Active 2 tutorial?

[scrondar]

I've owned this watch for a couple of months now, and while I like enough to know it's a keeper, I also feel that I am not getting full use from it. I have poked around it as much as I can, but honestly, I don't even know how to start a workout with it; when I go for a walk, it alerts me to the fact that I'm walking, and finally when I have stopped. Right now it's pretty much functioning as a, errr, watch and alarm clock. So, can someone point me to a resource that can show me what else I can do with it and how to do it? Many thanks.

 

[maj71303]

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...uct%2Fgalaxy-watch-active2-lte&token=JgdjrxpT

That link will get you the product guides and help you understand the functions of the watch. Most of the functions are the same across the LTE / BLUETOOTH models.

 

[scrondar]

Thanks, just what I needed. This brings me to one question: what is the little watch icon that appears at the top of the screen? I can't find any reference to it in the manual, and it shows up often. Oh, and I do not get the Samsung Health icon (the multicolored triangle) at all. I see that it shows three calculations, which I assume are from my last activity, but the phone app seems a lot more intuitive.

 

[amyf27]

Is there any way to get the heart rate info from this watch to show up on your phone

 

[msm0511]

Thanks, just what I needed. This brings me to one question: what is the little watch icon that appears at the top of the screen? I can't find any reference to it in the manual, and it shows up often. Oh, and I do not get the Samsung Health icon (the multicolored triangle) at all. I see that it shows three calculations, which I assume are from my last activity, but the phone app seems a lot more intuitive.

The watch icon if it's what I think you're referring to means you're too far away from your phone, and you've lost bluetooth connection.

 

[msm0511]

Is there any way to get the heart rate info from this watch to show up on your phone

Does it not show in your Samsung Health app?

 

[amyf27]

I haven't tried that I wanted it to display on the phone screen during workouts on my road bike

 

[msm0511]

I haven't tried that I wanted it to display on the phone screen during workouts on my road bike

Yeah, I know the widget for Samsung Health only shows steps.Might be a 3rd party app available.

 

[swebb]

On your phone using the Galaxy Wear app, there is a section for Wigets. There is a dedicated widget for "samsung health-heart rate". Add that and you'll have your heart rate on the watch as a widget when you swipe to the left. It probably won't make it show on the workout app if that's what you're looking for. Now you may have to enable continuous heart rate monitoring to get the info you want. This will seriously cut into your battery life. You'll probably have to charge every night.

 

[scrondar]

Thanks. I kinda figured that, but I just wanted to verify.