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Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars with 8220 reviews

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  • Battery Life

    Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars

  • Durability

    Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars

  • Comfort

    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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92%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers are delighted by the Galaxy Watch Active Smartwatch 40mm Aluminum's user-friendly interface, stylish design, and comfortable fit. They appreciate its fitness tracking capabilities, affordability, and compatibility with Samsung phones. However, they express concerns about its short battery life and the lack of a speaker.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Design

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect Gift...trust me

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Beautiful watch, flawless in its functionality, and easy in its setup. The wife loves it and that's all that matters.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Comfort
    Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Does what I wanted it to.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works well and is comfortable. I wish the battery life was longer but I am very active and I use the fitness tracking apps so I know I am asking a lot.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Fitness tracking
    Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love it!

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    Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I love the look and feel. It helps track my fitness and I get all my calls and notifications. The battery lasts about a day. I charge it every night.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Design
    Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good watch but needs a better battery.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Seems to be a good fitness watch but the battery could be alot better...only good for about a day but it looks nice on my wife and she really likes the watch.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good watch and pretty design

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    Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great Watch, love it! Still working without any problems after a couple of years already.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Comfort

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Smart Watch

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love my new Galaxy Active Smart Watch. Has all I need to monitor my health and has lots of apps. The 40mm is perfect. Light weight and very comfortable.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Fitness tracking

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    First watch like this

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Awesome, I can leave my phone on vibrate and still get all notifications and also capture my sleep, stress, breathing and all that good stuff.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Comfort

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Nice watch

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Have had this watch for a while now and really like it. Comfortable to wear, easy to change the watch faces around. As a nurse, I like having an analog option/second hand. I'll admit that I don't use it to it's fullest potential and wish it was slightly easier to jump around to figure out starting my work outs but I could also spend some time doing this and would be happier with it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good looks. Good functions. Does what it's suppose

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    Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Nice looking. Often complimented for style. Waterproof. Great to get notices, messages, calls at my wrist. Battery life is not as good as expected.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Looks good, nice features but..

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I decided to purchase this rather than replacing my dead Fitbit. It works fine, my biggest complaint is that you get notified constantly to move, read a fairly useless "daily breifing", but does not give you any real notice that the battery is about to die. My S9E turns red when battery is below 15%, and sends a notification. This just dies. And a neat design "feature" is that once it dies, charging to 100% doesn't bring it back to life. You have to manually reboot it. Lots of complaints online about this. When I called support, they basically said, Gee too bad so sad.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    No speaker

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Style, Fitness, Simple

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active, is a great watch for anyone who has especially a Samsung phone. The watch is light, small (but a nice big screen), and fast. Samsung has done a great job on sliming down the watch, in fact I hardly notice I am wearing it because it is so light. The fitness aspect is great, and has more options than Fitbit. Though, I do wish Samsung would add a speaker to their Active watch lineups, that way I could call someone and hear them through my watch or hear aloud the response from Bixby. Overall, a really great watch. I highly suggest it!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Still need to work on battery life

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This was a nice Mother's Day gift. I love the size (compared to my FitBit Alta and old Samsung watch) and shape. I wish it had the battery life of my Alta (3 days vs 1 day of my typical use). It also seems to have a more complicated app interface; I still have not figured out how to allow notifications that messages are received (and NOT messages sent; I know I sent them! LOL). It's more stingy with step counts, but it seems more accurate. I haven't had time to play with too many of the features involving music or apps for fear the battery would be done before my day was done.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Pretty solid with one minor problem.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is a very good smart watch I haven't owned to many of them but this is real easy to use and connect. My only problem is it dies in like 2-3 days and I put in nighttime mode most of day, it does charge pretty quick and comes with a magnetic charger. But it feels nice looks nice and works great. There are like over 30 workouts it can track. In the settings it does say it can last like 24 days if I put it in watch only mode so if that's something you want. Overall pretty solid and I really enjoy this watch.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    No speaker

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Pretty good watch

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I loved my galaxy gear s3 and when I needed a new one I really didn’t want to spend the money to get a new updated galaxy watch. I was in the store when I saw this one and really liked it. I finally decided to get it. Some things I noticed that I wish I knew before buying, this thing does not have a speaker, so it cannot let you take your calls on it. Which is one thing I originally wanted to do with it. While it does use Samsung pay, it only works with NFC and not MST so it can only use NFC payment terminals and not mimic a magnetic stripe like the galaxy watches can.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Design
    Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy to use

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Purchased for my spouse who doesnt use electronics well . Likes the apps and look of it . Only negative is battery life not the best

    I would recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Samsung
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      Hello Lkylsr, thank you for the feedback! Here is a link (http://www.samsung.com/us/support/troubleshooting/TSG01003232/) to an article that will help you troubleshoot the battery life. ^Elizabeth Samsung

  • Pros mentioned:
    Design, Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Anonymous4/6/2021

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Nice smart watch. Nothing bad to say about it. Nice price compared to a lot of other smart watches out there.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Waited for the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I'm a Samsung die hard. Currently I have a S10. Sp when I was looking to replace my existing smartwatch, I wanted a Samsung watch. I looked at the Samsung watch but felt that I didn't need that bulky. I use the watch more to track my workouts. I initially researched the Watch Active and even purchased it earlier in August. However, after doing more research, I felt the Active 2 was worth the wait. It is exactly what I needed. I like the ability to confirm it and I like the bezel. I got the 40 mm since I didn't want a bulky watch.

    I would recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Samsung
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      Hello Timothy, Samsung is pleased to hear that you are enjoying the Galaxy Watch Active2 and all the wonderful features. Welcome to the Samsung experience and thank you for choosing Samsung. ^Elizabeth Samsung

  • Pros mentioned:
    Price
    Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Awesome smart watch

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Its an amazing watch tho battery life could be better i got this when it was 100 dollars and it worked very well definitely recomend

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price
    Cons mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Awesome watch

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Its an amazing watch tho battery life could be better i got this when it was 100 dollars and it worked very well definitely recomend

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Battery life, Connectivity

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Works when it has connection

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I would say it's a good product but the connection to my note 9 keeps failing in and out. The battery doesn't last long as advertised

    I would recommend this to a friend