Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro: A swimproof fitness tracker with GPS

Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro review: What you need to know

Samsung introduces the Gear Fit 2 Pro, a new fitness line that offers many cool features.

In contrast to the predecessor model, users with the Fit 2 Pro can now also go swimming – and even in seawater. The gym also measures heartbeat and calorie burning during swimming. Samsung is also cooperating with Spotify. This allows the Gear Fit 2 Pro to play offline playlists.

The new fitness band can also be linked to current Samsung TVs. This makes practical video courses useful. Thanks to GPS, the Fit 2 Pro also records running routes. By the coupling with the HandyIphone display broken? Buy now! you can synchronize data or read messages as usual. This works from Android 4.4 or iOS9.

However, the function calorie consumption is somewhat cumbersome. Here, the user has to enter the calorie number individually instead of selecting certain foods.

The Gear Fit 2 Pro is operated by an elongated AMOLED touchscreen. Inside, a dual-core processor performs its work, supported by 512 megabytes of RAM. This does not sound fast, in the practice test the system responded however still pleasantly fast. The battery life should be one day with moderate usage. Wireless charging is not possible.

If you own the predecessor model and likes to swim, should consider the change to the Gear Fit 2 Pro.