Galaxy watch MASTER

What the heck is that blue musical note icon   anyway? If you’re confused about what that icon is and why it keeps appearing and blocking parts of your watch face, you are not alone. Believe it or not, this icon is meant to help you quickly access the app that’s playing at the time. Samsung calls these icons  ongoing   icon notifications  and the idea is that the icon shows up at the bottom of your watch’s screen and watch face to allow you one-touch access to the important apps that currently run on your watch, like music apps. Unfortunately, these ongoing icons often cause more trouble than convenience by blocking important parts of your screen or your watch face’s complications and other important data. Plus, the icons can sometimes get stuck at the bottom even after you stop using any music or video apps on your watch or phone. Although most people complain about the blue musical note, there are actually a bunch of other apps that also push an ongo...

Turn on snore detection Samsung has included a few new features geared around offering a richer sleep tracking experience. That includes monitoring blood oxygen levels and the ability to detect when you've been snoring during sleep too. You might find you'll need to turn these additional features on first to start tracking them. Here's how to turn on snore detection: Go to the Samsung Health app and then select Settings. Tap Measurement and then select Snore detection. Source : wareable.com

Set up an animated emoji to quickly show you pending notifications on your watch If you pair it with a Samsung phone, this is a pretty cool feature on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. An animated and personal emoji shows up when you have pending notifications on your watch.   If you don’t have a Samsung phone, you can use two default generic AR emojis–one female and one male. To add an AR emoji to your watch face settings in the Wearable app, tap  Watch faces settings  and choose the  AR Emojis watch face . To use this feature, your Samsung phone needs to support the AR Zone feature so that you can create an AR-type photo of yourself to make that emoji. Find this feature in the camera app and slide to the right under ‘ More .’ Choose the AR emoji camera tool, tap  Create My Emoji , and follow the steps to create your own unique AR emoji! Once you set up an AR Emoji, it automatically syncs up to your watch, and you can  customize  it in the We...

Don’t pair with a Samsung phone but want a watch face with personalized emoji? If you don’t use a Samsung device with your Galaxy watch, you can create a Bitmoji watch face instead. You need to install Bitmoji and sign in to your Bitmoji account to create a Bitmoji watch face.     Source : myhealthyapple.com

Wake up Watch automatically with an incoming Notification You can customize your watch to wake up automatically when a notification arrives on your watch. Open  Wearable app  on your phone. Go to  Watch Settings > Notifications > Advanced Notification Settings . Enable  Turn on Screen  here. Once this is ON, your watch automatically wakes up when a notification is delivered on your watch.     Source : myhealthyapple.com

Can’t find your Galaxy watch? Using the Galaxy Wearable app, you can also locate a misplaced watch.   Open the Galaxy Wearable app on your phone. Open  Find My Watch. Tap  Start. Your watch lights up and plays sounds. To turn it off, tap  Stop  on your phone or tap the  X icon  on the watch.     Source : myhealthyapple.com

Do Not Disturb The most commonly used mode on the smartwatch is perhaps the DND or  Do-Not-Disturb mode .   This mode helps you block out notifications for the time block you have enabled so that you can focus on the task at hand. The easiest way is to swipe down on the watch face to access the Quick settings panel and tap on the circle with the  minus sign (-)  to put the watch on DND mode. You can also access this from  Settings > Notifications > Do Not Disturb  on the watch.     Source : myhealthyapple.com

Bedtime Mode Bedtime Mode  (Goodnight mode on older models) mutes everything on your watch except for alarms and notifications. Plus, it keeps the screen off and mutes all sounds.    Access Bedtime/Goodnight mode from the Quick settings panel pull-down screen menu. This can also be accessed from Settings. From Advanced, tap Bedtime mode and schedule your bedtime mode from here.     Source : myhealthyapple.com

Theater Mode Are you heading into a meeting? Put your watch into Theater mode.  Theater Mode  on a smartwatch switches off your display and disables all sounds. Access this feature from your watch’s Quick settings panel. The default duration is 2 hours, but you can change this from 1-4 total hours. You can also enable  Theatre mode  from Advanced features on the regular Settings.     Source : myhealthyapple.com

Airplane Mode Access  Airplane mode  from your watch’s Quick settings panel. Swipe down from the top of the watch, and tap on AirPlane mode.   Or go to  Settings > Connections > Airplane mode  and turn it on or off.     Source : myhealthyapple.com  

Power Savings Mode This mode turns off all functions except calls, notifications, and messages and shows you a grayscale Home screen. It also disables all Wi-Fi and cellular mobile networks and limits what the watch can do (its features and functions are stripped down.) To enable or disable Power Saving mode, open the Quick settings panel and tap the Battery icon to turn it on or off. Or turn on Power Saving mode from  Settings > Battery > Power mode > Power Saving .     Source : myhealthyapple.com  

Use Smart Typing for easy watch communications From Settings, tap on  General > Input > Keyboard List and default  and tap a keyboard to change and customize its smart typing options.   Options include predictive text, auto spacing, capitalization, adding periods on a double-tap, removing sound and vibrate function when typing, and reset the keyboard or erase personalized data.   Source : myhealthyapple.com  

Set up SOS messages for Fall Detection Open the Galaxy Wearable app and tap  Watch settings > Advanced features > SOS . Or from the Settings menu on the watch, go to Settings, tap Advanced features > SOS to customize. Tap options for SOS messages. When the Home key is pressed 3 times : Press the Home key quickly 3 times to send an SOS message. When hard fall detected : Makes an SOS call and sends an SOS message when a hard fall is detected.   Use the Wearable app  to set your emergency contacts for sending SOS messages to and making SOS calls. You can only set these contact on your phone, not your watch.   Source : myhealthyapple.com  

Check your storage Check  A vailable Storage  on your Galaxy Watch 4 by going to  Settings > About Watch > Storage . It’s an important setting if you use music as it tends to fill up the storage pretty fast.   Source : myhealthyapple.com

Charge your watch using your phone! Wireless Powershare  for charging your Galaxy watch 4 using your mobile phone is available only when you pair with a supported Samsung Galaxy phone.   When you wirelessly charge your watch, some features are not available while sharing power.  Your phone must have at least a 30% charge available to share its power with your watch. Remove any thick cases from your phone and watch. Wireless PowerShare may not work through wide cases. Open your phone’s Quick Settings and tap the  Wireless   PowerShare  icon. If you don’t see it, choose the  More button  (the three vertical dots,) tap Edit, and see if it’s hidden. Place your Samsung phone face down, then put the watch on the back of the phone to charge. You’ll hear or feel a notification sound or vibration when the devices connect and charging starts. During charging,  do not move or use  either your phone or your watch. Source : myhealthyapple.c...

REARRANGE APPS One of the biggest changes in the Galaxy Watch 4 is the app arrangement. While previously all the apps would be arranged in a circle, now they are arranged in a hexagonal list. And the default arrangement may make it a tad difficult for you to locate the apps, especially if you are in a hurry. Thankfully, it doesn’t take long to re-arrange them as per your choice. All you need to tap and hold an app and drag it to the place of your choice. Cool, right? Do that for all the important apps and you will have an efficient app launcher in a short while.  Source : guidingtech.com

 BRING ALL IMPORTANT COMPLICATIONS FORWARD Like its predecessors, the Galaxy Watch 4 lets you play around with the watch faces. You can select from a minimal watch face or an activity-focused watch face. The best part is that you can customize these watch faces further and bring your favorite complications to the table. For instance, if you want the AQI, Barometer, and Step counter to show up on the home screen instead of Breathe and Sleep complications, you can do so. To customize the watch face on your Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, long-press on the watch face to go into Edit > Customize. Once done, tap on each of the complication spots, and pick one as per your preference. Source : guidingtech.com

 MODIFY NOTIFICATIONS The smartwatch is an extension of your smartphone, which means that your wrist will vibrate each time you receive an email, message, or any random notification on your phone. And at times, such situations can be a major distraction. Again at the same time, you can’t miss out on the important ones either. Thankfully, the Galaxy Watch 4 lets you choose the apps you wish to be notified about. To make the changes, open the Galaxy Wearable app on your smartphone, tap on Notifications. And well, you already know the rest of the story. Pro Tip: You can also choose to show notifications from the newly installed apps on your smartphone. Head over to Notifications > Advanced Notification Settings, and toggle the switch next to ‘Turn on for new apps’. Source : guidingtech.com

 SYNC AND SEND SONGS AND MUSIC TRACKS The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 lets you transfer a bunch of offline tracks from your smartphone to your smartwatch. So that when the time comes, you can connect your wireless earbuds directly to the watch and listen to your favorite tracks. To do so, head over to the Manage Content tab and select Add tracks. Once done, select the tracks and hit the Done button. Source : guidingtech.com

 TAILOR QUICK SETTINGS AS PER YOUR NEEDS The Quick Settings or the Quick Panel on the Galaxy Watch 4 lets you go about your job quickly. Just pull down the panel and tap on the button of your choice, and the mode will be activated/deactivated. However, the shortcut goes for a toss if you can’t access the important tools in an instant. That’s when the Edit panel comes into the picture. To edit the Quick Panel, open the companion app and tap on the Quick Panel button. Tap on the Minus sign for the functions you don’t need. Once done, re-arrange the tiles as per your liking. Source : guidingtech.com

 ENABLE AUTOMATIC LOCATION DETECTION The Galaxy Watch 4 comes with automatic exercise detection for walking, running, swimming, etc. Once the watch detects that you are exercising for a fixed period, it will log in all the details. However, the watch doesn’t have automatic location detection enabled by default since switching on GPS at all times can hog battery life. But if you go for walks and runs outdoors, it’s wise to enable Location Detection. This way, it’s easy to track the run, the miles you have run, and the calories you have burned, among others. To enable Location Detection, open Settings > Samsung Health on your smartwatch and choose Auto to detect workouts. Next, scroll down until you see the option for Record Location, and toggle the switch next to it. Source : guidingtech.com

 How do you like the idea of answering your phones by shaking your wrist? Futuristic, maybe? With the Galaxy Watch 4, you can enable gestures to answer and reject calls by shaking your wrist. Open the Wearable app on your phone to activate gesture control, navigate to Watch settings > Advanced settings > Gestures, and toggle the buttons for both options. At the same time, you can tap on the options to see the correct way of shaking your wrists. Source : guidingtech.com

EDIT QUICK RESPONSES The watch lets you send a couple of set responses when you receive messages and texts. The default messages are generally in the tune of Yes, No, Thanks, etc. If you are used to sending slightly longer responses, then you might want to add new ones. For now, the system lets you add 30 characters in one message. So, you will have to be creative about what to add. To add new Quick Responses, go to Watch settings > General > Quick Responses, on your phone. Next, scroll down the page until you see the button for Add response. Source : guidingtech.com

Walkie Talkie Similar to Apple Watches, Samsung has introduced the Walkie Talkie feature on their Galaxy Watch 4. With this feature, two people holding Galaxy Watch 4 can communicate with each other. It is like having an instant conversation as if using a Walkie Talkie.   The watch doesn’t have this feature right out of the box. To get Walkie Talkie, install Samsung’s official Walkie Talkie app, released specially for Galaxy Watch 4 & Watch 4 Classic users. Once installed, it is recommended to pair the watch with your smartphone. On pairing, you will be able to invite contacts and people nearby. Tapping on people nearby creates a Walkie Talkie channel. Then, it shows you a code to share with people nearby who wants to join.   Overall, an awesome feature, but at the same time, both you and your partner need to own a Galaxy Watch 4.

Remapping Keys The Galaxy Watch 4 comes with two buttons present on the right side of the watch. The first one is the home button, single tapping navigates you to the home and double-tapping takes you to the most recent app. The second key is the back button for navigating to the previous screen   Well, remapping keys allows setting custom tasks of your choice. To add custom tasks,  Go to Settings > Advanced features > Customize Keys . On customize keys option, you can set custom actions to trigger on-button interaction. For example, you can open up any app shortcut, Wake up Bixby, power off the menu, navigate the previous screen, show recent apps, and more.

Optimize Animation Speed With the power of Wear OS, you can now optimize the speed of touchscreen response and make it much snappier. But, this feature is hidden inside the most powerful chamber called  developer mode . Developer mode is like a chamber with many hidden cool stuff in it. However, the developer mode itself is hidden from the user. To enable developer mode,  Go to Settings > Tap on About Watch > Software > Tap multiple times on Software version to unlock. Once developer mode is enabled,  Go to Settings > Developer Options > Scroll down to find Window Animation Scale > Choose 0.5x Animation Scale . The 0.5x animation scale is much snappier than the default 1x animation scale.

Enable Qwerty Keyboard Galaxy Watch 4 still comes with a default T9 style keyboard. It is an old-school type keyboard that used to be supported by old keypad devices. However, devices with T9 style keyboard has become obsolete. We don’t know, why Samsung is using the old T9 style keypads to date. I personally hate this style as it creates difficulty in typing. Thankfully, Google play support lets you get rid of the old-school keypad by replacing it with a qwerty keypad called Gboard. You can finally install the  Gboard application  from the play store.   To change your default keyboard type,  Go to Settings > General > Input > Keyboard List > Tap on Default keyboard and choose Gboard .

Install Wide Variety of Apps With Galaxy Watch 4, now you have access to a wide collection of apps on Google Play, thanks to Wear OS by Google. Wear OS support enable you to install popular apps such as Runkeeper, Google Maps, Spotify, AccuWeather, Google Pay, and more. Support of these apps will encourage you to use your watch often. To install apps of your choice,  Go to Menu > Select Google Playstore > Search for particular apps or browse through the best recommendations .

Gesture Call Operation Like previous Galaxy Watch models, answering and rejecting calls from Galaxy Watch 4 is possible. It is pretty convenient because it reduces the effort and saves time answering a call while on a busy work schedule. What makes it more convenient is using gestures to handle call operations. With hand gestures, you can answer calls in seconds.  How cool is that? Answer Call with Wrist Gesture To enable Gesture for answering calls,  Go to Settings > Advanced Features > Gestures > Select ‘Answer Calls’ > Enable . Now on shaking your arm twice, bending at the elbow can answer calls. To enable Gesture for rejecting calls,  Go to Settings > Advanced Features > Gestures > Dismiss alerts and calls > Enable . Now on rotating your wrist twice, it will dismiss calls or alarms.

Optimize Vibration Alerts The default vibration for notifications might not make you notice them. There are high chances for you to miss notification alerts. Thankfully, you can increase the intensity of vibration. To do this, Go to  Settings > Sounds & Vibration > Vibration > Set Vibration Intensity to “Strong” . Keep in mind that this setting increases battery consumption, especially on getting tons of notifications.

Screenshot on a Samsung Watch Want to learn how to take screenshots from your Samsung Watch? Follow the below guide for step by step instructions on capturing a screenshot from your watch and successfully transferring to your connected Smartphone. If you haven't already paired your Galaxy watch to your mobile, check out guide Pair a device with the Galaxy Wearable app for step-by-step instructions. Please Note:  This guide is designed for Australian variant devices, if you have an international device and require further assistance click here to reach out to your Samsung Subsidiary. 1 Press and hold the  Home button  and swipe your finger from the left to right of the screen. 2 Once you've captured the screenshot, head into your  Gallery  app 3 Tap on your recently captured screenshot 4 Select the  5 Tap on  Send to phone 6 Allow the image to successfull...