Galaxy Watch 5 Pro Review: Almost Pro Enough

The Galaxy Watch 5 Pro strikes a good middle ground between true smartwatch and sports watch. But it's BIG.
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0:00 The Galaxy Watch 5 Pro: Does it deserve the name?
1:03 Galaxy Watch 5 Pro: Construction & screen
4:50 Exclusive features on the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro
6:30 Galaxy Watch 5 Pro health & fitness
8:54 Galaxy Watch 5 Pro battery life & charging
10:55 Galaxy Watch 5 Pro final thoughts

[LexySavvides]

Make sure to check out my text review for more on sleep tracking, blood oxygen sensor and reverse wireless charging to name a few!

[JohnnyVent]

I remember the first time I bumped it into a doorframe, I was so afraid that I scuffed the watch but I just had to wipe the paint off and repaint the door frame XD.

[PureAwesomeMess]

@4:33

If you're going to activate the "Always On" display while being outdoors and it's bright outside, you can disable the "Autobrightness" feature and adjust the display's brightness manually.

[allenmorseiii]

I just never use ALWAYS ON. I wear my watch constantly and raising my wrist to see the time is absolutely perfect. I'm coming from the Galaxy Active 2 which was a problem from the start, (VERY short battery life, display phantom triggering amongst other things!), and it recently died on a water therapy session. I reactivated my original galaxy watch in the interim from ordering this one. I personally REALLY like the virtual bezel, my original watch the bezel jammed, unable to move it. It moves now but very tightly, not a good thing. Interesting strap for seniors who's hand mobility is starting to be an issue, I had to put an expandable band on my Galaxy Active 2, and am interested to see how the magnetic latching works. Thanks for a great review, I'm really going to like this watch, I can tell!

[irfanspace]

honestly, today i went to best-buy to check new Iphone and Apple watch ultra before ordering, and i saw this watch .. which made me confuse, because this is beautiful, colorful bright watch, i am in love but downside is i do not have Samsung Phone .. this watch is beautiful, look like a real watch ...i am in love .
also Samsung fold 4 ... i really thinking to go over Samsung ..

[TheGloryOfXbox]

Excellent review. Nice to see a reviewer who is ok with larger watches. I also appreciate the mention of those of us who aren't too fussed about the fitness stuff. Yep, think this will be my next smart watch. Shame I won't have access to everything because I will be using it with a Pixel 6pro, but I can't be wearing that Google Watch. Not my style at ALL

[jdoshow]

Pre-ordered mines last week and received it this pass Monday. So far I love it. It really isn't much different than the watch 4. Mainly I'm loving the better battery life I guess mainly do to the bigger battery. It seems to run smoother and faster then the watch 4. However it could be just from being new. I like the bigger size and the build. Feels premium. I do kinda miss the rotating bezel on a premium device but the digital one isn't too bad. Expectly with practice. The new band style is great. Only issue I see is if u need to do reverse charging from you Galaxy device. The band makes it almost impossible unless you remover it. But again do to the bigger battery you hopefully won't need to charge. A stand would have been nice to sit it on while charging though. Since it doesn't sit flat on a desktop. Overall I'm very happy with it.

[jhguygih]

Want one for my mom that fell recently. Would this have a better fall detection than the 5? I only care about fall detection

[crlmac]

I use mine with my S22 Ultra. I had the Watch 3 Classic to Watch 5 Pro and it has noticeably improved battery life (Always On feature enabled) and more importantly, a working ECG app which was very frustrating to use on the old one. It still does not have the Blood Presure and now adding to the list, the skin temperature sensor.

With my unfortunate frustrating experience with Samsung lately, I would recommend the watch if you lower down your expections down to "As-Is" from it. From the beginning, it went downhill, they would not ship it to my work and I end up taking off work abruptly 2-days just to finally receive it at my residence. The clasp on the Sports D-band that Samsung requires you to bundle to buy broke within 4 days and both online and onsite local Samsung CSR could not help me. The former even wants me to ship everything back and order everything back (with no more promotional charging mat) and having to deal with taking off work again just to receive the replacement. It's just the band that's broken! Grocery shopping is not exactly an extreme sport and yet not a year, not 6-months, not 1-month, not 1-week, but the $40 Samsung band only lasted 4 days.

[PoeticXTragedy]

Couldn't pass up on the opportunity to trade up my Moto 360 2nd gen. Get my gray titanium model tomorrow. For how basic I am with my watches its def gonna meet my needs.

[SupeDefy]

The sapphire glass on this watch is much more reflective than ones on watch 4 (not sapphire.) So it's a compromise I suppose, more scratch resistant but harder to see in bright sunlight.

[gotechakash]

CNET reviews are the best 👍 even my dad recommends this channel, yeah!

[vaac]

I bought a Casio, the battery life is 10 years.

[eddyalvarenga]

My Cons in 4 days using it:
1) Google Pay/ Samsung Pay - obligatory Pin when set, locks the watch, not the app. Any time the watch gets lose in your wrist it triggers the lock and you have to use the pin even to check the time. In the Tizen days, it would lock only Samsung Pay. Very annoying feature.
2) No rotating bezel - The virtual bezel is not precise so I have now been using the screen to scroll.
3) ECG does not work for non Samsung phone users.
4) I expected the battery to last longer, so far I disabled the NFT and GPS to have the battery last more than 24 hours.
Pros:
1) Very fast charging
2) The watch lip protects the screen
3) Google Assistant
4) Beautiful and useful watch faces out of the box

[SSJGengar]

Actually, the Gear S2 also had a rotating bezel, so before the galaxy watch.

[DilipBanerjee]

I regret upgrading from the Frontier S3 to the Watch 5 Pro last year. The black rim scratches easily whereas my Frontier S3 looked like new after years of tough use. The sleep function is useless. On most nights there are huge chunks of time it does not record sleep – either at the start, in the middle of the night, or less frequently close to morning. I think I would know if I was awake for 4 hours while in bed! Ironically, my Samsung phone (S21) shows a more accurate number of hours slept, but without the detail the watch is supposed to provide. The Watch 5 Pro also does not accurately record my activity. For example, on a recent 100km cycle ride I received only 13k steps. The last straw was two days ago when I started the cycling tracker, the timer started but no distance appeared. I tried starting it 3 times and then had to reboot the watch to get it to work. I’m not sure why I continue to wear the watch! I guess it does notify me of texts and I can talk on it if my phone is not nearby. But the watch is a disappointment. If anyone has a watch that does better, I'd love to hear about it.

[Shan_Shah]

1 problem with a physical rotating bezel even though I love it but it causes accidental touchs and the bezel to accidentally rotate

[supaflyrvguy]

I have the Galaxy 3 and i still love it. I have been excited to see the 5 pro. I do have a question, now that galaxy is using google, would i be able to download apple music to the watch? (For music control) I dont use spotify.

[devilmaycry]

Can't make my mind up whether to get the 5 Pro or the Watch 6 44mm.

[QBtheGREAT]

Waiting on my watch 5 pro cellular to arrive today. Excited to get it setup. Going to put it to the test in the golf course as soon as it arrives.