wrangler5 wrote:
Do both of your phones fail to connect to ANY bluetooth device, or just to the Galaxy smart watch? If just the watch, it might be worth trying something from Amazon that intrigues you since you can send it back for free if it doesn't connect well.
Admittedly, bluetooth can be occasionally flaky, at least in my experience. (Except between two Apple devices, where I have always had complete reliability.)
Neither of my phones can download the apps for two small cameras. The Samsung cannot install the app for the watch. The Moto e6 can install the app, and I can see that it is paired with the phone. However, when the phone scans for something to connect to, it finds nothing. The watch tells me to use the app to activate the phone. I have Schrodinger's phone. It sees the watch, but it doesn't.
My "new" Samsung watch arrives today. If that can't connect to everything, back it goes. It's the Galaxy S10, supposedly a good phone. I'll probably use it for everything but phone calls - no activation and no expense.