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I ran with Samsung's Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, and it both humbled and motivated me


Samsung's physical bezel harkens to the past, but its advanced coaching functions lead us into the future.

Antioxidant levels, vascular load, ECG, sleep apnea detection, body composition, and more all help make the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic your personal health and wellness advisor. I understand it was implemented to improve the reliability and accuracy of health metrics, but so far I find it difficult to remove and insert the bands into the luges even with the detailed written instructions included in the package. I bounce around between a lot of different smartwatches as part of my real-world testing here at ZDNET, but given the fantastic new Running Coach feature on the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, it will be my daily driver for some time.

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