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Here’s how to send text messages with your Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 5
Due to the new and most advanced features, Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 smartwatches are some of the most beloved wearables in the industry. The watches are capable to let you talk on a call. However, when you or the second person can’t hear a clear voice, you can send text messages with your Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 or Galaxy Watch 5.
These wearables allow users to create new messages, view incoming messages, and send message replies using the preinstalled Messages app without even picking up their Galaxy phone from their pocket or bag.
Not only this but you can also send replies using instant messages or when you reject an incoming call. And, what makes text messages more interesting on these Galaxy smartwatches is the One UI Watch 4.5‘s QWERTY keyboard that lets you switch between input modes, including keyboard, voice input, and handwriting, during text entry.
Do note that you can only use the pre-installed Samsung Messages app for texting on your Galaxy wearables. Third-party messaging apps such as Google Hangouts, WhatsApp, or Facebook Messenger cannot be installed on the watch.
Here’s how you can send text messages on your Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 or Galaxy Watch 5:
First of all, navigate to and tap Messages app on your wearable. To compose a new message, select either the message icon or the contact icon. Now enter or choose your recipient. If you want to send a reply to an existing conversation, select the message from the log instead.
There are many methods to choose from when it comes to creating or replying to a text. Just swipe up to see the following options:
- Microphone: Speak into your watch and have it converted to text.
- Voice recording: Record your voice as an audio file and send it to a recipient. This option is only available on the Galaxy Watch4 and Galaxy Watch5 series.
- Emoji: Select an emoji as your response.
- Write: Write letters on the watch face. Written letters will be converted into text.
- Keyboard: Type out your response using the watch’s T9 keyboard.
- Quick response: Select a Quick message to send as your response.
- Reply on phone: Send the conversation to the Messages app on your connected phone and then reply using your phone’s keyboard. You will be required to unlock your phone first if you have a Lock screen.
- Edit responses: Create or edit Quick messages by writing letters on the watch face. Just like with text input, written letters will be converted into text.
- Doodle: Write letters on the watch’s face. Written letters will be sent as an image. This option is not available on the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 series.
When replying to a group message, replies will be sent back to the entire group. To reply to an individual recipient, tap the More option (the three vertical dots) on the right-hand side of the screen, and then tap the recipient. Select the desired recipient, and then tap the Message icon.
Samsung provides a Fall detection feature to the Galaxy Watches in addition to several Health alert functions. But for some time, Galaxy Watch users are facing an issue related to fall detection notifications, due to which they are not able to properly use other functions of their Samsung smartwatch.
Several community users have reported that the hard fall detection notification pops up repeatedly on the Galaxy Watch, even when no fall has occurred. If you are also facing the fall detection notification issue on your Galaxy Watch, then you can check the solution below.
The Samsung smartphone’s fall detection feature triggers a 60-second notification on your watch when it detects a hard fall. If you don’t respond, it will send an SOS message to the emergency contact listed with your location. The smartwatch also allows you to call an emergency contact if you’re in a position to do so.
If you don’t need the fall detection function during daily life then you just need to change the setting of this function.
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How to change the Galaxy Watch Fall detection notification?
For changing the settings of the Fall detection feature, you just need to follow a few steps.
- Firstly, connect your Galaxy Watch to your smartphone
- Open the Galaxy Wearable app on your smartphone
- Now tap on the Watch Settings.
- Click on the Safety and emergency option.
- Tap on the Hard fall detection feature.
- Now, you just need to select the ‘ Only during workout‘ option.
- It is done.
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Navigation Bar is one of the important parts of a smartphone as it allows users to control or navigate all the activities on their smartphone as per their wish. Along with changing the Navigation Bar on Galaxy smartphones, Samsung also offers various options to decorate and customize it.
If we buy a new smartphone, we need to navigate to use it. Although navigating the smartphone is very easy, yet we can make it more comfortable. How? So it is based on you in which way makes you feel comfortable using your Samsung smartphone, perhaps with gestures or buttons.
Here you can check how you can change the Navigation bar of your Galaxy smartphone.
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How to change Navigation Bar on your Galaxy device?
You can easily change the Navigation Bar of the Samsung smartphone, just need to follow a few steps mentioned below.
- Open Settings on your Galaxy smartphone.
- Click on the Display option.
- Scroll down and click on the Navigation bar.
- Select Navigation type from two options:
1.) Buttons
2.) Swipe gestures
Aside from this, you can also change the icons, layout, and background color of the navigation buttons in addition to height through the Good Lock module NavStar.
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Samsung enhances its technology day by day and One UI 5.1 seems to be a fantastic upgrade over its predecessors that brought many new improvements and features to the existing user interface. Apart from the many new features of One UI 5.1, you can also check here 3 amazing accessibility functions of Samsung smartphones that give you the next-level experience.
In the accessibility section of your smartphone, you can find some of the most innovative features of your Galaxy smartphone. The functions of accessibility are more useful for the person who is managing a disability as it helps to supercharge your Galaxy device.
3 Samsung One UI 5.1 Accessibility Features
1.) Flash notification
Flash the camera light or the screen when you receive a notification, call, or when an alarm sound. To turn on this function, you just need to visit Settings >> Scroll down and press Accessibility >> Tap on Advanced Settings >> Flash notification. Now, you can see two options:
- Camera flash notification
- Screen flash notification
You can turn on the function by tapping on the toggle.
2.) Left/Right Sound Balance
Samsung provides a separate option for adjusting the sound of the phone’s speaker and any other connected devices like earbuds, Bluetooth headsets, and more. It is a very helpful feature for those users who use it, however, the feature is not applicable for calls.
You can easily use this feature by following a few easy steps. Open Settings >> Click Accessibility option >> Tap on the Hearing enhancements option. Now, you can find the Left/right sound balance option, which includes the following two sliders.
- Connected device
- Phone Audio
You can adjust them by sliding left or right as you feel convenient.
3.) Accessibility button/gesture
You can add Accessibility floating buttons to easily access several functions of the Accessibility section. Also, you can change its size and transparency accordingly.
To add the Accessibility button, you just need to open Settings >> Accessibility >> Advanced Settings>> Accessibility button/gesture >> Select actions, and it is done.
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