Survey shows loads of Galaxy Watch fans have no idea this feature even exists

This week, the Galaxy Watch 4 series was removed from Samsung’s future update schedule, effectively ending support for the device line. It’s particularly sad for me, given that I still wear my Galaxy Watch 4 daily and love its chipped body to bits.

I use it to track my sleep and activity, but more recently, I’ve grown to appreciate a feature that everyone seems to forget exists: the body composition monitor.

The Galaxy Watch 4 was the first Samsung device to measure the material makeup of its owner’s body, from skeletal mass to body fat percentage. It’s a brilliant feature that I’ve used to track my weight loss and muscle gain.

However, despite its presence on every subsequent flagship Samsung watch since the Galaxy Watch 4 — including the Galaxy Watch 9 — it remains a fairly obscure tool that is no longer marketed in earnest. I was curious about how many of our readers use it, so I ran a poll. The results can be viewed below.

We received over 2,500 votes in this poll, which ran earlier this year, and just under 35% of respondents say they use it “regularly.” An additional 20.5% use it when they “remember it exists,” while 14% of respondents have “tried it once or twice.”

You could therefore argue that, based on these results, the majority of Galaxy Watch owners use the body composition tool, but it’s clear that Samsung doesn’t do nearly enough to draw attention to the feature.

This take is further substantiated by the 18.3% of respondents who “didn’t even know it existed.” It’s astounding that nearly a fifth of Galaxy Watch owners who voted in this poll had no idea this useful feature is sitting right there on their wrist, just a few taps and swipes away.

Notably, I don’t believe the feature’s underappreciation is due to it being terrible. Granted, I’ve had a few issues with it completing readings from time to time, but only about 6% believe it’s “too awkward or unreliable” to use regularly. That’s not enough weight to suggest there’s an underlying problem with it.

Samsung notes that for maximum accuracy and reliability, variables surrounding each reading should be kept consistent. This means sampling at the same time each day, preferably on an empty stomach.

I firmly believe that the body composition sensor remains one of the Galaxy Watch’s most underrated and underappreciated health features, far beyond any of the newer AI-powered smarts introduced to the latest suite of wearables.

Do you agree? What is your favorite Samsung Galaxy Watch feature? Let me know in the comments below.