The Galaxy watch will vibrate after I have been walking for ten minutes and a message will appear that says, “You have been walking for ten minutes”. Early on in using the smartwatch, this feature proved to be a safety risk. One time when I was on a walk that lasted about ten minutes on my lunch break, I was getting ready to cross the street to go back to work and it vibrated with that message. The vibration caused me to immediately look at the message on the watch, right when I was starting to cross the street, and I failed to look for oncoming traffic. The oncoming traffic was far enough that I was not in danger, but close enough that if I had actually looked, I would have probably waited to cross.
So today I just turned off vibrate and switched the watch to mute in hopes that I won't be distracted by this notification next time, since, instinctively, I immediately look at the watch when it vibrates. However, doing this, I won't notice phone calls or reminders as easily, since the watch may not vibrate any more to alert me. Part of me wonders if I could get used to the vibrate after using the watch for a long time, that I would still look both ways if crossing the street, but I think I may always be inclined to look at the smartwatch immediately if there is a vibration.
You either need to learn to not look, manually turn mute on and off, or don't wear it. Otherwise the issue comes up while you're driving as well.
I could also avoid distraction if I just used the traditional watch. The traditional watch looks nicer than the smartwatch and is a lot more simple. However, there are some things I would be losing if I decided to switch back to the traditional watch. One of the things I would be losing is the weather on the watch display with the wind speed displayed. Because I visit my special needs brother weekly, and he does puzzles, I am wanting to know the wind speed easily, because if it is windy enough, the wind can blow puzzle pieces away. The wind speed is something I easily forget to check before my visit, so it is easier to see on the smartwatch display, to quickly check if I forget to check it before my visit. That way I can do my visit inside if necessary.
Is there any difference to having a weather widget on your phone's home screen?
If I switched back to the traditional watch, I would also miss seeing the number of steps I have walked during the day. I am also interested in the smartwatch's ability to detect irregular heartbeat if for some reason that happens. My friend told me there is a limit on the Galaxy watch's accuracy for that kind of detection, and that for increased accuracy, you would need to get the Galaxy ring. So does using the Galaxy watch help that much with monitoring for irregular heartbeat? I also like seeing the number of calories I have burned in a workout. However sometimes the Galaxy watch will mistakenly say that I have been on an elliptical when I am pacing back and forth in my apartment if I have slight arm movement.
You can get fitness tracker watches.
Because I am planning to get app blocking software for Android that will limit the amount of time that I can send text messages, the smartwatch might be helpful in still being able to read my text messages in case there would be something important. I have an addiction to texting friends a whole lot, so I am researching app blocking software, such as the app from appblock.app, to set a time limit on texting for each day and to block texting after a certain hour in the evening, so I can do something more productive, like play the guitar. However I might still want to be able to see texts on my Galaxy watch in case there would be something important, or if I would need to login into a website that sent me a one-time verification code to my phone by text. If I use a traditional watch, I will get blocked out from text messaging if I reach the time limit.
If you're using MFA, you'll still need your phone with you regardless. You can pull it out of your pocket.
I also find it inconvenient that I have to charge the Galaxy watch every night. With the traditional watch, once the jeweler puts a new battery in the watch, the battery will last about 2 or 3 years.
You charge your phone every night. You can get 2-in-1 wireless chargers if you feel it's that much of a burden.
I am also wondering if the smartwatch prevents people from stealing your phone. If I was in a public place which wasn't that safe of an area, like downtown, I am wondering if there is concern that someone might steal the smartphone out of your hand if you are using it? I could make phone calls with the smartwatch to protect my phone from being stolen. I have an expensive Galaxy phone so I want to protect it, but someone told me that it is unlikely that someone would snatch a phone out of your hand. He told me that if someone wanted to steal my phone, it is more likely that I would be robbed. What do you think?
You're much more likely to get mugged and robbed for everything on your person, than to have someone try and snatch your phone out of your hand while you're actively gripping it. The smartwatch speaker also isn't that great (and don't be that guy who takes speaker calls in public places).
Look, if I may: I've noticed a recurring theme with your posts is that you seem to be looking for technical solutions to personal problems (content consumed, texting, compulsively looking at your smartwatch). And I'm totally encouraging you to put those things to death.
But the issue is, a lot of the stuff you're trying to fix is with bandaids (trying to screw around with MDMs, blocking texting, being worried about safety concerns of checking the smartwatch). May I ask: are you actively in therapy? Men's groups? Getting regular actual help for some of the compulsions? I want you to live your best life to the fullest, but every other post here genuinely makes it feel like you're spending a
lot of time being burdened by some of these compulsions, but you never seem to indicate if you're actually regularly getting help for them.
