Galaxy Watch: Setup Guide

Your device is powered by a rechargeable Li-Ion battery.

The battery comes partially charged. You can use the device while charging.

1. Insert the USB cable into the USB charger port.
2. Connect the USB cable to the charging head, and then plug the charging head into a standard outlet.
3. Place the Gear onto the wireless charger dock.

While charging, the device and the charger may become hot. This does not affect the device’s lifespan or performance and is in the device’s normal range of operation. The charger may stop charging if the battery becomes too hot.
 
If the device heats up while charging the battery:

1. Disconnect the charger from the device and close any running apps.
2. Wait for the device to cool down and then begin charging the device again.

Note Prevent the USB charger port and the small end of the charger from coming into contact with conductive materials, such as liquids, dust, metal powders, and pencil leads.

When you connect the Gear and the wireless charger dock, the wireless charger dock’s LED indicator flashes certain colors to indicate the battery level.
 

• Red > Green > Orange: Standby mode
  
• Red: Charging
• Green: Fully charged
• Orange: Connected to a low-charger head

 
Note When a wireless charger dock error occurs, the LED indicator flashes red. Disconnect the Gear from the wireless charger dock, and then reconnect. 

Wear the Galaxy Watch firmly around your lower arm just above your wrist as shown above. Do not fasten the Galaxy Watch tootightly.

1. Open the buckle and place the strap around your wrist.
2. Fit the strap to your wrist, insert the pin into an adjustment hole, and then secure the buckle to close it.

Warning  If you feel discomfort while using the device, stop using it. If your device becomes hot, please remove it until it cools.

• To measure your heart rate more accurately with the Galaxy Watch, wear the Galaxy Watch firmly around your lower arm just above the wrist.
• When certain materials come into contact with the back of the Galaxy Watch, your Galaxy Watch may recognise that you are wearing it on your wrist.
• If your Galaxy Watch does not register that a motion has occurred for more than 10 minutes, your Galaxy Watch may recognise that you are not wearing the Watch

Press and hold the Home key (Power key) for a few seconds to turn on the Galaxy Watch. When you turn on the Galaxy Watch for the first time or reset it, on-screen instructions will appear to download and install the Galaxy Wearable app on your mobile device.

To turn off the Galaxy Watch, press and hold the Home key (Power key), and then tap Power off.

If your Galaxy Watch is frozen and unresponsive, press and hold the Home key (Power key) formore than 7 seconds to restart it.

Depending on your mobile device, you can download the Galaxy Wearable app from the following places:

• Samsung Android devices: Galaxy Apps, Play Store
• Other Android devices: Play Store

Please Note: You cannot install the Galaxy Wearable app on the mobile devices that do not support Galaxy Watch syncing. Ensure that your mobile device is compatible with a Galaxy Watch.

• Connection methods and screen may vary depending on your mobile device and software version.
• When you connect your Galaxy Watch to a mobile device for the first time after resetting it, the Galaxy Watch’s battery may drain more quickly while syncing data, such as contacts.
  
• Supported mobile devices and features may vary depending on your region, service provider, and device manufacturer.

You can use the Galaxy Watch without connecting it to a mobile device. Use your Galaxy Watch without connecting to a mobile device while doing outdoor activities such as climbing a mountain or exercise. You can set to use the Galaxy Watch without a mobile device when you turn on the Galaxy Watch for the first time or you reset it.

• Some features are not available when you using your Galaxy Watch without connecting to a mobile device.

The Watch screen is the starting point for accessing all of the Galaxy Watch’s many screens. You can view other screens by pressing the key, rotating the bezel, or swiping your finger on the screen.

You can add more widgets on the Home screen. Scroll left on the screen, tap + , and select a widget. The selected widget will appear in a new panel.

Tap and hold a widget and then drag it to the desired location.

Tap and hold a widget and then tap the red minus symbol at the top right

To turn on the screen, rotate the bezel. Or, press the Home key or the Back key. If the screen does not turn on after you rotate the bezel, tap Settings on the Apps screen, tap Advanced → Bezel wake-up, and then tap the Bezel wake-up switch to activate the feature.

To turn off the screen, cover it with your palm.

The screen will automatically turn off if the Galaxy Watch is not used for a specified period. You can also turn on the screen using the wake-up gesture feature. On the Apps screen, tap Settings → Advanced → Wake-up gesture and tap the Wake-up gesture switch to activate it.

To open the Apps screen, press the Home key on the Watch screen.

To return to the Watch screen, press the Home key.

To return to the previous screen, press the Back key.

Rotate the bezel to view other screens. On the Watch screen, rotate the bezel anti-clockwise to view notifications.

This panel allows you to view the Galaxy Watch’s current status and configure settings. Swipe downwards from the top edge of the screen.

You can edit the icons on the quick panel and up to eight icons can be added. You can add a new icon only after removing one if eight icons have already been added.

Use the screen lock feature to protect your personal information by preventing others fromaccessing your Galaxy Watch. After activating the screen lock feature, the Galaxy Watch will require an unlock code whenever unlocking it.

On the Apps screen, tap Settings → Security → Lock → Type and select the lock method.

• Pattern: Draw a pattern with four or more dots to unlock the screen.
• PIN: Enter a PIN with at least four numbers to unlock the screen.

You can enter the PIN with the bezel. Rotate the bezel to move to the number youwant to enter. After the colour of the number changes, the number will be entered.

View the current time. When you are not on the Watch screen, press the Home key to return to the Watch screen.

Tap and hold the Watch screen and rotate the bezel, or swipe the screen to the left or rightand then select a watch face. You can also customise the watch by tapping CUSTOMISE. To download more watch faces from the Galaxy Apps app, tap Galaxy Apps.

You can also change the Galaxy Watch’s watch face from your mobile device. Launch the Galaxy Wearable app on your mobile device and tap WATCH FACES. To download more watch faces from Galaxy Apps, launch the Galaxy Wearable apps and tap INFO → VIEW MORE of the TOP WATCH FACES card.

Apply a photo as your watch face after importing a photo from your mobile device:

You can set the Galaxy Watch to display the time when the screen is turned off while wearing your Galaxy Watch.On the quick panel, tap the Clock icon.

Alternatively, on the Apps screen, tap Settings → Watchfaces and tap the Watch always on switch to activate it.

You can activate watch only mode. In watch only mode, only the watch will display and all other functions will be turned off. On the Apps screen, tap Settings → Battery → Watch only.

Check a notification such as a new message or a missed call on the notification panel. On the Watch screen, rotate the bezel anti-clockwise or swipe to the right to open the notificationpanel. When there are unchecked notifications, an orange dot will be visible on the Watch screen.

When you receive a notification, information about the notification, such as its type or the time you received it, will appear on the screen. If more than two notifications are received, rotate the bezel to view more notifications.
Tap the notification to view details.

Delete a notification by swiping upwards on the screen while viewing a notification.

Select an app from your mobile device to receive notifications.

A text input screen will appear when you are able to enter text.

• The screen layout may be different depending on the app you launch.
  
• When the Galaxy Watch is connected to a mobile device via Bluetooth, the language settings applied on the mobile device are applied to the Galaxy Watch.

Tap the microphone icon and speak to enter your message.

To change the language recognised, tap the 3 dot menu button on the right and select Input languages.

• This feature is not supported in some languages.
• The Galaxy Watch may not recognise your spoken message depending on your surroundings or how you speak.
  

Tap the emoticon icon and select the category. The emoticon list of the selected category will appear. To draw a picture, tap Doodle at the top of the screen, and draw your message. Rotate the bezel anti-clockwise to delete the input stroke by stroke. To recover a stroke, rotate the bezel clockwise.

Tap the text input icon and open handwriting mode and write on the screen.

Rotate the bezel to change the input mode on the text input screen. You can switch between handwriting mode, character mode, number mode, punctuation mode, emoticon mode, and voice input mode.

Drag the space key to the left or right while tapping and holding it to change the input language. To add more languages, switch to number mode, punctuation mode, or emoticon mode. Then, tap Settings → Select input languages and select a language to add. You can use up to two languages.

Rotate the bezel to enter text using the keyboard.

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