How to add Yoga Mode to your Samsung Galaxy Watch

The Samsung Galaxy Watch is one of the popular smartwatches with Yoga mode. It helps you track vital metrics while doing yoga. While the mode isn’t directly preloaded on the watch, you can add it to your workout modes screen with a few simple taps.

When you add the yoga mode to your Galaxy Watch and start it, you can see essential stats like average heart rate, maximum heart rate, and more on the screen. Before starting the yoga workout mode, you can also set a target for calories or time duration.

After starting, you will see the time duration on the watch screen with calories burnt and heart rate data. Scrolling down will also see a detailed heart rate data chart with average and maximum heart rates during the session.

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How to enable & use Google Maps Navigation on Wear OS

Google’s Wear OS also supports turn-by-turn GPS navigation with real-time updates. This can be handy when cycling or driving with your phone in your pocket. If you have a smartwatch running Wear OS, such as Galaxy Watch, Pixel Watch, or TicWatch, here’s how you can enable and use Google Maps navigation.

Enable Turn-by-Turn Google Maps Navigation on Wear OS

You can use multiple Google services on smartwatches running on Google’s Wear OS. This includes apps like Google Fit, Contacts, Google Home, Google Keep, Google Camera, and Maps. To use turn-by-turn navigation on your smartwatch, follow the steps below:

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How to use Camera Controller on your Samsung Galaxy Watch

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and 5 are feature-packed smartwatches running Google’s Wear OS. With a recent software update, our Galaxy Watch 4 has received the camera control to remotely capture pictures and change zoom levels on your phone. In this article, let’s see how to use Camera Controller on Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and 5.

How to Use Camera Controller on Galaxy Watch

The camera control feature on the Galaxy Watch 4 and 5 has arrived with the latest software update. You can now use your Galaxy Watch 4 or 5 to click photos on your phone with a preview screen on the watch itself.

It is more like the Camera control feature on Apple Watch. You can check the live preview of the image on the watch that your phone’s camera is seeing. This makes it more useful as it looks like you are using the camera directly on your Galaxy Watch.

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How to use Emergency SOS on Samsung Galaxy Watch

Emergency SOS is a safety feature of Galaxy Watch 4 and 5 that you can use to send SOS messages to emergency contacts. You can trigger it by pressing the side key 3-4 times, similar to how you do it on Android smartphones.

Once SOS is triggered, the watch automatically sends an emergency message to the selected contacts with a link to track your location. Following the same, it automatically calls an emergency contact with an automated message.

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How to find if your Earphones or Headphones are causing ear damage

Earphones and headphones have become a pervasive part of our life. Most people use them to listen to songs, watch videos, movies, and play games. Some prefer low sound, while some prefer high volumes. And you must be aware using earphones, or TWS, at high volumes can cause severe ear damage over the long term.

Find if Your Earphones or Headphones are Causing Ear Damage

If you use earphones or headphones for longer hours, you must keep the volume level between 60-85 decibels to keep your ears safe. According to World Health Organization, if you listen to your headphones at an 85 decibels volume level, limit the usage for up to 8 hours.

In general terms, earphones or headphones can have a volume level as high as 100 decibels or more, so you should always keep the volume at a maximum of 50-60 percent. To prevent ear damage, it’s important to know the decibel value of your earphones or headphones.

While there’s no direct way to determine if earphones are safe for your ears, we have curated some handy ways to know what volume level is safe enough to listen to music.

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How to control your Android Phone using Wear OS Smartwatch

Smartwatches are meant to be exceptional watches that can do many more things than ordinary watches. That’s why these are called smartwatches, right? You can use features like music control, Bluetooth calling, playing games, making notes, setting alarms, and so many other features. But do you know you can even control your smartphone using a smartwatch?

How to Control Android Phone Using Wear OS Smartwatch

Suppose you are using an Android Wear smartwatch running Wear OS. In that case, you can install a third-party app on the same that lets you control the connected Android phone and remotely perform tasks like turning on the flashlight, locking the device, changing the volume, opening, and closing apps, and more directly via the watch.

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How to detect Afib or Irregular Heartbeat with or without Smartwatch

Modern-day smartwatches and gadgets can measure your heart rate throughout the day and alert you of an irregular heartbeat. This is also known as atrial fibrillation or Afib.

Detect Irregular Heartbeat With or Without Smartwatch

Before going to the ways to detect irregular heartbeat, let us give you a short brief about what atrial fibrillation is and how ECG tracking can help to detect it.

Atrial fibrillation is a type of irregular heartbeat rhythm that can cause blood clots, heart stroke, and complete heart failure. To detect any symptoms of Arrhythmias (irregular heart rhythm), ECG tracking comes into place.

An ECG machine or sensor-based ECG device can track your heart rhythm and check whether it is going in flow or has some ups and downs, which is known as irregular heartbeat rhythm. Let’s check how to detect irregular heartbeat with or without a smartwatch at home.

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