What you need to know
- Samsung teased what consumers can expect from the Galaxy Watch 8 a week ahead of Galaxy Unpacked.
- The device is positioned as an always-on, priority gateway to users’ health, offering heart insights, “all-new internal components, and an improved battery.”
- Samsung confirmed that its Galaxy Unpacked will take place on July 22 in London, UK at 9am ET/6am PT.
Galaxy Unpacked is just over a week away and Samsung is starting to ramp up its teasers. The company has presented what consumers can expect from the Galaxy Watch 9.
in a blog postSamsung carefully packaged what we can find in its next-generation “AI-powered health companion.” Once again, the company is trying to clarify how AI can be “meaningfully integrated into everyday life.” Samsung wants to offer true support with the Galaxy Watch 9’s AI, making it an always-on and priority gateway for health. Such a gateway would open new insights into your heart health.
Samsung’s first teaser video begins with an electrocardiogram, which starts with a resting heart rate before speeding up. The post highlights aspects of the watch that we are familiar with: constant background activity and detailed information. However, Samsung adds that the Galaxy Watch 9 has received “all-new internal components and longer battery life,” as well as “increased accuracy” for its metrics.
While this will likely benefit your heart analytics, Samsung also shows your activity stats. The Galaxy Watch 9 will continue to track the user’s rest, movement and sleep with enhanced “AI-powered insights” for better real-time understanding. The final teaser is a small blurb about the Galaxy Watch 9 before a magnifying glass slides over “All-new interior.”
The people of 9to5Google Improved the image and found a couple of worthy highlights: a titanium frame, a “personal health trainer” and Gemini gets up to speakprobably in the same vein as the Pixel Watch.
Everything will be revealed soon.
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We knew Samsung had some updates up its sleeve for the Galaxy Watch 9 after your Health app was updated. The company announced that the Galaxy Watch 9 will come equipped with Vitals, a feature that combines five key metrics: heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate, skin temperature and blood oxygen. Vitals will also improve the daily energy score users receive by comparing it to their baseline to highlight changes.
Heart Health Score is another emerging feature of the Health app. This will look at a user’s sleep, stress, activity and body composition data to identify negative impacts.
All we have left to do is wait another week for Galaxy Unpacked. Samsung confirmed that their event will take place on July 22 in London, UK at 9am ET/6am PT. Pre-orders have also begun for the company’s next wave of watches and foldables.
Android Central’s opinion
Focusing on health has been Samsung’s modus operandi with its smartwatches for some time now. I remember one of my colleagues’ review of the Galaxy Watch 8and he enjoyed it for the most part. One area he felt could have been better was the battery life, and I would have to agree with him. The good news is that Samsung teased that the Watch 9 has better battery life. The question is: how much better?
