10 Hidden Amazing Galaxy Watch 5 Tips and Tricks (with Images)
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.
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.
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.
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.
2. After, it will ask you to add your age, height, and weight. So add all the necessary information and then the Measure button.
3. Next, use your middle and right fingers and place them on the two buttons placed on the right side of Galaxy Watch 5.
4. Now eight for five seconds and you will see your weight, fat mass, body fat, and even Skeletal Muscle.
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.
2. Now, select the device you want to control and start 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.
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.
2. Now, ask Bixby “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.
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.
2. There, enable Snore Detection and above that row, you will see the Snoring time, tap on it.
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.
2. Now, select the watch face and tap on Customise button.
3. There you can select the Premade template, Colors, and Complications.
4. Furthermore, tap on the camera icon under the Watch Face Section and take a selfie of yourself.
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.
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.
2. Now, select one of your Playlists and tap on it.
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.
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.
2. Now, open the Spotify app on your smartphone and play any of your favorite songs.
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.
4. That’s it, after that, the music will start playing on Galaxy Watch 5 instant of your smartphone speakers.
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”.
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.
Read Notifications aloud
Open Settings on Galaxy Watch 5, scroll down to till you see the Notifications, and tap on it.
In the Notifications option, scroll down to the bottom and enable the “Read Notifications aloud”.
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.
Images Credit – Hayls World
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