Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 LTE

Getting started

Device layout

LTE model

Bluetooth model

Set up your device

CAUTION: Do not insert sharp objects into the atmospheric pressure sensor, the pressure vent, speaker, or the microphone. Inner components of the watch may be damaged along with the water-resistance feature.

Charge the battery

Your device is powered by a rechargeable battery.

1. Connect the wireless charger to a USB charging port.
2. Place the watch onto the wireless charger, aligning the center of your watch with the center of the wireless charger.
3. After fully charging, disconnect the watch from the wireless charger.

CAUTION: The charging head for plugging the USB cable into a wall outlet is not included. Use only Samsung charging devices rated with an output voltage of 5v and an output current of over 150mA (sold separately). Samsung accessories are designed for your device to maximize battery life. Using other accessories may void your warranty and may cause damage.

NOTE: Prevent the USB charger port and the small end of the charger cable from coming into contact with conductive materials, such as liquids, dust, metal powders, and pencil leads.

While charging, the device and the charger may become hot. This does not affect the device’s lifespan or performance and is in the device’s normal range of operation.

Remove the device from the charger and wait for the device to cool down.

NOTE: Do not disassemble, modify, or repair your device. Placing objects, such as magnetic stripe cards, including credit cards, phone cards, passbooks, and boarding passes, next to the device or charger may cause damage from the charger or device’s magnetic field.

Wireless PowerShare

Wirelessly charge your device using a supported Samsung smartphone. Some features are not available while sharing power.

1. From the smartphone, open the Notification panel and, tap Wireless PowerShare to enable this feature.
2. With the smartphone face down, place the device on the back of the smartphone to charge. A notification sound or vibration occurs when charging begins.

NOTE: Wireless PowerShare works with most Qi-Certified devices. Requires minimum 30% battery to share. Speed and power efficiency of charge varies by device. May not work with some accessories, covers, or other manufacturer’s devices. If you have trouble connecting or charging is slow, remove any cover from each device. May affect call reception or data services, depending on your network environment.

For best results when using Wireless PowerShare, please note:

• Remove any accessories or cover before using the feature. Depending on the type of accessory or cover, Wireless PowerShare may not work properly.
• The location of the wireless charging coil may vary by device, so you may need to adjust the placement to make a connection. When charging starts, a notification or vibration will occur, so the notification will help you know you've made a connection.
• Call reception or data services may be affected, depending on your network environment.
• Charging speed or efficiency can vary depending on device condition or surrounding environment.
• Do not use headphones.

Start using your device

Turn on your device

Use the Home key to turn your watch on or off.

Press and hold the Home key.

• To turn the watch off, swipe down from the top of the watch screen to open the Quick panel, and tap > Power off.

TIP To restart the watch, press and hold the Home and Back keys for more than seven seconds.

Lock or unlock your device

By default your screen is not locked. You can use the screen lock feature to secure your device.

When enabled, your watch locks when you remove it from your wrist or when the screen times out while you are wearing it.

To lock the watch:

• Cover the screen with your palm.

To unlock the watch:

• Press any key to turn on the watch screen.

If you have a lock screen enabled, press any key to enter your pattern or pin and unlock the watch.

Quick panel

Instead of navigating through the Settings menu, you can access commonly used settings through the Quick panel, where you can also view the Status bar.

Swipe down from the top of the watch screen to open the Quick panel.

• Tap a quick setting to open it.
• Touch and hold a quick setting to edit the placement, remove a setting, or add a new setting

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Status bar

Indicator icons display at the top of the screen in the Status bar. Swipe down from the top of the watch screen to view the Status bar.

Indicator icons

Battery full

Bluetooth connected

Bluetooth enabled, but not connected

Wi-Fi connected

LTE network connected (LTE model only)

Signal strength (LTE model only)

Water lock mode

You can use Water lock mode to exercise in the water. While in Water lock mode, touchscreen, wake-up gestures, and watch always on will be disabled.

1. Swipe down from the top of the watch to open the Quick settings panel.
2. Tap to put the watch in Water lock mode.

TIP: You can also enable Water lock mode from the Setting menu. From Advanced, tap Water lock. Tap to enable.

Exit water lock mode

1. Press and hold the Home key for two seconds to turn off the mode. The watch will make sounds to eject water from the speaker.
2. Press the Home key to stop the sound.
3. Shake the watch to remove any water from the pressure sensor.

Eject water

You can use the eject water feature to help clear out water from your watch. The watch will make sounds to help eject water from the speaker.

1. From Settings, tap Advanced > Water lock.
2. Tap Eject water with sound > Play sound.

Connections

Manage connections between your device and a variety of networks and other devices.

Bluetooth

Use Bluetooth to connect the watch to a smartphone or an optional headset for playing music (headset not included).

1. From Settings, tap Connections > Bluetooth.
2. Tap to turn on the feature.

Tap Bluetooth audio to connect a Bluetooth audio device to the watch.

Mobile networks

Customize your mobile networks. This feature is only available on the LTE model.

1. From Settings, tap Connections.
2. Tap Mobile networks, and tap an option to customize:

• Mobile networks: Enable or disable using mobile data.
• Mobile data: Enable mobile data.
• Data roaming: Enable data roaming.
• Network mode: Select a network mode.
• Network operators: Choose a network operator.
• Access Point Names: Select and APN.

Wi-Fi

Activate the Wi-Fi feature to connect to a Wi-Fi network.

1. From Settings, tap Connections > Wi-Fi.
2. Tap Auto, Always on, or Always off.

Connect to a Wi-Fi network

This feature is available when the watch is not connected to the smartphone through Bluetooth.

1. From Settings, tap Connections > Wi-Fi.
2. Tap Wi-Fi networks > Scan, and select a network from the list. Networks that require a password display a lock icon.
3. Enter the password if required, and tap Connect.

NOTE: Once the watch connects to a Wi-Fi network, the watch reconnects to that network each time it is available without requiring a password. To prevent the watch connecting to the network automatically, select the network, and then tap Forget.

Sync Wi-Fi profiles

Set the device to sync the list of saved Wi-Fi networks with your watch.

1. From Galaxy Wearable, tap the Home tab.
2. Tap Sync phone settings > Sync Wi-Fi networks.

NFC

Near Field Communication (NFC) allows you to communicate with another device without connecting to a network. Make payments and buy tickets for transportation or events after downloading and configuring the required apps.

1. From Settings, tap Connections > NFC.
2. Tap to enable the feature, and tap Tap and pay to set the default payment app for mobile payments.

Make payments with the NFC feature

Before you can use the NFC feature to make payments, you must register for the mobile payment service. To register or get more information about the service, contact your service provider.

1. From Settings, tap Connections > NFC.
2. Touch the top of the watch’s touchscreen to the credit card reader.

NOTE: The payment services list may not include all available payment apps.

Open with NFC

You can select supported apps to open with NFC.

1. From Settings, tap Connections > NFC.
2. Tap Open with NFC, and select an app.

Disconnection alerts

Receive alerts when disconnected from Bluetooth.

1. From Settings, tap Connections > Disconnection alerts to enable this feature.
2. Tap Type to choose an alert style.

Airplane mode

Airplane mode disconnects your device from all networks and turns off connectivity features, such as phone calls and Wi-Fi.

• From Settings, tap Connections > Airplane mode to enable this option.

TIP: You can also access Airplane mode from Quick settings. Swipe down from the top of the watch, and tap .

Connect to a new phone

Connect your watch to a new mobile device. This feature is available when the watch is connected to a smartphone. Otherwise, Connect to phone is displayed.

• From Settings, tap Connect to new phone and follow the prompts.

Device maintenance

View the status of your device’s battery, storage, and memory. You can also automatically optimize your device’s system resources.

Date and time

You can set the date and time manually. These options are only available when your watch is not connected to your mobile device.

From Settings, tap General > Date and time.

• Automatic: Use the network to set date and time.
• Set date: Set the date manually.
• Set time: Set the time manually.
• Select time zone: Select the time zone manually.
• Use 24-hour format: Set the format for displaying time.

Power saving mode

Activate Power saving mode to save battery power by limiting the watch’s functions, such as:

• Use a grayscale Home screen.
• Turn off all functions except calls, messages, and notifications.
• Turn off Wi-Fi and mobile networks (if applicable).
• Limit performance.

1. From Settings, tap Battery > Power mode.
2. Tap Power saving, and then tap OK.

To disable Power saving mode:

• From the Home screen, tap OFF, and then tap OK.

Watch only mode

Activate Watch only mode to save battery power by limiting the watch’s functions to only showing the time.

1. From Settings, tap Battery > Power mode.
2. Tap Watch only, and then tap OK.

To disable watch only mode:

• Press and hold the Home key for three seconds.

Optimize battery

You can automatically optimize your watch system resources to save your battery.

1. From Settings, tap Battery > Optimize battery.
2. View the list of features that can be modified to improve the watch battery life.
3. Tap Optimize.

Related settings

View system resources that typically drain battery life in one list to quickly modify and optimize settings.

1. From Settings, tap Battery > Related settings.
2. View the list of features that can be modified to improve the watch battery life and tap an option to change the settings for that feature.

Reset the Watch

Reset settings to their factory default values and delete all data.

1. From Settings, tap General > Reset.
2. Tap Reset again to confirm.

Location

Some apps may require location services to be turned on for full functionality.

1. From Settings, tap Location.

2. Tap to enable this feature, and select a mode.

• GPS, Wi-Fi, and mobile networks: Use GPS, Wi-Fi, and mobile networks
• Wi-Fi and mobile networks: Use Wi-Fi and mobile networks only.
• GPS: Use GPS only.

3. Tap Permissions to view apps and features that have permission to access your location information.

Maintaining water and dust resistance

CAUTION: To avoid electric shock and damage to your device, do not charge device while it is wet or in an area where it could get wet. Do not handle device, charger or cords with wet hands while charging.

The device is not impervious to dust and water damage in any situation. It is important that all compartments are closed tightly.

Follow these tips carefully to prevent damage to the device and maintain dust and water resistance performance:

Water resistant based on 5ATM rating, which means submersion up to 50 meters per ISO standard 22810:2010. Not intended for scuba diving. Avoid excessive, sudden temperature changes, and high velocity activities. Falls and shocks may breach integrity.

After use in sea water, rinse in fresh water and dry device. Despite this classification, your device is not impervious to water damage in any situation. It is important that all compartments are closed tightly.

Follow these tips carefully to prevent damage to the device.

• Whenever your device gets wet, dry it thoroughly with a clean, soft cloth. Failure to rinse the device in fresh water and dry it as instructed may cause the device to suffer from operability or cosmetic issues.
• Do not expose the device to water at high pressure.
• If the device is dropped or receives an impact, the water and dust resistant features of the device may be damaged.

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