{"id":105763,"date":"2025-07-30T20:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105763\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:56:10","slug":"my-favorite-smartwatch-isnt-the-latest-model-but-it-does-everything-i-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105763\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Smartwatch Isn’t the Latest Model but It Does Everything I Need"},"content":{"rendered":"

My phone pings constantly from where it’s plugged in across the room. But I have my Samsung 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 get some solid technology without spending a ton of money is to choose a previous version of a current device. (This is also a good way to pick up a thoughtful tech gift without spending too much on it.) 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>?\u00a0<\/p>\n


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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 as low as $200 right now. The Galaxy Watch 4 has the fitness tracking I need without being overly complex. (Although 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

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The Galaxy Watch 4 probably isn’t right for a hard-core tech enthusiast or for anyone locked into the Apple ecosystem. However, it’s perfect for anyone who wants a smartwatch and doesn’t care about getting all the bells and whistles, or for someone who doesn’t know what they want in a smartwatch. For more, here are\u00a0our other favorite smartwatches<\/a> and our roundup of 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 have my Samsung Galaxy…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":105764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[705,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-105763","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-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114944185850654583","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}