Introduction
Samsung has made major changes in its wearable features with the Glass Watch4 and Watch4 Classic this year. Already one of the biggest rivals of Apple's ruling Watch series, Samsung's Tizen watches have been ranked third behind Xiaomi's clothing line. The Tizen is increasingly becoming a symbol of smart clothing, and the Galaxy Watch is a name associated with luxury and rich power.
So when Samsung deviated from its Tizen OS and took its talents to Google's Wear OS, it took a lot of faith. Also you get access to a list of Wear OS apps, which is better than Tizen. And then, it got the green light from Google to make the watch UI customized for Samsung.
This puts Samsung in a position among Wear OS makers through a software branch, appropriately named Wear OS Powered by Samsung. It has a non-stock UI and a special suite of Samsung apps - Samsung Pay, Samsung Health, Bixby and deep connectivity between Galaxy phones and a new watch.
That’s not a bad start if you’re the owner of the billions of Galaxy phones operating there and you’re in the smartwatch market. But there is something else that makes Samsung's new Galaxy Watch much better for the Android user. Samsung's new BioActive sensor, designed for this watch, can measure body composition and perform an electrocardiogram and blood pressure reading, which can be very appealing to those who want to keep a better track of their health and progress. Sleep tracking is even better.
Specifications
- Body: 44.4x43.3x9.8mm, 30g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass DX+), aluminum frame; MIL-STD-810G compliant*, 50m water resistant (IP68), ECG certified, Blood pressure monitor.
- Display: 1.40" Super AMOLED, 450x450px resolution, 9:9 aspect ratio, 330ppi; Always-on display.
- Chipset: Exynos W920 (5 nm): Dual-core 1.18 GHz Cortex-A55; Mali-G68.
- Memory: 16GB 1.5GB RAM; eMMC.
- OS/Software: Android Wear OS, One UI Watch 3.
- Rear camera: No.
- Front camera: No.
- Video capture: Rear camera: No.
- Battery: 361mAh; Qi wireless charging.
- Misc: Accelerometer, gyro, heart rate, barometer; NFC; Natural language commands and dictation, Samsung Pay and Google Pay.
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Wear OS has also unlocked a few ways the Galaxy Watch Tizen family has never been able to. You get access to traditional Google apps like Maps, Messages, YouTube Music, and you can pay by tapping your watch via Google Pay.
This year’s Galaxy Watch is powered by a new and improved Exynos W920 chipset that ensures faster performance and better performance. It is a 5nm chip that replaces the 10nm Exynos 9110 older generation.
Apparently, Samsung has installed a bezel-less Active and standard watch with a rotating bezel under the same roof as this year's Galaxy Watch4. The bezel-free Watch4 comes in 40mm and 44mm sizes, while the Watch4 Classic with a rotating bezel comes in 42mm and a slightly larger 46mm. All four models can be configured via LTE with the help of eSIM or Bluetooth to keep things affordable.