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Samsung Gear Fit Review

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The gorgeous Samsung Gear Fit is part fitness tracker and part smartwatch, but it's mainly an accessory for recent Samsung devices; if you want either an activity tracker or a smartwatch specifically, you can do better.

Samsung Gear Fit

Samsung Gear Fit is a $199 smartwatch and fitness tracker for Samsung Android devices.

Samsung Gear Fit

When using a Samsung Gear Fit, you'll need two apps: the Gear Fit Manager, for controlling settings, and the S Health App (shown) for looking at the fitness data collected.

Samsung Gear Fit

The Samsung Gear Fit comes in three color options: wild orange (shown), black, and mocha gray. Bands in additional colors (blue, green, red) are sold separately.

Samsung Gear Fit

The AMOLED display on the Samsung Gear Fit is touch screen, so you can swipe left and right through menus, and up and down to scroll to read more.

Samsung Gear Fit

The Samsung Gear Fit has a heart rate monitor built into its rear side. It measures your heart rate with an optical sensor through the skin of the wrist. The heart rate monitor on this device isn't continuous.

Samsung Gear Fit

Samsung Gear Fit owners will need to also install an app called Samsung Gear Fit. It is the primary system where your health data from the Samsung Gear Fit is collected.

Samsung Gear Fit

Some Samsung devices have a heart rate monitor on them (below the camera lens) where you can also take and record your heart rate, as shown here.

Samsung Gear Fit

In the S Health App, you can set goals for different activities.

Samsung Gear Fit

The Samsung Gear Fit isn't just a fitness tracker. It's also a smartwatch, and as such supports notifications and other smartwatch features.