Issues with Bluetooth, Spotify, biometrics, and GPS connectivity?

Hoping to verify if the following are general known issues with the watch or if I perhaps just got a lemon…

- Extremely difficult to get the watch to connect to Bluetooth headphones and if they do connect they skip constantly, had the same issue with two separate sets of headphones so it is definitely the watch

- Can’t download podcasts from Spotify, I get a media error message

Less tangible but equally frustrating are long waits to connect to gps and very inaccurate biometrics…

Very much regretting moving from Apple Watch to Garmin right now but curious if others are having similar issues.