately measuring heart rate and sleep stages only from wrist or finger readout, but you proved me wrong (just in some cases :D ). I bought Fitbit Charge 4 and improved my overall workout cause of you and your tests data and I thank you for that one more time.
What a great channel, thank you so much for your professionalism!
Thank you for empirical data! You are also very efficient with your presentations. I am a new subscriber.🤩
First time I see one of your videos. Subscribed immediately. Great job. I love how you scientifically test the device. Clearly, if you want accuracy is better to buy separate devices. Thanks.
Amazing how Fitbit is still the best sleep tracker even with the newer competition! Thanks for doing the tests!
It's extraordinary that Samsung or many other manufacturers can list sleep tracking as a feature when it's very poor accuracy. No accountability.
All of those functions are gimmicks. Not meant for accurate health tests
I rely on the phone to detect sleep tracking for me it's more accurate
I find the sleep tracking pretty accurate in terms of timing. As far as the stages are concerned, no real idea.. though I can definitely correlate my grogginess from a bad sleep to my current sleep score. Some times I get 8 hours of restless sleep and get a low sleep score and I feel like crap in the morning and inversely a 6 hour sleep with a high sleep score I wake up feeling great. I realize this is not terribly scientific but I do feel it's pretty accurate. I do also have the latest update, so who knows. The heart rate is really the only other thing I would care about. The other things are just gimmicks but it's nice to know while not entirely accurate, they're accurate enough to measure a problem. Overall for my unscientific purposes I enjoy the watch's functionality. I wonder if redoing some tests with the new software would yield different results.
Really? I find it bad. It says I continued to sleep even I after woke up but stayed inactive
@@rahulmadhusudhanan210 Which is same as you slept
@@user-nj1kt3vl5c BS. Do you mean to say the benefits of sleep is the same as sitting idle.
Easily one of the best Tech channels on YT. You deserve a whole lot more views and subs my friend 👏👏👏
The location on the body of the various sensor devices vs the galaxy watch 4 should be taken into consideration. For example the watch may detected more wake time being worn on the wrist vs the Zmax EEG since your hand have more range of movement vs the head.
Bro, really great review. So so so great. Appreciate that. I was finding this time of video from past 2 days. And found now
Found your channel looking for an unbiased review of a fitness tracker and I'm impressed by your extensive testing and researches. Most other channels just list what's on paper and not actual results. Subbed for sure
Great work brother..
I hope most of the issues, inconsistencies gets resolved through updates.
Wow, finally found ur channel. This is exactly what I was looking for.
Your reviews are always really good!
Just discovered your channel. Im loving your content.
Great review! Keep up with the good work and greetings from Italy!
Quickly becoming the only channel I trust for accuracy. Please do a tic watch pro 3 test
Great review as always
Watched, liked, and subscribed. Because your efforts need to be appreciated. Thank you.
Very well done video. Keep up the excellent work!
Thank you for the in-depth review. Like others here I was really hoping to get the GW4 but now will be putting that on hold to see what else is coming out. Fitbit Charge 5 is the next on my list as it also has ECG. Will you be re-looking at the GW4 if a firmware updates comes out that claims to fix most of these short-comings? Also any chance of ECG testing?
Thank you for this amazing work, congratulations 👏👏👏
Since I found your Chanel, I stopped to watch other with similar topic. Your is reliable and worth of trust. I bought Apple Watch but still I follow your test.
I appreciate that Marcin!😊
Fantastic video. Cheers!
Just one side note... It's been two years since Rob made this video.
Samsung released a LOT of updates since then... Maybe some features improved!?
I love how scientific and thorough you are. Thank you very much for the great content 👍
Please test Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 3 GPS 😘
P. S. A simple, but yet very relevant & important thing you should always do for all tests, is to tell us what firmware version the devices you are testing are running 😉
Excellent video brother! Am sure by watching this great video of yours, you are super star post doctoral student👍👍very objective tests with scientific approach and statistical analysis 👍
Great video, thank you so much! Hope Samsung sees this and updates the algorithms. Also, could you please do an update video with the accuracy of the body composition sensor on the watch?
Thanks for putting in the time to make this video! ugh its tough to see samsung smartwatches fall so far behind. I like the appearance of the device, but I guess this year isnt the one for accuracy again. I bought the fitbit inspire 2 early this year and will be holding on to it until something better comes along for android.
Thanks for the video. Amazing work!!
Instant sub, very good analysis.
Too much appreciation for this video mate 👍. I can see you have put lot of work to make this video.
I have Fossil Gen 4 & 5 and now ordered GW4. One thing I want to say smartwatch are not health tracker only. It has other functions related to smartphone i.e. Notification, calls, different type of tethering etc. So it must have limit to do all such health related functions and smartphone function together. We should be glad that tiny device is giving us so much.
Well you got new subscriber just because of this video (first video 😁).
Cheers 🤘🤘
Why you have ao many smartwatches 😅
@@samjam6989 Hahaha.. like to see what's in new generation 🤣
Excelente review. The best I have seen. measuring heart rate and blood pressure exercising was the best
This was an awesome review!!! I'm definitely subscribing 😎
Thank you very much! You deserve a million subs!
Thank you for this Rob. I bought the watch despite your not having tested it. I suspected sensor galore, more than ultimate accuracy. Hopefully performance will improve with updates. In addition there are third party sleep tracking alternatives, Would be interesting to see if they do any better than the native one.
I am having the same kind of sleep readings on my Sam Watch 4 with almost no deep sleep even though my Sam Gear Fit 2 shows me as motionless for most of the night. I am actually glad to see your similar findings since I have A-Fib that I thought was the culprit. I did not know the 4 should take BP. I can run an ECG, but nothing comes up for BP on the Sam Health Monitor APP. Maybe because I still have a Sam Galaxy S8+ for phone. Thank you so much for the review!
very awesome video concept dude! really informative video :)
You have worked soo hard for these tests. Hats off man💯
Thanks a ton
Thank God for your review! I was planning to buy the Galaxy watch 4 solely because I was sold on their sleep tracking from watching their ads. So glad I found your video and read other's comments here 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I was thinking about buying it these days since I am not really satisfied with my activity tracker wristband and then i bumped into your review. Amazing work!
Happy to help Tasos!😊
Me too. He just saved me more money than switching to Geico.
Thanks for your great review. It really helps a lot.
After the first couple of weeks I also stopped using my watch to track my sleep data. It looked way off and not accurate. I do find the Watch 4 to be more accurate for running than the Active 2 though. Overall, I like the Watch 4 a lot but not for sleep tracking.
Rob, I'm living Iran. I don't have sufficient money to buy this device but I have polar h10 chest strap, this review actually made me happy that I didn't miss any valuable thing.
Galaxy watches are really great for smartwatch use only like phone calls, text, alarm, spotify music player, GPS, mobile payments which probably is not available in iran for galaxy watches. Other than that, the only good thing might be step counting and heart rate, the rest of the other measurements are inaccurate.
Good work, very useful information.
thank you! your analysis saved me a lot of money :) I'll wait for the next generation maybe they'll get it right then!
Kudos, for the amount of work you put into this.
Thanks for the info! Hope for Fitbit Charge 5 soon 😊
Wow. That's great. The watch4 did amazing. You need to take a step back and look at your graph comparisons. Truly amazing. I find it hilarious you treat these findings against an EEG and are critical of your recreational electronic.
Great content. Thank you!
What kind of night vision camera do you use?
Amazing that this content is free. Top notch!
Great as always
Worth Subscribing, thank you for the effort.
Thanks for the honest and hard work
Even if you don't use all the features, the watch is VERY stylish, especially with the interchangeable bands
Awesome work 👏 thank you for the amazing well researched content
Thanks so much for the compliments! Hopefully I can continue to make these videos!
Great detailed video!!!!
Thanks for this. I am seriously considering buying the galaxy watch 4 for its health monitoring function. But as I have seen from the several reviews I have watched and finally your review, at least now I can tell or decide that buying this watch for its health functions is not a wise move. I'd probably stick for now with my Amazfit T-Rex which still fits my requirement and style.
Awesome work 👍
Big fan of your reviews. Thank you for doing this regularly. You are amazing. I had a request though. Could you please do the review using Google Fit on the Galaxy Smartwatches now that Fit is available on them? I know Google Fit doesn't do Sleep tracking but would love to see if it improves on the heart rate tracking accuracy over Samsung health?
Is it possible for you to rank all your tested watches with average scores? I love how detailed you are, but after finding one watch that has one particularly good attribute, its tough to then understand if it greatly lacks in other areas compared to the others
I second this! Tier lists are a very popular format. Would definitely help you get the visibility you deserve!
None is accurate, get a headband.
@@samygold100 a headband? really? headband?
@@bull5919
Yes, headbabds are the most accurate sleep tracker, wrist bands are a joke!
Maybe you could strap the watch to your forehead somehow, and see if that works better.
Thanks for this insightful review !
You're very welcome Jenny!
Rob you are a star! Have been debating between a new Samsung or old classy GT2 Pro and just ordered titanium which seems to perform way better by your videos ! Can't thank you enough!
Love these reviews
amazing analysis!
Thank you so much for doing this! Please keep at it! You have and will help a lot of use out their! :) Kudos!
Thank you, these reviews are highly appreciated! I am looking forward to your new Apple Watch review when it comes out.
I always love seeing that Panama Wedding vinyl record of their EP Parallel Play in the background! ❤️
I was amazed to find that a channel like yours exist man. Is there any reason why you didn't cover the body composition feature of this watch? Thanks anyway for the work you put in these videos, they are so helpful!
Hi Thomas! Thanks! I did not feel I had a good way of testing it, so I did not want to make any claims I could not back up :-D. I am thinking of what I can do though
@@TheQuantifiedScientist I see, that makes sense. Very curious to see what you'll figure out as to measuring this metric (which i think Samsung is the only one to provide directly on a watch today). Thanks for taking the time to reply. :)
Wonderful analysis! Thank You for video! Is it difficult to sync timeseries coming from different devices? I assume You did this in R?