With practice, it soon becomes easy to use and is undoubtedly one of the most cutting-edge GPS watches on the market, with the modern, minimalist styling and features on offer going a long way to justify the price tag.

Slick design with unique navigation tools and a bright, crystal clear screen displaying distances and hole maps.

Green Undulation technology isn't widely available. Laborious setting up process.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 delivers automatic workout tracking and good battery life in a sleek design, making it one of the best fitness trackers you can buy. The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 blows Wear OS watches away, and proves the company is serious about catching up with Apple.

Good battery life, Automatic workout-tracking, Offline Spotify storage, Gorgeous design, Works with iOS and Android

ECG feature not available at launch, Sleep-tracking needs some work, Limited apps

There's much to like about the latest Galaxy Watch Active 2, even though its flagship health feature hasn't been turned on yet.

The Galaxy Watch Active 2 feels even better on your wrist than the first Active -- it's comfortable during workouts and when sleeping; An updated running coach works fairly well, as long as you can deal with the Bixby voice; The touch bezel lets you navigate between menus easily.

The watch has an ECG, but you can't use it yet; Battery life on the smaller 40mm version does take a beating during workouts, especially when you have the always-on display active; There's no menstrual tracking.

It's everything I wish Wear OS would be

The 'active' branding is relevant but not defining to the Galaxy Watch Active 2. This is an excellent smartwatch on every level, not just for fitness tracking.

Brought this watch on pre order and I can't stress how bad it was. When I first got the watch I was initially impressed by the features and functionality. Especially the the auto tracking heart rate monitor and the ability to answer calla and speak front the watch due to there now being a speaker...

I use this with iOS and can whole heartedly recommend instead of Apple Watch easily for the price and features. The only downside is I can't use Samsung Pay as iOS doesn't have an app for it and I can't reply to texts/emails from the watch but I can make and receive phone calls which is perfect for...

This watch is awesome and I hope people who buy this watch enjoy it just as much as me.

If you want a smart watch for notifications and NFC payment Its not a bad watch, however as a fitness watch it's nothing short of terrible! The step count is way off (it only seems to count after around 20 steps) as it doesn't count ALL your steps, the heart rate function seems ok but the counting...

I love everything about although am still learning to use it. It's really good at work, as I don't keep my phone on me I can see when a message comes or answer a phone call if it's important, the first time I did this I felt like Sick Tracey.