Samsung·smartwatch
Galaxy Watch 4
Based on 14 credible posts from Hacker News & Bluesky. 1 filtered out as bot-like or off-topic.
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Scored November 11, 2026
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Owner reviews
Overall owner mood
Owners are split: 50% of 14 reviews are positive, 21% negative, and the rest mixed or neutral. The most common complaint is battery & charging (2 owners). Owners with 6+ months of use are more positive (67%), which suggests it holds up well.
What owners like
Nothing two or more owners agree on yet.
What owners complain about
Battery & charging raised by 2 owners
“The battery life is absolutely atrocious and the health readings are unreliable.”
What owners talk about
- Battery & charging0 praise · 2 complain
- Software & AI1 praise · 1 complain
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Every credible owner review, most detailed first. Bots, off-topic comments, and ones that say nothing about using it are left out.
I'm using a cheap samsung watch, maybe 4? [...] What's specially shitty with using a wearos watch with an android phone is that clock's alarms etc do not sync, at least not between grapheneos <- samsung galaxy watch 4. I have to use use turboclock which has a wearos app to get wakeup alarms to my watch.
[...] I have a Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and it's.. [...] I mean, the software works smoothly, I don't have any complaints to make in terms of defective behavior or UI. [...] Just a watch I charge every day and which I won't replace once the battery ages too much or it breaks. [...] It works for checking notifications but in many cases I'll want to do something after a notification (like, if I get a message, most likely I'll want to answer it, at which point I am going back on the phone where typing is comfortable, and what value did the watch provide?) It doesn't add anything to some of my physical activities the phone didn't do - like tracking my bike rides on a map, and when I want to look at past results I'll also be using the phone - a bigger screen is always better. Tracking my heart rate - one of the watch exclusives - hasn't changed anything to my life. Anyhow, I will always be taking my phone with me anywhere I go, so the watch feels quite redundant. It can do things without having to take my phone out of the pocket, but do them worse for the most part. [...]
One thing you would really benefit from that you don't need a doctor for is getting your BG displayed on a smartwatch. Assuming you have an Android phone and a compatible smartwatch (Galaxy Watch4 in my case): 1. [...] Set your watch face to one of the two available godawful ugly G-Watch Wear App watchfaces and enjoy a live glucose graph on your wrist Depending on your datasource it updates every minute or every 5 minutes with some smoothing applied - again, lots of fiddling here. [...]
I've had my Samsung Galaxy Android S22 phone since 2022 it's still like brand new. I get the updates so why spend hundreds of dollars on a new phone 🤳🏿 I also have a Samsung Galaxy watch 4 since 2021 it's still like brand new. Why would I spend hundreds of dollars for a new one I don't need it.
I've had my Samsung Galaxy Android S22 phone since 2022 it's still like brand new. I get the updates so why spend hundreds of dollars on a new phone 🤳🏿 I also have a Samsung Galaxy watch 4 since 2021 it's still like brand new. Why would I spend hundreds of dollars for a new one I don't need it.
I have had my Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 for about 4 or 5 years now. It's starting to show signs of aging (slow decreased battery life). [...] I bought a Garmin yesterday. And I feel like I have cheated on my watch!
Interesting that the alarm is such a far down feature for you. I use a galaxy watch 4, and i dont think i can ever go back from a silent alarm. Nicer to wake up to, and doesn't wake up everyone in the house as well
Wear OS watches commonly have wifi, and can be programmed with the standard Android API and toolchain/IDEs. [...] I'm currently wearing a TicWatch Pro 3 Ultra, which has wifi, Bluetooth, and GPS. [...] I also have a Samsung Galaxy Watch4, which also has wifi. [...] Finally, though, wifi is power-hungry and watches have limited batteries and endurance. Both Wear OS and WatchOS will limit wifi use by apps to conserve power, and you ultimately can't do much about that. Using Bluetooth to a phone, and its much greater wifi capacity, is a common approach.
I have a galaxy watch 4 which I'd hoped was old-enough to be supported but I can see that it is not. I get it, hardware is hard. I'm curious, is the challenge with newer hardware lack of chipset drivers for modern watches, or is there a fundamental difference between the new devices and the old ones that make them completely incompatible with asteroidOS?
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. The battery life is absolutely atrocious and the health readings are unreliable. [...] Who wants another thing to charge every single day? I have enough with my phone already...
unfortunately my watch is a Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and it requires Google services sooo it won't work
I'm just using a normal Galaxy Watch 4 and a new app I found last week called GlucoDataHandler, I have to sign into LibreLinkUp through it and it lets me put complications on both my phone's home screen and smart watch.
a debloated watch is a happy watch anyways i got a galaxy watch 4 for like $50 recently so i am a watch user now im also insane so yea i only have installed what i would use i dont need the rest
[...] I've got myself a refurbished Galaxy Watch 4 (ooh, fancy!), and I'm mesmerised by it. I've got my phone... [...]
The claims, and the evidence
What the brand claims
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What owners report
“I've had my Samsung Galaxy Android S22 phone since 2022 it's still like brand new. I get the updates so why spend hundreds of dollars on a new phone 🤳🏿 I also have a Samsung Galaxy watch 4 since 2021 it's still like brand new. Why would I spend hundreds of dollars for a new one I don't need it.”
after 3 yearsView on Bluesky“I've had my Samsung Galaxy Android S22 phone since 2022 it's still like brand new. I get the updates so why spend hundreds of dollars on a new phone 🤳🏿 I also have a Samsung Galaxy watch 4 since 2021 it's still like brand new. Why would I spend hundreds of dollars for a new one I don't need it.”
after 3 yearsView on Bluesky“I'm using a cheap samsung watch, maybe 4? [...] What's specially shitty with using a wearos watch with an android phone is that clock's alarms etc do not sync, at least not between grapheneos <- samsung galaxy watch 4. I have to use use turboclock which has a wearos app to get wakeup alarms to my watch.”
“[...] I have a Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and it's.. [...] I mean, the software works smoothly, I don't have any complaints to make in terms of defective behavior or UI. [...] Just a watch I charge every day and which I won't replace once the battery ages too much or it breaks. [...] It works for checking notifications but in many cases I'll want to do something after a notification (like, if I get a message, most likely I'll want to answer it, at which point I am going back on the phone where typing is comfortable, and what value did the watch provide?) It doesn't add anything to some of my physical activities the phone didn't do - like tracking my bike rides on a map, and when I want to look at past results I'll also be using the phone - a bigger screen is always better. Tracking my heart rate - one of the watch exclusives - hasn't changed anything to my life. Anyhow, I will always be taking my phone with me anywhere I go, so the watch feels quite redundant. It can do things without having to take my phone out of the pocket, but do them worse for the most part. [...]”
Common Galaxy Watch 4 problems
Problems most owners who mention them agree on, plus ones owners are split on.
- Battery & charging2 owners report thisView on Bluesky
“It's starting to show signs of aging (slow decreased battery life).”