{"id":130076,"date":"2025-05-25T07:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T07:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/130076\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T07:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T07:26:19","slug":"my-favorite-smartwatch-is-only-99-today-at-walmart-ahead-of-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/130076\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Smartwatch Is Only $99 Today at Walmart Ahead of Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

My phone pings constantly from where it’s plugged in across the room. But I’ve got my Galaxy Watch 4<\/a>\u00a0on my wrist, so I can check to see who’s pinging me, which app the notifications are from and whether it’s important enough to merit my standing up and walking the dozen or so steps to unplug my phone and look, or just respond on my\u00a0smartwatch<\/a>\u00a0(or swipe the notification away).<\/p>\n

Smartwatches are becoming an essential tech item, but most people don’t need the latest and greatest version to get what they need. One of the best ways to buy a thoughtful tech gift without spending too much money? Choose a previous version of a current device, especially if the earlier model would work for you. So if you’re searching for a cool gift for someone (or yourself), might I suggest my favorite smartwatch, the\u00a0Samsung Galaxy Watch 4<\/a>? Thanks to Walmart’s Memorial Day deals<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 its answer to Amazon’s Memorial Day Sale<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 the 40mm Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is only $99 right now.<\/p>\n


\n This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas.
\n <\/a> SMARTWATCH DEALS OF THE WEEK <\/p>\n

Deals are selected by the CNET Group commerce team, and may be unrelated to this article.<\/p>\n

Why I love the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4<\/p>\n

Sure, it’s not the latest model of the Samsung Watch. That would be the\u00a0Galaxy Watch 7<\/a>\u00a0or Galaxy Watch Ultra<\/a>. But it still has all the main features, including ECG, blood pressure monitoring, sleep monitoring, Google integration for most things and Samsung Health.<\/p>\n

I’m not a fitness fanatic, so I don’t need all the latest tracking features or even the improved battery life and bigger screen size of the Watch 7, which has a list price of $300<\/a>, but is going for just $209 right now if you want the upgrade. The Galaxy Watch 4 has the fitness tracking I need without being overly complex. (Though it has advanced workout tracking for six modes including running, rowing and swimming, if you like those auto-detected tracking features.) For everyday use, I can check my notifications and respond, take hands-free calls, track sleep and skip between songs when listening in Spotify. Oh, and check the time.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for a wearable, it’s the one I’d recommend checking out before looking into the\u00a0latest version<\/a>\u00a0of the Galaxy Watch series. One caveat: Some people have complained lately that their battery is depleting quickly. Samsung has advice on how to run a\u00a0diagnostic on your watch<\/a>\u00a0and fix the issue.<\/p>\n

Impulse Buys Under $25 That Make Surprisingly Great Gifts
\n See all photos <\/a>Why the Galaxy Watch 4 makes a fun gift<\/p>\n

The Galaxy Watch 4 isn’t going to be a gift you give to the tech enthusiast in your family or an Apple fan, but it’s perfect for anyone who wants a smartwatch but doesn’t want all the bells and whistles, or someone who doesn’t know what they want in a smartwatch. For more, here are\u00a0our other favorite smartwatches<\/a>. If you’re looking to gift someone a new phone, CNET has rounded up the best deals on the Samsung Galaxy S25<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"My phone pings constantly from where it’s plugged in across the room. But I’ve got my Galaxy Watch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3160],"tags":[1685,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-130076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-gadgets","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114567288178161286","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}