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New Galaxy Watch Update Makes Life Difficult

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nozah

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My galaxy watch recently got a new update and its been such an inconvenience to use after that. I am a very active person who goes to the gym often, so i have a lot of exercise routines saved (eg, Pull day, Quads) with different exercises, some exercises came with the watch and others i had to add myself.

Here are some things i find annoying

- The watch only needed one tap to start a routine,  or exercise, now i have to tap twice

- It used to have voice prompts to start either the next exercise, the next set, the break between the sets and between exercises. Now i have to constantly look at it to know if the break is finished and if i should start my next set/exercise. It still does this for some exercises that came with added but even then itll just prompt that thats the next exercise but wont prompt for next set or break.

- Cardio exercises like stepmaster and treadmill running used to prompt when halfway and 90% through, now theres nothing.

-When on the treadmill, i see all these unnecessary metrics like candance and pace(which is still speed) but i would rather just see speed(in km/h not these inches/feet)  and heartrate. its just messy with too much going on on the screen

 

is there a way to go back to a previous update because this is really inconveniencing my life,what where these developers thinking? do they even use these apps themselves?

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    Arifufu

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    08-5-2026 04:41 AM

     

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    adapt with the new update or wear other watch brand that only show necessary data

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    08-6-2026 12:10 PM

     

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    Sorry that it's an inconvenience but apps change and we need to adapt to these frustrating changes these developers make no matter how frustrating and inconvenient it is because they don't care
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    backriver

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    09-1-2026 03:20 PM

     

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    No. We  don't. We can yell and scream publicly roast until someone hopefully listens. I was a product manager, and the job is to make things easier, not harder for the users. Whoever was PM on this particular release should be held accountable and change things back

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    laura1132

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    08-6-2026 11:33 PM

     

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    I agree that apps change. I have the Ultra watch. When you purchase a $ 300-$ 600 smart watch the apps should enhance not take away from.

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    BH123

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    08-25-2026 06:37 PM

     

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    The lack of automatically starting has been bothersome to me as the one tap was perfect. Wish there was a way to at least be a toggle on and off. Sure I'll get used to it. Same for the buttons. I have issues with the watch pausing during a workout because I accidentally hit the button with my wrist because of normal workout hand placements like pushups and squats. I agree that we need to adapt but i feel like moving toward more buttons is less convenient, not more convenient. Or give a bit more control. Android was always good about giving users more options to control their devices. At least give me some settings to toggle to my preferences.