What can I do with the Watch3?
With the Watch3 you can control your day directly from your wrist. Galaxy Watch3 lets you check your schedule, message your mates, and pay for your morning coffee without reaching for your phone or wallet.
Read on to find out more about some of the great features you can carry on your wrist. Or, if you want to find out more about the specifications of the Watch3, you can find out about how it compares against other Watch models here.
You can also download the manual for your Galaxy Watch3 from Samsung Support.
Call & Text on another device
When your phone is connected to your watch through a Bluetooth connection, you can answer calls and send texts through your watch.
Please note: Call & Text on other device is only available for BT versions. Your watch and smartphone must be signed into the same Samsung account and have a network connection
When responding to messages, you can now view sent images through your Watch3. You can also browse through your chat history, helping you stay on top of your life at all times.
Smart reply
If you receive a text, the Watch3 will automatically suggest a response based on the context of the message.
AR Emoji
You can now reply to messages using your avatar stickers. This includes AR Emoji and Bitmoji through the Samsung Message app. Find out more about AR Emoji and how to use it.
Please note: AR Emoji and Bitmoji are only available when sending messages through the Samsung Message app
You can set your Watch3 to give you different briefings, including a morning briefing, evening briefing, mindfulness briefing and global days with special meanings.
Morning briefing
This briefing provides you with the date, weather, schedule, reminders, battery status and other information.
Evening briefing
This briefing provides you with overdue reminders, today's health statistics, tomorrow's weather, battery status and other information.
Mindfulness briefings
Your Watch can monitor your daily stress levels and suggest breathing exercises when your stress level is high.
Global with special meanings
Your Watch can let you know when a globally recognised day is taking place. This includes UN and WHO events.
Follow the steps below to activate daily briefings.
If your Watch3 is connected to a compatible smartphone, you can take the perfect shot by using the display to check the camera composition and by zooming in and out using the rotating bezel.
Please note: you will need to download an additional app to use this feature.
The camera controller is compatible with the following devices:
- S9 series
- Note9
- S10 series
- Note10 series
- S20 series
- Note20 series
- Fold
- Z Flip series
Once your smartphone and watch are connected, you can control music playback using the shortcut on the watch face. This provides seamless cross-device control with your smartphone, Buds+ and watch.
You can use the music controller to open the music app or Spotify controller.
You can use your watch to control PowerPoint files that are playing though your PC or phone. The PowerPoint controller supports touch pad mode and the timer setting.
Bixby is a virtual assistant that helps to make your daily tasks easier. Bixby can be used to send messages, create reminders, support you through your exercise, and loads more.
Samsung Pay on your watch allows you to leave your wallet at home. You can use Samsung Pay on your watch to pay using your registered cards. Find out more about Samsung Pay and find answers to some of the Frequently Asked Questions.
You can now also use your watch to pay for public transport, including TFL.
The Samsung Health Monitor allows you to check your blood pressure and ECG, anywhere anytime.
Before you can start measuring your blood pressure and using the ECG function, you must set up your profile and calibrate your Galaxy Watch.
Please note: Samsung Health Monitor is support on Galaxy Watch3, Galaxy Watch Active2 and later released Galaxy Watch and Active models (excluding Galaxy Fit)
Find out more about the Samsung Health Monitor app and watch this video to learn how to measure your ECG.
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