What it’s essential know
- Samsung introduced a wider, official rollout of One UI 6 Watch (Wear OS 5) for the Galaxy Watch 6 sequence to the Galaxy Watch 4 sequence.
- Users can anticipate a number of new options like Galaxy AI’s “Suggested Replies,” Energy Score, Race, Workout Routines, and extra.
- Samsung is rolling this replace out globally; nonetheless, the Galaxy Watch 6 and 6 Classic will obtain it earlier than different past-gen units.
Samsung’s subsequent main Wear OS improve is beginning to hit customers with a number of of its past-gen watches.
Galaxy Watch homeowners ought to anticipate One UI 6 Watch (Wear OS 5) to begin hitting their units right now (Nov 19). In a Newsroom put up, Samsung states the next units are eligible: Galaxy Watch 6, 6 Classic, Galaxy Watch 5, 5 Pro, Galaxy Watch 4, 4 Classic, and the Galaxy Watch FE. The firm provides that this replace shall be arriving on these units “around the globe,” however the occasions might differ.
More importantly, Samsung’s year-old system, the Galaxy Watch 6 sequence, is the primary to obtain this replace. The put up states the replace will “change into obtainable sequentially to earlier generations.”
However, an official rollout date for the opposite watches was not acknowledged.
Samsung highlighted a number of new options its Galaxy Watch homeowners can anticipate, akin to “Energy Score.” Wrapped in its well being replace, Energy Score will calculate an “intuitive” rating primarily based on the wearer’s sleep, bodily exercise, sleeping coronary heart fee, and extra. The quantity displayed the following morning gives you perception into whether or not it’s best to push your self or relaxation.
Sleep monitoring additionally will get an replace through Samsung’s “superior AI algorithm.” The firm paired that with new metrics like “motion throughout sleep,” sleep latency, coronary heart fee, and respiratory fee.
Users getting lively will discover new options like “Race” for working and biking alongside “Workout Routines” for combining workouts.
During Samsung’s preliminary One UI 6 Watch beta put up, the corporate highlighted Galaxy AI’s affect as “highly effective on-device AI” was set to take the stage. The secure Wear OS 5 replace for Galaxy Watches leans on its software program to carry “Suggested Replies” for textual content messages. Users may also discover an assortment of recent watch faces.
One UI 6 Watch’s rollout right now (Nov 19) means customers who weren’t within the beta can get their palms on it. Samsung wrapped up its beta for the OS replace in October; nonetheless, its secure variant solely rolled out for beforehand enrolled testers. It arrived for the Galaxy Watch 6 earlier than trickling all the way down to different past-gen units. It’s price remembering that the Galaxy Watch 7 launched with Wear OS 5 already, so these different units are merely getting what’s due.
Consumers must also remember that the supplied Galaxy AI options will stay free “till the top of 2025.”
