Google Play is the only app store on the Galaxy Watch 4, so it hooks into existing Google apps like Fit, YouTube, and Maps. I can rotate the bezel or swipe a couple of times to start a workout, or get a body analysis, check blood oxygen, get an ECG scan. It's best used, for me, as a way to get to fitness functions fast. The tile experience carries over from previous Samsung watches: fitness dashboards can be browsed, the weather checked, text messages scanned. The Wear OS experience feels a lot like other Android watches: swiping down for quick-access settings, up for an app tray, right for notifications, and left for 'tiles,' which are like mini-app readouts. The Galaxy Watch is Android-only, a shift from previous Galaxy and Wear watches that could also connect in a limited way to iPhones. The new Wear OS-based operating system on the Watch 4 is the biggest change this time. Google and Samsung: Together again (sometimes) But remember, again, you're really best off using this with a Samsung phone. Is Samsung's version the best? Right now, yes, because I can't think of any Android watch that's as well-made and full-featured as the Watch 4. And that makes this first Samsung-Google watch collaboration a tiny bit hard to recommend since I don't know what future Wear OS watches could be like. Based on how Samsung's Galaxy phones run Samsung apps right next to Google apps, that may not ever be likely to change. While moving to Wear OS is a big deal, and could mean this watch finally feels as integrated to Android phones as Apple Watches do to iPhones, it feels like the Samsung ecosystem Band-Aid hasn't been ripped off completely. It all adds up to a Samsung watch that feels more like a lateral move after last year's Watch 3 than a whole leap forward. Google Assistant, arguably the most important Google feature you'd want on a voice-connected smartwatch, is also a no-show for now. The Galaxy Watch 4 has much of the same design and features as last year's watch, but with more health sensor tech.

But Samsung's Tizen OS and app store always stayed apart from Google's Android ecosystem. The Galaxy Watch 3 was a strong mix of fitness and health features and a lot of smartwatch connectivity. In a sense, my final feelings now are still pretty similar to my first few days wearing them. It's the first to run a whole new Google Wear OS co-designed by Samsung and Google, and while I'd say the future looks promising, the present looks a little unresolved. After wearing Samsung's newest watches for two weeks, however, I've liked it more over time. I'd love to say the new Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, which starts at $250 (£249), delivers the ultimate Android watch experience. Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic: great watches, but still not fully Google-ized.

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