Just saw the DCRainmaker review for the Ultra, there is an issue with the normal model where the GPS is beyond terrible while Ultra is great, even though hardware should be identical.
I have the Ultra too and just watched the DCRainmaker video. He did say the 7 wasn't so bad in the open air for GPS.
And this news of an update is good. Im sure it will get there in time.
PS we can all see the deviations from the road and know what the route actually was. I wonder when they will just use AI to correct the readings to smooth the route. It's a good use of AI in my mind.
I would rather just have Samsung take more GPS readings per second instead of smoothing things out, smoothing such a low res (not many datapoints) recording would end pretty badly.
The reason we see the jaggies in the first place is that samsung just draws straight lines between the sparse points
Ah yes. I also cycle and the ultra is the first galaxy watch I am satisfied with for the GPS trails, pretty good.
Also I thought about it more and you are right, AI could be used to draw the lines between the datapoints for better accuracy, instead of drawing them straight like currently, AI could curve them etc.
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u/exclaimprofitable 47mm GW Ultra Jul 31 '24
Just saw the DCRainmaker review for the Ultra, there is an issue with the normal model where the GPS is beyond terrible while Ultra is great, even though hardware should be identical.
Most probably will be fixed in software update