Upgrade from Watch 5 to…

04/09/2023 16:14

I bought a Samsung Watch 5 earlier this year as I had started going to the gym and generally trying to be more active. I found out quite chunky, so when I saw the Watch 6 was a lot thinner I had to give it a go!

It is indeed thinner, and the screen is bigger without the watch being any larger. I was disappointed that I didn't have the choice of the 40mm watch in silver, but maybe this will come in time.

I like that you can now view your sleep cycles on the watch rather than having to look at the phone. I find the step count pretty reliable, and I love logging the different exercises I do by just clicking the work out complication that I've added to my watch front screen. I have chosen the watch face that can show a lot of info at once glance, e.g. step count, next calender appointment (it is synced to my Google calendar), weather, workouts and heart rate.

I do however find that the heart rate drops out a lot more than the Watch 5 did, not sure why.

Overall I love it, but I'm not sure I could justify the upgrade from a Watch 5 to a 6 as there aren't that many extra features.