You need a watch running Wear OS 5 or later and a Sessions account. If you don’t have one, create it on the web.
1. Install
Install Sessions from Google Play on the watch, or send it from the Play Store listing on your phone.
2. Allow permissions
Open the app and allow location and notifications. Location maps your waves. Notifications keep recording while the screen is off.
3. Sign in
Tap Sign in and pick the Google account you use for Sessions.
4. Record
- Hold the record button to start.
- Surf. The watch shows time, waves, speed and whether you’re idle, paddling or riding.
- Tap Stop, then hold to end.
- Rate the session and tap Save.
It saves on the watch and syncs when it can. Add the Sessions tile to see your last surf from the watch face.
5. Voice note (optional)
After rating, the watch offers a voice note. Say what you rode and how it was, for example “the twin with quad fins, chest high”. It’s transcribed on the watch, so it works offline. Sessions fills in empty fields it recognises, like board and fins, so add your quiver first.
6. Check your log
The session shows up on the web and phone with its wave count, a map of each ride, speed, distance and the tide. Add anything the watch missed.
Tips
- Start recording on the beach so the watch has a GPS fix.
- Check your watch’s water rating.
- Charge it before long sessions.