![]() The Ultra 2 again goes a step beyond by enabling an 86-decibel Siren that it says can be heard from up to 600 feet (180 meters) away and allows for a temporary doubling of flashlight brightness by turning the Digital Crown. ![]() Both also monitor for falls and crashes to trigger Emergency SOS in the event you are unconscious or unable to reach your device. Both can leverage the Emergency SOS satellite service to notify first-responders even when cellular coverage is unavailable, including international emergency calling. If you don't use sleep tracking, either watch will work fine, but if you intend to take advantage of sleep tracking and Samsung's handy nap-tracking, that bigger battery absolutely comes in clutch.Apple also spent a good amount of time marketing the Watch’s safety features. ![]() A full day's use might take about half the battery, and a half-hour charge while you refresh your body will get it topped off back to full. The extended battery life on the Galaxy Watch 6 means that if you charge your watch while taking a shower every morning, you'll rarely ever see it drop below 40%. Fast charging means the Apple Watch Series 9 can go from empty to full in about an hour and a half, but that still requires you to take that time every day and not forget to put your watch back on before bed. The Apple Watch Series 9 will have to come off your wrist at some point in the day unless you consciously kick over to Low power mode, but that turns off a number of functions - including background heartrate tracking and some notifications - that you likely bought the watch for in the first place. It's likely this will improve over time, and with the next entry in the Galaxy Watch lineup, but for now, those who care about getting the utmost accuracy from their smartwatch's fitness features will want to go with an Apple Watch Series 9. The inclusion of new personalized heart rate zones on the Galaxy Watch 6 is a welcome addition, but it fails to achieve the robustness seen with the Apple Watch Series 9. Otherwise, there's not much point to it, as it'll just keep providing you with the same information over and over. The Sleep Coaching function included with the Watch 6 is also extremely helpful, though as pointed out in our review, it really only helps if you actually listen to it. The Galaxy Watch 6 doesn't offer nearly as accurate sensors as the Apple Watch Series 9, though, but it does give you a consistent enough baseline to get a good look at your activity levels and your heart rate. The Apple Watch isn’t capable of tracking naps, so you can’t see just how well you slept during the naps you take using the Apple Watch. One big difference between the two is the Galaxy Watch 6’s ability to track naps with its sleep-tracking function. The Galaxy Watch 6 also offers many fitness and health tracking options, making it a solid contender against the Apple Watch Series 9. ![]() The Galaxy Watch 6 has two active buttons - which can be mapped to a specific app, voice, assistant, and Samsung Pay - while Apple uses one side button in addition to the Digital Crown. Both devices also feature very different software, which we’ll cover more in-depth further below. Where the Galaxy Watch 6 utilizes a digital haptic bezel - the $400 Galaxy Watch 6 Classic has that snazzy rotating bezel - the Apple Watch uses its dial-like Digital Crown to move through different menus. Apple offers both Aluminum and Stainless steel versions of the Watch 9, though that $300 price bump is quite steep for a marginally more durable watch casing. The Apple Watch Series 9 continues to use the rectangular shape that Apple has relied on since the beginning, as well as its proprietary band system. For starters, the Galaxy Watch 6 uses a round screen, rounded Armor Aluminum chassis, and standard 20mm watch straps to create a watch that looks and feels pretty similar to the "dumb" watches you wore a decade ago. The design of the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Galaxy Watch 6 is where you’ll see a lot of the differences.
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