Samsung Galaxy Fit (Gear Fit) Reviews

I like almost everything about the Samsung watch: small, light, comfortable, with 2 week battery life (a key requirement for me). SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit does a good job of supporting it, with one inexplicable flaw. Good Night mode is useful to keep the watch from brightening every time you move your arm at night. But why isn’t it tied to Do Not Disturb mode, which can be set to automatically activate at specified times like overnight? It’s an obvious association, yet you have to turn Good Night mode on and off manually. And if you forget to turn it off before you leave in the morning, it’s almost impossible to adjust in outdoor daylight.

Samsung, this should be an easy fix.

After the iOS15 update, my Galaxy Fit no longer functions. SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit says it can’t find the Fit, the Fit has a tendency to get stuck in a loop of trying to restart itself. After it gets out of a loop it can still take 30+ minutes before it can connect to SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit and even display the correct time. Even when it does manage to stay connected for a few hours without restarting itself, the battery no longer holds a charge for a full day. I have updated the software on the Fit, uninstalled and reinstalled SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit (while restarting my phone in between). I’m not convinced that a factory reset on the watch will make a difference. It was already pretty annoying that I had to switch between SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit and the Samsung Health app to access different features (why aren’t the features rolled into one app like on a Fitbit?) but this is obnoxious. I’m really disappointed.

Revised: the fix to the connection issue was to install the latest update on the gear fit. Unfortunately I had to figure this out on my own. Samsung should send out a notice when new updates are available

Not happy with gear fit at all
Got a new iPhone and cAn not connect it. Why did a whole bunch of other apps work seamlessly with the new phone?! I should note that the old phone lost connection on a daily basis. Not good!

New issue Aug 2017
Recently the device records sleep when I am not wearing it, including when it is on the charger

Revision
Samsung added weather capability by double clicking home key

The gps issue continues. Help desk recommended factory reset which did not work

A new issue has come up. The location is turning on by it self (or not turning off after a bike ride). The device then vibrates and turns off in the middle of the night when the battery dies. Minimally stop the vibration notification. Better yet fix the issue.

1. I have the two S health bugs noted below
2. Where is the calendar?
3. How do I download music?
4. Needs a weather app. There are some watch faces that have a weather link
5. How do I access barometer?
6. The gps recently started under reporting distance

I have tried troubleshooting for hours to connect my brand new galaxy fit with my iPhone 6 to no avail. I have downloaded and removed SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit multiple times as well as turned my phone, Bluetooth and watch on and off multiple times and it is not working. Also, I noticed in SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit itself does not list my version, galaxy fit at all in the list for set up. I’m wondering if Samsung is no longer supporting galaxy fit for iPhone? I’m really frustrated. I waited for a week to get it in the mail and need it for a fitness program I’m doing and now I have a fitness tracker that doesn’t work. Without connecting to SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit I cannot even get the fitness tracker to turn on at all except the welcome screen. I have researched online to try to find a fix but I have found nothing. My phone’s Bluetooth find the watch fine but I cannot get SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit to find it. Help!?

I’ve had my Samsung watch for about 6 months. I got the watch because I want to track my running since I regularly train for races. At first it worked great, SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit and watch synced well and SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit stored all of my data. A few mo this ago it would no longer let me look at my run splits....annoying but I can deal with it.

However, I recently got a new iPhone and now, even though I have synced my watch and SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit multiple times, none of my run or workout data will transfer. It looks as it I’ve done nothing (apparently I don’t sleep either). This has been EXTREMELY frustrating. I just updated SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit and hope that the new update would fix the problem but unfortunately it won’t. I’m not sure what else to do other than get a Fitbit or Apple Watch.

I love my Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro watch. I love that it is able to do all the things I want it to do and is waterproof. I love that it is a fraction of the cost of an Apple Watch! But, sadly, my Samsung phone ate it and I now have an iPhone. What a nightmare! I *HATE* the headache of trying to use this watch with my iPhone. It is such a wreck.

Will NOT connect to Apple Health app. This sounds minor but in reality this is a really big problem!! Any health/fitness apps installed on the iPhone will only sync with information from Apple Health. I have not found a work around for this yet. But even if there were one, it would require the use of multiple apps to transfer data from the watch to the phone to S Health, to an app that could then work as a go between for S health and Apple Watch. Major facepalm.

Constantly disconnecting from my phone.

Only sometimes notifies me about texts/calls. Even when connected to my phone.

And now with the new update it seems I cannot put any new apps on the watch?! I had the UnderArmor app, deleted it before the update and now I have no way to download it back. There is no “Gear Fit Apps” option as there was before.

I don’t WANT a $300+ Apple Watch. I’m happy with my Gear Fit. But I know I’m not getting the best use of it. I wish all these apps would just work together!

I bought the Gear Fit 2 Pro for the onboard GPS and music for when I’m out on the road. All of this is essentially useless when my iPhone says the device is connected but the device says it’s not. As a result, SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit will never see the device no matter how many device and iPhone resets and app deletions and reloads I’ve done. I’ve resigned myself that I wasted money on a poorly constructed Samsung product, a lesson I should have learned from my defective Samsung refrigerator I also wasted money on. I’m done with Samsung.

UPDATE: In response to the developer, the device has been fully reset and reconnected repeatedly, only to fail to reconnect again within a day or two. The inability to perform as advertised is completely unsatisfactory and, lately, indicative of nearly all Samsung products we’ve had within our family. No more Samsung for us. We’re done!

App and watched worked fine with my iPhone 6, thought not ideal by any means. Connecting to SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit was always a pain, the market for watch faces and watch apps is trash. But my phone broke, and I upgraded to an iPhone 6s. Now I don’t receive text messages on my watch for no reason. It’s not blocked, and I’ve tried everything, including factory resets. Nothing works. Everything else sends notifications, but not the text messages. When I tried to inquire about this through the “report a problem” form on SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit , the response was a copy/paste of instructions for how to connect the watch to the phone. Absolutely useless and lazy support. And to preempt another useless response, when I bought my watch, iPhone 6 was supported, so the nonsense dev response that it isn’t supported is garbage, especially since they can’t even provide proper support for the iPhone models they do support.

I have the new Samsung fit and it will not stay connected to my IPhone XR. It’s been 2 days and I have uninstalled / removed devices / turned off Bluetooth for 10-20 seconds. That stuff doesn’t work. If it wasn’t meant to work with an iPhone then it shouldn’t have been marketed as such. The device itself is great - and when I open SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit my device will then connect via Bluetooth. But if I am not on SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit Bluetooth drops within about 3 minutes.

UPDATE
You have to keep SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit running in the background for it to maintain Bluetooth connection. And make sure background refresh is on for SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit . Seems to have solved my issue!

So I have both an I watch and a gear fit 2 pro, my problems include random disconnects from the watch that can only be correct if you reset the watch. Annoying. On top of that it does not sync data to other apps like MFP or Record. S Heath is ok but unfortunately I have a lot of info on MFP, love my gear but with all the problems SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit has with my gear, may have to go back to iWatch. Update: the sleep tracking needs a little work. Although I slept 5 or so hours it’s showing I slept for 51 mins. I’ll update my review if this changes. App still doesn’t sync with any other app. (Yes I looked in settings). Update 2: sleep seemed to have corrected itself other problems still there.
Update 3:
I have uninstalled SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit and will be returning my Gear Fit 2 Pro, today it disconnected from my phone and would never reconnect until I reset the watch.

Took more time to troubleshoot and finally got my Fit 2 connected. Patience was the key for me. I love this watch and all it does.I switched from Fitbit and I was so excited about it I just wanted it to work fast. Sorry for complaining at all. Great product and specs. In a lot of cases we have to also note that if the connections we need to start up is not functioning properly due to inclement weather or tower issues, that has nothing to do with the product. Looking forward to seeing this watch answer calls and hear music on it! 😀

I can’t complain really. I have had my watch and app for 2 years while using the Samsung galaxy s7&8. Recently switched to an iPhone and was so happy my watch is compatible. If possible I’d love to have the ability for my phone alarms to also go off on my watch like it used to when I had a Samsung phone AND my favorite feature of find my phone is no longer on my watch. It was the best thing ever and my husband was so happy when I had that, but now it is gone and he has to hear me say “where is my phone” again. It would be great to have that back and for my alarms on my phone to sync with my watch again!!!

Purchased the Galaxy Fit three weeks ago and it synced perfectly with iPhone 7 Plus running IOS 10 but have upgraded to iPhone 11 and app will not recognize the band. Get message now on band “Get Started in the Galaxy Wearable app on your phone.” Phone says connected but app can not recognize the band.

Sent message to Samsung explaining that I upgraded phone and it would not connect to SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit and also explained I followed the troubleshooting suggestion I found on internet and on its site. Received response from Samsung and they told me to do exactly what I explained I did to resolve the issue. So I feel they just have a person who just copy and pasted the same answer to anyone who has a syncing issue.

They say on its site it’s compatible with iPhone 7 and above running IOS 10 and above which I believe not to be true since it will not connect. Tried syncing with two other iPhones my friends use, one an 8 and another a XR running IOS 10 and SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit sync was not a problem.

So in short, SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit is not comparable with either the iPhones 11 or the IOS 13.1.2 and now I have a band that is totally worthless till they upgrade the software.

Would love a dark theme and the ability to set personal stride lengths in the future (have myself listed as 4” taller then I really am to match my stride length which isn’t 2.5’ for a 6’ average man) as well as more watch faces for the new Galaxy Fit.
However app works well with the Fit and my prior Gear and Active. Some annoying issues like old watches showing up, daily goals not showing up right away on Fit (just need to change it and then change it back to original goal) but otherwise a decent app.

Besides for the lack of apps available for my watch (Gear Fit2Pro), it randomly breaks the Bluetooth connection, which means notifications (and other apps/functions which require a phone connection) stop working, even though my watch still says “Connected via BT”. Reconnecting is a pain because it sometimes takes multiple times (as in closing/reopening SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit ) to get it working again.
Additionally, SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit itself is kinda slow and tasks like viewing estimated battery life or browsing for more watch faces/apps often takes a while to load.

I updated iOS 15 on my iPhone today and now my Samsung fit is not working! SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit says cannot connect to band and the band is flashing Samsung fit on and off. Can’t even power it off, it’s not doing anything! I’ve closed out of SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit & reopened still not connecting to band. The band is charged at 75% so I know it’s not that. So SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit finally connected to my band but then went out again. Please look into this issue with the iOS 15 update! Saw another review that was having same issues after update. Something is going on for sure with iOS 15 update. Please look into this and get the issue resolved!! Thanks! It’s annoying!

***UPDATE***

I just downloaded the latest update and everything is fixed!!! Also thanks guys for the amazing customer service!

I love my Samsung galaxy fit2 which I just got, it is paired to my iPhone SE. (because I don’t want to spend 400+ on a Apple Watch) and there are a lot of bugs with SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit. 1- the weather does not work, even though I have location services turned on it says I do not. 2- it keeps disconnecting from my phone. 3- there are a lot of other minor bugs that aren’t really worth mentioning. Thank you for reading my review and God bless! 😃

So to start things off, I had ordered a Samsung galaxy fit 2. I was told anywhere I looked that iPhone models with the latest iOS update were supported. After a while of trying to set things up on my iPhone se, I was confused because there was no option for my fit 2. I kept trying and everything but nothing had worked. Of course Samsung wouldn’t mention that only iPhone 7 and up work with SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit correctly, because you know, why would they specify that? Like cmon, you could have just said that in the description. I know that this fit 2 is probably wonderful and great but I’m going to have to return it for this reason. I hope everyone is able to read this.

Put a new battery in watch because battery didn’t make it through the day even with many things turned off. After battery installation watch briefly connects to blue tooth and then disconnects with a message saying to forget the device and try again but that doesn’t work. I looked at what app developers said to do and tried it all but none of their remedies were effective. So this highly capable watch is just a dumb watch and am very frustrated with its inability to do something as simple as connect to my phone. I reset watch, deleted and reinstalled app and it recognizes watch is near by but when I press to connect it just times out without connecting.

Like another reviewer from a couple of months ago, the Samsung Fit is no longer working / syncing correctly, and once an exercise is started, the Fit will enter a boot loop every time the phone (in my case, and iPhone SE gen2) tries connecting and syncing with it. It’s impossible to use now, which is so desperately sad - I love my fit, but I’m going to have to move away from Samsung accessories because of this. :-(

Like the other reviewer, I tried uninstalling both SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit and the SamsungHealth app multiple times, but I also factory reset thr Fot twice, too. It works for a bit until, usually, I start and exercise, and then it bootloops again.

PLEASE fix, Samsung team!

I had problem with sleep tracking skipping sleep or showing large gaps in the morning. Even when sleep mode is on all night.

I stumbled on the fact that at night when I enable sleep mode I closed the Galaxy Fit app until next morning and my sleep tracking works so much better on the Fit and records all night without gaps or hiccups.

Device must have a problem talking to app on smartphone while in sleep mode and it interrupts the sleep tracking on the Fit while it's syncing or doing something like weather.

Waiting patently for next firmware updates to give us better performance, heart rate recording fixes and more features like weight entry, music control and customize watch faces and better save features when restoring after reset.
Also need alarm on smartphone when fully charged and nighttime clock mode while charging.

Also I have show notifications on and raise to wake off. If I receive a notification and my wrist is not in the raised position I see nothing. I keep getting buzzed but when I raise my hand to read it it's off.

Also I saw an umbrella and scissors emoji but most of the time it says (emoji) please have it either show or nothing. Almost looks like it has the dingbat font set and that's all. Be mice if there was a list of displayable emojis.

Location sharing for weather app is not possible. It is not an option anywhere in iOS settings. I’m using iOS 13.3 on iPhone 7. This problem was not resolved until I reinstalled SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit .

Fit does not show up on devices on iPhone 5S. Other 3 devices show up. On iPhone 7 all 4 devices work. It’s a shame because earlier version supported 5S.

I got an iPhone 6s and the gear fit2 and it works just fine. Get all my notifications and whatnot on my watch and is all good. Good connection too! Can’t complain. iPhone users, follow instructions on how to connect your watches if your still having trouble. Follow the steps! I did a couple times and finally worked and is worth it. Probably works better with a Samsung phone but my iPhone and watch are working quite well together!

I was a little harsh in my first review but after Samsung got back to me I changed my mind. Now SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit has a lot to improve on, but it is getting better. My one suggestion is to combine the health app and SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit, so we there will only be one app to run this watch. Much like how Fitbit does it with only one app. My other suggestion is to try to make it so the watch and SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit sync faster, and to make SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit load a lot faster. This would decrease the time that we spend waiting for it to load. Samsung please get back to me.

So yes. SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit is ok and all, however it just has so many flaws. The firmware for the watch also has flaws.

For example, if you lose it, and it’s out of power, YOU CANNOT FIND IT. At least allow it to do what lost phones do: send the last location of it when it was really low on power. At least give it the capability to find send its location and store it in your account when it’s pretty low on power.

DON’T TELL ME TO PUSH BUTTONS ON MY WATCH IF I CANNOT FIND IT. It’s just like your war with Apple in competition: you make it the worst on iPhone but make it have literally every feature someone needs on a Samsung.

Second: allow pairing using the 4-letter/digit thing. If you somehow lost it right after taking it out, SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit on BOTH phones just expect you to have it right next to you.

Fix every one of those problems above. No, not one, ALL OF THEM. Should’ve gotten an Apple Watch.

I like the fact that it tracks my vitals, but it is inaccurate 50% of the time. The heart rate monitor is the only thing I can rely upon, although I have not really tested its accuracy with an external with a chest monitor. The sleep mode is what I really got it for, but most of time it records my sleep wrong—shorter when I sleep longer and rates it at poor; and when it is short, rates it at fair. I understand that I wake up in-between sleep, but it fails to record my sleeping sometimes and just marks it as sedentary.

This was really annoying for SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit to say it’s compatible with my standard iPhone 6 when it really isn’t. It says it will be on the AppStore but low and behold, once I got the Samsung Galaxy fit I find out SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit can’t let me register it because of the apps inability to utilize older devices even though it deceptively said otherwise on the AppStore . I’m very upset. I got a Galaxy fit only to find out I can’t pair it. But the best part is it pairs just fine with a GALAXY FIT E not a GALAXY FIT. Samsung Galaxy fit only works on newer devices which SamsungGalaxyFitGearFit DOESNT tell you. I hate this. I’m returning my fit and I’m decidedly getting an Apple Watch 4. So annoying.