Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Watch9 is nice, with lots of helpful biometric measures like steps, oxygen saturation, heart rate, etc. The LTE model means I can get calls and texts without having my smartphone with me. The battery lasts a full day. You do need to make sure you get the LTE version AND actually activate the mobile phone plan with your cell provider (after you get the Watch9 set up). All the initial configuration starts in the Samsung WEAR app. My provider charges about $10 extra per month for the LTE/mobile phone feature to work on the watch. Without LTE activation, calls and texts will still ring through to your Watch9 as long as your smartphone is nearby, like in your pocket or purse. I do recommend buying the LTE version and going through the activation with your cell provider if you're able to afford the monthly expense. I really like being able to leave my smartphone behind (or knowing I can ring my phone from my Watch9 when I inevitably misplace it). I recently upgraded from the Watch8 to the Watch9 because I wanted to activate my old Watch8 as a standalone phone for my tween. Either the Watch8 or Watch9 is good for the tween stage when a kid might need calling, texting and GPS, but a full-sized smartphone feels like overkill. Family and friends can call my tween's Galaxy Watch and it's right there on his wrist. So yes!, if you were wondering whether the Galaxy Watch has the technical capability to be locked down with parental controls for a child, it absolutely does, using Google Family Link. You gotta have plenty of patience to get it set up initially though. The parent/child set up wil require usernames & passwords to be set up as family groups for BOTH Samsung and Google/Family Link (that's 4 different users plus setting up two different family groups). One note of caution: make sure the child's demographic information matches exactly between the Samsung and Google Family group accounts (no nicknames, no date-of-birth discrepancy, exact match only). It was a mess trying to work out a small DOB discrepancy on my child's accounts between Samsung, Google and Verizon. Trust me, you absolutely do not want to troubleshoot between these three big corporations. It was a total nightmare, and I almost gave up and returned the the new Watch9. There were also technical hoops involved in unregistering the old Watch8 from my name in both Samsung and Google that seemed to be hanging up the process of activating the Watch8 for my child as a "standalone" watch phone. I had no notable issues activating & configuring my own adult plan. It was incredibly annoying and time-consuming getting passed around between Verizon, Google and Samsung for the tween's watch. Anyway! That's over now, and it's all set up as a "standalone" watch phone. Whew. I'm hesitant to fully recommend it simply because it took so much time to do. The Watch8 and Watch9 look identical in size to me, and both use the same size bands. Both are the smaller 40mm size which feels like the right size for both a tween wrist and a petite female wrist. It's customizable enough that it doesn't look babyish like many watches on the market for kids. I customized my tween boy's watch to look like a totally different watch from mine by simply swapping the band, protective cover and watch face. (See picture). Between the Watch8 and Watch9, I honestly haven't noticed much difference in performance or features. Maybe the Watch9 has slightly longer battery life or a tad more responsive but both basically last the day and then need a charge in the evening (~45 mins). Personally, I probably wouldn't have bothered upgrading to Watch9 if I hadn't wanted the Watch8 for my tween. I will say, however, if you have a Watch6, the Watch8 and Watch9 will be a massive improvement in battery life. I had previously activated an older Galaxy Watch6 LTE for my tween as a standalone phone line with parental controls. It worked, except the battery life on the Watch6 is just miserable. We only trusted it to hold a charge for a few hours. The watch6 was basically an emergency use only LTE Watch. The Watch6 had GPS, Google Maps, text too, but using any of it drained the battery quickly. We definitely didn't bother to add music app or anything like that. One last thing: the blood pressure feature on the Watch9 (and Watch8) is pretty cutting edge cool. However, it requires initial calibration and then recalibration monthly. Remembering to keep up with that every 28 days has proven a little too cumbersome for me personally.

I was so excited about this watch finally upgraded from the 7. Love all the features but it charges so slow. I have the samsung dual charger and the band keeps it from laying flat to charge. So there have a been a few times where it connects and disconnects while charging. I have even used the watch charger it came with and it still charges slow and seems to overheat. Still on the fence if i will be returning it.

Upgraded from the 8 to the 9, it's ok. Not much of an improvement. It charges a lot slower and seems to drain battery faster. Also the step tracker on the main face doesn't track, but the apps are still tracking, so extra steps for something that used to be right there. On the plus side the watch is more comfortable in my opinion, though you're likely to need a better wrist strap as the one it comes with is very small.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 9 is a good upgrade (but not great) from the Galaxy Watch 4. The Galaxy Watch 4 last 4-years and then the battery started going. The battery is bigger on the Watch 9 and only goes down about 30% on a full day use. Heres my biggest complaint, the new Samsung Galaxy Watch 9 is NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ANY OTHER CHARGER except the one it comes with. If you have a docking station for phone & watch, those docking stations WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS WATCH! Not recommending this watch until Samsung works the bugs out so it can be charged on other docking stations