A:AnswerYou can take calls (I'd recommend having a bluetooth headset but you can use the built in speaker and mic as well), and you can see and respond to text messages either by dictating what you want to text, sending an emoji, or using a Smart Keyboard where you start drawing what you want to say on your watch and it can recognize it and autocomplete. You also get all the notifications from your phone... so alarms, reminders, social media notifications, etc. There are some amazing golf apps available for the watch including Golf Navi Pro and Smart Caddy. There are 3rd party apps like MyFitnessPal but the selection of apps is not that great. there are, however, a TON of amazing free and paid watch faces to download.
A:AnswerI have it connected via bluetooth to my phone. I didn't have to add it to my plan or have a separate plan for it. That was one thing I was looking at when I was looking at buying a smartwatch.
A:AnswerOf course you get a charger for the watch (its a wireless dock). BUT, when you preorder, you ALSO get a LARGER wireless fast charger for your PHONE. Thats the preorder bonus. I chatted with a Best Buy rep and he informed me that if you pick up the watch in store on the release day, you can pick up the preorder bonus along with the watch. This way, you can charge both your phone and watch wirelessly :)
A:AnswerSee here (they didn't link the promo on the actual product page):
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/conditional-offers/samsung-galaxy-watch-active-pre-order/pcmcat1549575387276.c?id=pcmcat1549575387276
I tried to pre-order the free charger, but you need the serial number of the watch, so I guess you have to wait until you have the watch to claim.
However ordering on Samsung's website says "Will ship by March 23". So I prefer to pick up in store on the release date, and get my wireless charger after.
Hope this helps!
A:AnswerYes, you can text from the watch. It has a voice, written, and keyboard feature that allows you to reply to texts the way you feel comfortable with.
A:AnswerYes! of course it will. It even works with non-samsung phones and apple phones. You have a Samsung phone so you actually already have the app for it (its called Galaxy wearable or Galaxy Gear depending on your OS)... non Samsung phones need to get the wearable app off their App Store.
A:AnswerYes, you absolutely can. This feature doesn't work with Apple phones, but with androids, it does. You can open the Texts app on your watch and see previous texts and even send ones from your watch. Your phone MUST be nearby (in your pocket or in the same room) because the watch needs to be connected to you phone via bluetooth to send the text.
A:Answeryes, theres enough space on the watch to hold about 350 songs that you can download for offline listening if you have Spotify premium. You don't need WiFi or even the phone nearby, as you can connect your bluetooth headphones/earbuds to your watch and listen to your downloaded songs.
A:AnswerYep, you can track reps for most full body and upper body movements like curls, bench presses, pullups, squats, deadlifts etc. You can manually track leg movements and if you only want heart rate and calorie info, there's a general "weight machines" workout as well that just track those two metrics (no reps).
A:AnswerThere is a weather app, task list app, calendar which syncs to the phone, Contacts list, Samsung pay, and you can add my fitness pal. You can read and send text from the watch and can read emails.
A:AnswerYes, you can receive and make phone calls and texts. However, you will still need your phone near by. Text messages can be received/sent right from the watch, while with phone calls, you will need to use either your phone or a bluetooth headset with the watch, as it has no speaker. Let me just say that I believe for the price tag on this, even without having the speaker built in, you will not be disappointed. I know, I was a bit bummed about it at first, but after thinking about it, I almost always have these devices on me anyways. You still get a lot of the same features as the galaxy watch for a lot less. So well worth it. I hope this helped you out.
