Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro

Fitness trackers / Built-in data readout

The Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro is a watch based fitness tracker with a 1.6 inch color touchscreen curved AMOLED display, real-time heart rate monitor, step counting, sleep tracking and calories burned.

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Overall Score

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What goes into the Overall Score?

Ease of use

/ 5

Step count accuracy

/ 5

Heart-rate monitor accuracy

/ 5

Versatility

/ 5

Ease of interaction

/ 5

Readability in bright light

/ 5

Readability in low light

/ 5

Ease of pairing

/ 5

Water resistance

/ 5

Detailed Test Results

Overall this model was very easy to use, somewhat accurate for counting steps, and excellent at measuring heart-rate accuracy. With recent version iPhones, our experts found it somewhat easy to pair, very easy to synch, very easy to interact with, and likewise for recent version Android phones, very easy to pair, very easy to synch, and very easy to interact with. It is very easy to attach to the body, very easy to recharge the battery and in our water immersion test it passed the manufacturer's claim of 164 feet.

About

The Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro is a watch based fitness tracker with a 1.6 inch color curved AMOLED display steps, sleep, and calories. It has a touchscreen display. The manufacturer claims a battery life of 5 days. It is available in small, large sizes. It has the following sensors: accelerometer, barometer, gyrometer, heart rate sensor, and GPS. It has notifications for using your Gear device to answer calls on your smartphone, reject calls, and send decline messages. Has health notifications. It has socialization features: Share your step count and start competitions with your friends registered as Samsung Health contacts on your smartphone. It includes inactivity alerts which remind you to move if you are sitting for a long time. It has a find my phone feature. It has extra features such as: Weather, displays text messages in full, stores music on watch which pairs to Bluetooth headphones so you don't need to bring your phone, if you use GPS it provides a map of your run. Included accessories: USB charging dock. Its dimensions are 1.0 x 0.5 inches (width/thickness) and it weighs 1.2 ounces.

Features & Specs

Features

Activity results read from device

Yes

Displays time

Yes

Touch screen

Yes

Color display

Yes

Display type

color touchscreen curved AMOLED

Backlight

Real-time heart-rate monitor

Yes

Heart-rate monitor type

Active

Heart-rate monitor requires chest strap

Step counting

Yes

Inactivity alerts

Yes

Multi-sport tracking

running, walking, swimming, cycling, hiking, elliptical trainer, exercise bike, step machine, treadmill, lunges, crunches, squats, jumping Jacks, pilates, and rowing machine

Sensor types

accelerometer, barometer, gyrometer, heart-rate, GPS

WiFi

Yes

Music controls

Yes

Standalone GPS

Connected GPS

OS compatibility

iOS, Android

App name

Samsung gear

Battery life (days)

Battery removable

Notifications

Yes

Notification types

calls, text, send or decline messages from watch, health notifications

Socialization

Yes

Socialization features

share step-count and start competitions with friends registered as Samsung Health contacts on your smartphone

Sleep tracking

Yes

Sleep sensing method

Auto

Floors climbed

Yes

Alarm type

Vibration, sound

Included accessories

USB charging dock

SpO2 sensor

GPS tracking

Yes

Bluetooth USB dongle

Food tracking

Yes

Specs

Type

watch

Sizes

small, large

Display size (in.)

1.6

Width

Depth

Weight (oz.)

1.2

Warranty (yrs.)

Dimensions (WxD)

1.0 x 0.5

Color

Red

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Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro

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