I was looking for an inexpensive watch to track my steps (heart rate/O2 are a bonus), this works great for that! It says it starts counting after 10 steps during 'awake' hours and 20 steps during 'sleeping' hours. I thought I walked way more than I actually did according to this watch. It is pretty accurate as I have counted my steps and checked the watch and they are within a couple steps. It tracks your heart rate and your O2 levels and saves the history in the app. It's nice to have that info at the push of a button instead of writing it all down (and misplacing the sheet of paper). I have mine set up to take my heart rate and O2 levels once an hour so I can see how I'm doing anytime I want. Great information to have for my next annual Dr appointment. It alerts me to get up and move if I haven't done so in 1 hour (vibrates 3 times and shows on the screen to get up and move). It also allowed me to set up an alert if my heart rate goes above a certain number that I have entered. Took me a while to figure out why it vibrated 5 times with nothing on the screen, that's your warning that your heart rate is above that set number you entered. The sleep tracker works fairly good, sometimes it says I have 'rapid eye movement' after I have woke up so that could use a little tweaking but overall, it does a pretty good job tracking your sleep. Tells you when you are in deep sleep, light sleep, rapid eye movement and awake. There are a lot of options to set up through the app, I don't think I'm using it to it's full potential but it works great for what I wanted. It connects to your phone via bluetooth so it rings when your phone rings, you get to see the text on your watch (I haven't figured out how to text back from the watch but I just grab my phone for the bigger screen to text anyways), it shows you emails that you receive, shows notifications from Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, etc. You can pick which apps you want notifications for through the app on your phone. I have not worn it in the shower to see if it's water proof, I take all jewelry off anyways, it seems fine when I wash my hands and splash it with a little water, never has it been submerged in water. The watch band is a little irritating if you get water/sweat behind it. Because you need it somewhat tight on your wrist for accurate readings, water/sweat can irritate your skin under the band, no worries, take it off and wipe the water/sweat off the watch, band and your wrist and it's fine. Battery life is actually better than I thought it would be, it gets down to about 25% after about 5-6 days. I charge it while I'm at work, I'm sitting at my desk anyways so I don't have to worry about missed steps or not tracking my sleep. Haven't timed a charge but I'd say it's around 1 – 1 1/2 hours to fully charge it. It does still vibrate if you get a text, call, email or other notification, however, when you tap the side button to wake it up, all you see is the charging status, you cannot see the notification. Overall, I highly recommend this watch if you are looking for a 'smart watch' but without the smart watch price and its own line on your phone plan. I have a Nord phone (same as Samsung only WAY cheaper), Android operating system, and this works just fine with my phone, no issues at all!! Highly, HIGHLY recommend this watch!!!!
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