Samsung Galaxy Watch Active: Setup and use with an iPhone 

I love how all these videos are always straightforward and never account for the common issues that come up like "no devices found...."

I like the Garmin watch you are wearing while doing a review and comparison of the Samsung watch compatibility..I have the Fenix 5X, Vivoactive HR, and the Apple watch 2..just purchased the Galaxy watch on sale and hope the software gets updated in the future as far as messaging goes. Great review btw.

Just switched to an iphone and it is definitely not a great experience compared to using the watch with an android. First of all, the Wearable app is not available. The Galaxy Watch app is available, but the Wearable app on android was specific to the Active. Second, I really miss being able to respond to emails/texts and send messages from my watch. That was a great feature that I am really disappointed is not available when using the watch with an iphone. Third, my watch seems to periodically/randomly disconnect from my iphone and I have to physically go into the Samsung app and reconnect it. Last, I can't get Samsung Health and Apple Health to talk to each other, which I sometimes need to do to get my activity data to other apps. I looked for a third party app similar to Health Sync (which I used on my last non-Samsung phone to get Samsung Health to communicate with Google Fit) but there is no Health Sync or similar app in the App store. I'm really disappointed because I love my Watch Active and now I feel like I can't use it to all of its capabilities. I shouldn't have let my teenage kids talk me into getting an iphone.

Ah man!! Thank you so much!!! I was Looking for a video here in Brazil but no one talked the way that i need!! I'm glad I know enough English to understand everything! You talk very fast but worth it! 😁

just fyi for anyone watching this as of now, samsung health is no longer able to be a source for apple health. so unfortunately the health data that is connected from the galaxy watch just stays in samsung health.

Can you quickly pair to another phone or do you always have to „reset“ it before switching to another (already paired before) phone?

What noteworthy apps work well on Active with the iPhone?

Great simple intuitive review thank you 😀

Donovan: I’m not getting text and email notifications on my galaxy watch from my iPhone. Any idea why?

Thanks. I found this thing just when I was about to sell my watch, after buying an iPhone ! Great help !

is nike run club app available on galaxy store, for gear sport or galaxy active??

Does this alert you to the phone being to far away like it does w a galaxy phone?

Hey, so can you please make a small list of just disadvantages for iPhone users if they're looking for this watch?

Excellent video!!! Thank you so much 🙏🏼💕

Are you able to sync your activities from Active 2 in to your iPhone?

What about like Apple Pay or whatever

Thank you so much for making this video!

Is the Spotify app still available in the Galaxy Store for the Galaxy Watch Active if I’m using the Galaxy Watch app from my iPhone?

Can you play Apple Music on this watch and is there a gps feature?

You can connect Galaxy Watch 4+ to iOS with Merge Watch for Wear OS

Is there any way the watch can access Siri or can the Tizen OS access your contacts on your iPhone?

Can you respond to calls and talk to the watch? Or start a call through the watch with iphone like with bixby or something?

Great video! ✌️

You can still control spotify and youtube playback from the watch on iOS right?

Will Apple Pay work using the watch or is that also one of the things that won’t work?

Can you use NFC payment on galaxy watch 3 if paired with iphone?

Hi,my watch is stuck at let's go but I didn't download the app on my iphone should I download it so it works?

Good video What watch is that you have on your wrist?

I know you can't reply to text messages BUT does it at least let you read the full text message string or just notify you of new messages via notification

Hello, can I put music from my iPhone to the active 2? using apple music?

Does it also have a always on display??

What about phone calls?

iPhone supports wireless charging with Samsung galaxy watch active 2 ?

I own a iphone8 plus and a samsung galaxy watch. So, how do I download updates for my galaxy watch on my iphone or on my PC?

BIG THANKS for help

Will it connect to an iPad?

Thank you for the review!! Helped a lot!

Will this work with a galaxy active watch? The first gen. Ty!

Thank youuuuuu!!!

I’m connected but having hard time getting text messages why?

Only took 6 attempts, but got there thanks!

Great video and overview. I am a bit lost with all the comments. Is it possible to read only messages from facebook messanger and whatsapp on the watch?

I heard you can’t update the watch software from an iPhone, true?

Just got the active 2. I have a series 2 but wanted to switch up. I don’t care about replying to texts. I also have a google fossil gen 4. Got them for designs

I just got the Samsung galaxy active watch. I did not know it does not have a speaker. I got it for $140. Did not really want to spend more than that. Though what is the lowest end watch that has speakers with similar features of the galaxy active watch. Thanks

Can you help me? my iphone 12 mini isn't detecting the watch (active 1) and i don't know what to do, isn't it compatable whit iOs14? or the phone itself?

I can’t view the phone and contact app while connected to ios,but both shows when I’m connecting to my oneplus. Any solution for this

Sir how to active answering the call or making cal from watch?

Nice video! Any thoughts on the combo of iPhone, Air Pods, and a Galaxy Watch? The Air Pods seem to be the only Apple product that works well outside of the iOS platform so I'm guessing this would be fine?

Thanks !

Hi thank you for the review, can you please help me decide which smartwatch sub £200 works best with iPhone. Preferably one that can make/receive calls and texts

So it pairs and connects with the Samsung gear app, but iphone wont really allow full access.

I have galaxy watch and Iphone but I'm having a hard time getting text messages on the watch. I know I can't send text from the watch but I would like to know how to receive them.

Can one use Google Maps with this setup?

I have the LTE version of the watch with its own phone number. Is there a way to “sync” the watch to receive text messages from my iPhone onto the watch if my phone is not available. I know I could do this with an android phone no problem

My Active 2 is stuck in factory reset and have tried to reboot numerous time and attempted to do the factory resent but no my screen is frozen on the "Let's go". It does not respond to touch. Any help/suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Does it support BloodPressure monitoring on Iphone

I´ve received my galaxy watch this day and I have an Iphone 11, but when I want to download any kind of apps or I want to update the Samsung apps I see a loading icon and after 2-3 minutes the download icon is there and when I click this I got the loading icon, so I can´t really download apps or watch faces. How can I fix this?

Thank you so much.. i have been getting same error until you showed how to reset the watch :)

Do iMessages come into the watch Okay?

When I get an iMessage I don’t see any notification on the watch. Does it only show notifications for sms. Or should it should my iMessage notifications too

Does anyone know if the "Find my phone" feature on the Active 2 watch will work with an Iphone? thats my biggest concern...

Now i hate my iphone

That's cool.. can u answer calls with the watch?

You saved my day ❗️❤️ thank you

Could u download Spotify from an iPhone?

sir is it compatible with iphone xr?

Something not mentioned here is the inability to customize the watch faces. Nonexistent on iPhone (and it's 2021).

How I can get notification on my watch is paired with my iPhone 7 please help

Can u respond to phone calls

My watch works fine with my iPhone X except when it comes to count of steps. When I open the app Samsung Health the watch adds steps that the phone has counted. Someone who's been through the same thing?

Does the gps work with the iPhone? I’ve noticed that the galaxy watch doesn’t support gps on the iPhone.

Check out the app or update it because you can text and make calls from your galaxy watch

Can I still make calls with the watch?

And what about software updates??

I want to install Spotify on my samsung watch active 2 but it can't open Spotify when I tap on Spotify app. It will show Spotify and keep loading. I've tried reset my watch and reinstall my app and it still didn't work. How can we fix it?

Can you make calls and receive calls?

Hi, do you know if one can download music via the spotify app to your watch if you pairing it to an iphone? I would like to use it for using without the phone. Thanks

How to get whatsapp notificatoin

Steps don’t seem to sync to apple health app either

I can’t download anything on my watch i have the store on the watch itself but not on my iphone but when i want to download things it’s says go to phone

What if it’s not connecting

Can you still track workouts and heart rate? What about sleep?

i still have this watch looking to buy an apple watch se but until then ill use this watch again with my iPhone

hi what about the messenger chat? will it work?

$550 for an Apple Watch, WTF???

Is it possible to use it as a remote release for the camera with the iPhone?

what ten plus??

Does Spotify offline mode works?

I bought this watch recently Messages received in watch but how to send message in watch My phone was iPhone 11

I picked up a used Galaxy Watch Active (SM-R500) for $13 on ebay with wireless charger

I haven't been getting any text messages on my Samsung watch. Any advice to fix that?

Watch Dimension!?

Mine do not want to connect to the ophone 13 pro

Can’t get text message notification anymore 😔

How long does the active watch's battery last?

I lost my s21 so now I’m here

Is there a chance samsung will do an update to allow the watch to have the reply function when paired to iphone?

I won’t connect to my iPhone pls help

I using iPhone 8 bu always failed to connected