I just bought a Galaxy Watch 4 (to go with my S24 phone).
I tracked my first run using GW 4 but even though I connected Samsung Health (on my phone) to Strava, it did not sync.
So I tried the next best thing. I looked to download the gpx file from Samsung Health, and load it into Strava. But for that run, there was no option to download a gpx .
(Yesterday I ran and tracked my run on the phone. It synced just fine to Strava. And there was a gpx download option too. )
Did you go into the Samsung health settings in the app and connect Strava in the health connect section either in apps or in services? Sometimes just downloading your app doesnt do the proper linking and you have to link things manually. Just guessing here, I dont use those features myself, but I see the settings for them.
Thank you for trying. Samsung help has been ineffective, I figured community might be the better way to go. I appreciate your taking the time to respond.
Thank you for reaching out. I can certainly understand your frustration with your first run not syncing with Strava and not being able to locate a GPX file. Please know that GPX routes are compatible with the Galaxy Watch5 Pro only. They are not compatible with other Galaxy watch models. Please give this link a try for more information on GPX routes: https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00092102/
Please know Activities without GPS data will not sync to Strava, but you can share the activity from Samsung Health to create a post on Strava with an image of the activity's statistics. Give this link a try for more information about syncing between Strava and Samsung Health: https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/360049395572-Samsung-Health-and-Strava
dear samsung, are you really that petty that the watch4 itself shows me the route, so it does store some kind of gpx or another format, but it doesn't sync to the app to force people to buy the 5 pro? **bleep**, you could just release a software update, that's a new level of greed, i'm a bit upset and due to this and other stuff, i will probably not be buying from you again
