11-08-2025
Bought A Samsung Galaxy Watch 8? Change These 3 Settings Immediately
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic Prakhar Khanna
The Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic are Samsung's latest wearables launched alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7. They run One UI 8 Watch and are claimed to deliver up to 40 hours of battery life. While the duo brings a slew of upgrades, there are a few settings you should change immediately after setting up your new Galaxy Watch to make the most of it.
The new Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 will last you a day easily, even with AOD on and sleep tracking enabled. But if you want to extend the battery life further, you should make use of Modes and Routines. I have set it up to enable Power Saving setting when I don't require the complete suite of features. For instance, if you're in the office for at least six hours a day, you can add a routine to enable Power Saving mode. Forbes Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 First Look: Breaking The Iterative Upgrade Cycle By Prakhar Khanna
I first read about it on Android Central and have enabled this setting on all my Samsung watches ever since. Follow these steps to enable Modes and Routines on your Galaxy Watch 8: On your Samsung phone, open Settings > Modes and Routines > + Add. Add a name for your mode and tap Done. Tap + When to start this mode > Time period to pick your parameters > Done. Tap + More actions for this mode > Add action. Toggle Power Saving on > Done.
Samusng Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic Prakhar Khanna
Once you set up your Galaxy Watch 8, it's not guaranteed that you'll start receiving all notifications from day one… unless you have this setting enabled. By default, Samsung enables notifications for only a few apps. To fix this, follow these steps: Open the Samsung Wearable app and go to Watch settings. Tap Notifications > App notifications. Scroll down to Phone apps. Tap the toggle button for the apps you want to receive notifications from, or simply tap Allow all.
One UI Watch 8 has a new Multi-Info Tiles feature that's customizable and lets you see more information per Tile, instead of just glanceable data from one app. By default, you get grouped Tile options sorted by Health, Fitness, and Basic, but you can customize them further. Go to Tiles by swiping left from the home screen on your Galaxy Watch 8. Long-press the Tile you want to customize and tap Edit. Or, scroll down to the bottom of any Tile and tap the + button. The Galaxy Watch 8 will show you Featured Tile suggestions, but you can also choose a new Tile widget for supported apps. Add the one(s) you like and you're all set. Forbes Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 First Look: Bigger, Slimmer And AI-Ready By Prakhar Khanna
Changing these three settings on your Galaxy Watch 8 will help you extend its battery life, manage notifications better, and customize it to your liking.
