10 Hidden Amazing Galaxy Watch 5 Tips and Tricks (with Images)

Galaxy Watch 5 Tips and Tricks

Galaxy Watch 5 is one of the best smartwatch available for Android smartphones and now that it runs on WearOS, you can do more than health tracking, so let’s explore some amazing Tips and Tricks.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Tips and Tricks

Galaxy Watch 5 is running OneUI 4.5 on top of WearOS 3.5 which means, it has tons of features that you can’t even imagine. Now, out of everything, we’re going to show you some of the tips and tricks that will blow your mind.

Open Any App on Galaxy Watch 5 by Banding Wrist

Let’s say, you’re washing your hands and you get a call, how can you answer it? The right way is to wait and wash your hands and then call back but the smart way is to just band your wrist to answer the call but how, let me show you.

1. Go to Galaxy Watch 5 Settings and then advance feature, now scroll down to the bottom and enable the quick launch option.

Galaxy Watch 5 Settings and Advance Feature Manu

2. After enabling the quick launch option, you will see the “Select the Option” tab, tap on it and select your preferred app to use as a gesture.

Galaxy Watch 5 quick launch Settings

3. There you go, now you can just band your wrist and you can either answer the calls, reject the calls open a workout, or even open the calculator app.

Banding Wrist to Open App on Galaxy Watch 5

Measure Your Weight, Fat Mass, and Body Fat

Another cool feature is that you can measure your weight, fat mass, body fat, and even Skeletal Muscle with just your two fingers.

1. Go to the Open the Samsung Health app on Galaxy Watch 5 and scroll down to the button and tap on the Body Composition tab.

Opening Samsung Health App on Galaxy Watch 5

2. After, it will ask you to add your age, height, and weight. So add all the necessary information and then the Measure button.

Adding age on Samsung Health app to Measure Body Composition

3. Next, use your middle and right fingers and place them on the two buttons placed on the right side of Galaxy Watch 5.

Measuring Body Composition on Galaxy Watch 5

4. Now eight for five seconds and you will see your weight, fat mass, body fat, and even Skeletal Muscle.

Body Composition Data on Galaxy Watch 5

Use Galaxy Watch 5 as Trackpad

Yes, that’s a feature and you can use it on Galaxy Watch 5, it even works on Windows, Macs, Android smartphones, and even iPhones.

1. First, download the PPT Control App from The App Store.

Installing Samsung PPT Controller app on Galaxy Watch 5

2. Now, select the device you want to control and start using Galaxy Watch 5 as Trackpad.

Using Galaxy Watch 5 as Trackpad

3. To use Galaxy Watch 5 as Trackpad on your Macbook, first, connect the Galaxy Watch 5 to your Macbook via Bluetooth and then open the PPT Control App and select your MacBook.

Using Galaxy Watch 5 as Trackpad on macbook

4. That’s it, now you can use Galaxy Watch 5 as Trackpad on Macbook too.

Start Workout with 3D Randers

1. Press the Bixby for the Second.

Pressing Bixby Button on Galaxy Watch 5

2. Now, ask Bixby “Start Squats”

Asking Bixby to Start Squats

3. That’s it, now you will see a 3D render doing Squats. You can also ask for any workouts and Bixby will show you the 3D render.

3D render doing Squats on Galaxy Watch 5

Snoring Sound

Crazy right, you can now know at which time you’re ware Snoring and you can also hear the sound of Snoring. So let’s see, how can access the Snoring data on Galaxy Watch 5.

1. Open Galaxy Wearable App on Your smartphone and go to the sleep section and scroll down to the button.

Samsung Wearable App Sleep Stage Data

2. There, enable Snore Detection and above that row, you will see the Snoring time, tap on it.

Snore Audio in Samsung Wearable App

3. After, the new page will open and it will have all the sounds of your Snoring along with the time when you were Snoring while sleeping.

Customise Watch Faces to Next Level

You may have seen smartwatches that can Customise Watch Faces but Galaxy Watch 5 has 3D watch faces along with that you can also pick a color from your images, how, let’s find out.

1. Open Galaxy Wearable App on Your smartphone and on the home page you will see, the Watch Faces Tab, tap on it.

Galaxy Watch 5 Watch Faces Store

2. Now, select the watch face and tap on Customise button.

Active Watch Face on Galaxy Watch 5

3. There you can select the Premade template, Colors, and Complications.

Galaxy Watch 5 Watch Faces Editing

4. Furthermore, tap on the camera icon under the Watch Face Section and take a selfie of yourself.

Use Image as Watch Face on Galaxy Watch 5

5. After, you can move around the focus point to pick the color. Once you select the colors, the app will show you some of the premade templates and you can select the one you like.

Use Image as Watch Face on Galaxy Watch 5 Image 01

6. That’s it, you can play around with the watch face section and come up with a different design.

Download Songs

The Galaxy Watch 5 comes with 16GB of internal storage and 1.5GB Ram. So take advantage of that 16GB storage by downloading your favorite songs, let me show you how…

1. Open the Google Play Store on Galaxy Watch 5 and Download the Spotify App and connect your account.

Spotify App on Galaxy Watch 5

2. Now, select one of your Playlists and tap on it.

Spotify Playlists on Galaxy Watch 5

3. After, scroll down to the bottom and tap on “Download to Watch”. This will download all the song which is on your playlist in the Galaxy Watch 5 internal storage.

Download Spotify Playlists on Galaxy Watch 5

4. Later, you can connect any of your TWS earbuds to Galaxy Watch 5 and you can start listing to music without the internet or a smartphone.

Listing the Music on Galaxy Watch 5 Speakers

You know, Galaxy Watch 5 has a built-in speaker and they’re good too, so let’s how you can use them to listen to music.

1. Open the Google Play Store on Galaxy Watch 5 and Download the Spotify App and connect your account.

Spotify App on Galaxy Watch 5

2. Now, open the Spotify app on your smartphone and play any of your favorite songs.

Playing Songs on Spotify App

3. Once the music is playing on your smartphone, you will see the connect device icon, tap on it and select the Galaxy Watch 5.

Connecting Spotify App to Galaxy Watch 5

4. That’s it, after that, the music will start playing on Galaxy Watch 5 instant of your smartphone speakers.

Playing Songs on Galaxy Watch 5 through Spotify App

Auto Detect

1. Go to Galaxy Watch 5 Settings and scroll down to the bottom.

2. There you will see, Samsung Health App, tap on it and again, scroll down to the bottom until you see the “Activities Detect”.

Samsung Health App on Galaxy Watch 5

3. Once you see the “Activities Detect”, enable this option and next time, when you go for a run, the watch will auto-detect the running Activity.

Activities Detect Galaxy Watch 5

Read Notifications aloud

Open Settings on Galaxy Watch 5, scroll down to till you see the Notifications, and tap on it.

Notifications Settings Galaxy Watch 5

In the Notifications option, scroll down to the bottom and enable the “Read Notifications aloud”.

Read Notifications aloud Galaxy Watch 5

That’s it, from now, if you’re wearing TWS earbuds then the galaxy watch 5 will read all the Notifications.

Conclusion

There you have it, 10 Hidden Amazing Galaxy Watch 5 Tips and Tricks. I will try to add more from time to time, so check back later till then try these 10 Tips and Tricks.

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