Just received my Watch 5 Pro in rural NH and tree covered roads... virtually no cell signal, phone left home. 2.1mi
Hello Watch 5 users, hello Samsung
There is a serious glitch with GPS in the Watch 5 Pro LTE, that I use since a month.
I use it for sports tracking with running and mountainbiking. When running I use it stand alone without phone connected with LTE. During Mountainbiking it is paired with the phone.
LTE connection on the watch works perfect, I can do calls and stream music from spotify to the headphones connected via bluetooth to the watch. I have also no problem with the GPS Fix in specific.
My problem is, that the accuracy of the GPS is unusable. It has nothing to do with the headphone connection, the area around, the watch band.....it has to do with the training mode alone.
If I start running with the "normal" "free" running mode, I get the following results:
It is unacceptable, it is total BS on big forest roads, within city....not worth to talk about for such a expensive device in the year 2022/2023. Needless to say, that distance and pace information is totally spoiled.
But if I switch to the "running coach" mode and define a specific pace/speed, that I want to run, I get the following:
Same area as above, but with running coach activated.
Defining a goal for the "normal" running mode (6km, 45min.....) does not work. Only a definition within the "running coach" changes the accuracy of the GPS.
The same using "Mountainbike" Mode:
Fairly, usable accurate.
So Samsung. Please get your sh... together and fix this. The watch is capable of producing good results, but the software is buggy. Third party apps (MapMyRun, Adidas...) also bring unusable results.
Thanks
