Released in 2022, Samsung’s Galaxy Watch5 offered smartwatch and fitness conscious buyers a way to shape their health and wellness habits with intuitive insights, and advanced features. Measuring 43.3 x 44.4 x 9.8 mm and weighing in at 33.5 g, the Galaxy5 Pro is a stylish and well built smartwatch that boasts Samsung’s BioActive Sensor that uses a single chip that combines three powerful health sensors — Optical Heart Rate, Electrical Heart Signal and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis — to deliver extensive readings that include heart rate, blood oxygen level and even stress level.
In addition, this sensor enables you to get a deeper understanding of your heart health by monitoring blood pressure2 and ECG. Moreover, buyers opting for the Galaxy Watch5 Pro were introduced to a new temperature sensor to Samsung’s wearable range to provide users with an in-depth understanding of their wellness. The temperature sensor uses infrared technology for more accurate readings, even if the temperature of your surroundings changes.
Beyond the health and fitness tracking capabilities, this smartwatch also offers you an easy to use interface (One UI Watch4.5 at the time of purchase) accessible via its gorgeous 1.4″ (34.6mm) 450 x 450 resolution Super AMOLED with amazing colours and plenty of detail. Performance also stays smooth and snappy thanks to the smartwatch’s 1.18GHz Dual-Core CPU and 1.5 GB of RAM, whilst the 410mAh battery (13% larger battery compared to the Galaxy Watch4) will get you through a working day and for us managed to turn the smartwatch into a two-day battery worthy health and fitness wearable.
As a good night’s rest is also vital for overall wellness, the Galaxy Watch5 also helps you have a better night’s sleep. Understand sleep patterns through Sleep Scores that monitor stages of sleep, along with snore detection and blood oxygen levels, all while achieving improved sleep habits with advanced Sleep Coaching.
Also aboard this smartwatch is Spotify for music lovers and those who need music or their favourite podcast to power their workouts or morning walk with just your voice using Google Assistant. You can also find your way around using Google Maps from your wrist without a smartphone connection, whilst updates that include new apps like SoundCloud and Deezer are also included for music and audio lovers.
Ultimately, the Samsung Galaxy Watch5 LTE 44mm is very much still worth it in 2024, if you can get a decent second-hand version via Facebook Marketplace for instance. If you prefer newer watches, then the Galaxy Watch7 (LTE, 44mm) can be had new for R8999 from Samsung’s online store or R6,599 (Bluetooth 44mm variant) from Amazon.co.za currently.
