Hi folks,
I don't know how many people know about this, so wanted to bring it up. So, I recently just switched back to Android. I got the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Classic. First off, I love the design of this watch. But, that's just an aside, not the reason for this post. I discovered something cool that I could never do on an Apple watch. Not saying it isn't possible, but if it is, I never knew how to do it.
On the Galaxy Watch, when I finish with a walk on the treadmill, and am able to stop the workout, it will actually let me adjust the distance of the walk, to match that given by the treadmill. So, the trick is having Be My Eyes ready on the phone and knowing where to point the camera to get the info in a timely manner with Be My AI. Upon doing this a few times, I've noticed that the watch does a much better job of fine tuning and future walks have much greater accuracy.
Again, this is something I was never able to pull off with the Apple Watch, and I would find that the distance on the Apple Watch would be far under the distance given by the treadmill. So this is another one of those little quality of life things that has me quite happy I switched over to Android.
By Justin Harris, 7 August, 2025
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That's really neat
How do you find the watch compared to the Apple Watch? Easier/harder to use? I love my Apple Watch so just curious for a comparison between the two, as well as your perspective on Samsung vs iPhone - I know Samsung's TalkBack doesn't compare with TalkBack on Pixel.
And what were your reasons for switching to Android?
Similar feature exists on Apple Watch, not user adjustable.
I believe this might be automatically done, it should calibrate when you go in an outdoors walk with your phone in your pocket. 400 m plus, 20 minutes or more. You can reset it by going to the privacy settings and hitting reset calibration data.
@Jim Pickens, As for a…
@Jim Pickens,
As for a similar option being available on Apple, I knew that it would adjust based on outdoor walks but I really like the user adjustable distance on the Galaxy.
@Chamomile,
Here are a few thoughts for you on samsung vs apple. First off, on the phone, I was able to put google talkback on it with a little bit of hacking. The blind android group has the files, easy enough to run. I'm quite glad I did that. As far as the watch, I would say it is maybe not quite as responsive as an apple watch, but good enough. Especially if you turn off talkback sounds, and leave on only speech and vibrations. I really like the interface and watch navigation. I like the spinning bezzle which lets you navigate tiles, notifications, and the like. Now, there are some sticking points, like for example when you go to finish a workout, you are supposed to do a two finger swipe right, but I often have to do it several times to find the options to pause or end a workout. That's slightly annoying, but otherwise I'd say the watch is great. And honestly, there are some days I'd tell you it's not as snappy as apple, and other days I'd say it feels every bit as good, so I guess it just depends on how I'm feeling that day. lol
As for my switch to Android, both on the phone and the watch, it boils down to two things. First, my girlfriend uses Android, Samsung specifically, so thought it would be good for us to be on the same platform. Secondly, I was just getting bored with Apple. Wanted something different.