Stay Connected No Matter Where You Are With the New Samsung Galaxy Watch

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Published August 29th, 2018 - 06:53 GMT

Delivering the LTE connectivity, wellness capabilities and design to match your lifestyle.
Delivering the LTE connectivity, wellness capabilities and design to match your lifestyle.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today introduced the new Samsung Galaxy Watch. Galaxy Watch brings the best of the Samsung’s Galaxy ecosystem with long-lasting battery life, LTE connectivity, wellness capabilities and a timeless and personalized design. Galaxy Watch helps users accomplish more with new stress and sleep monitoring capabilities, in addition to offering a more robust line up of style options including three new watch faces in Silver, Midnight Black and Rose Gold, and new customizable watch band colors.

Stay Connected – No Matter Where Your Day Takes You

Galaxy Watch’s improved battery life of up to 80+ [1] hours eliminates the need for daily charging and helps consumers keep up with their busy week. With a longer battery life, untethering from their smartphone has never been easier with Galaxy Watch’s LTE connectivity – across 30+ carriers and 15+ countries – for a true standalone experience across devices through messaging, calls, mapping and music. Users can also start and end their day with morning and evening briefings to help stay on top of reminders, weather and their latest schedule.

Live a Balanced Life

Designed with wellness in mind, Galaxy Watch offers a true holistic health experience with its new stress management tracker[2], which automatically detects high levels of stress and offers breathing exercises to help keep users cetered and focused. In addition, a new advanced sleep tracker[3] monitors all levels of sleep, including REM cycles, to help users adjust sleeping habits and get the rest they need to take on their day. 

With sleep and stress under control, Galaxy Watch also helps users achieve other health and wellness goals, including fitness. Galaxy Watch adds 21 new indoor exercises, tracking a total of 39 workouts that allow consumers to customize and change up their routines. Because balanced nutrition is as important as exercise, Galaxy Watch makes it easier than ever with intuitive calorie tracking and personalized alerts. In addition, users can stay on track of their meals using Bixby Vision on their Galaxy device. To take a photo of each meal and instantly log nutritional information in Samsung Health and on Galaxy Watch for better calorie management.

Flaunt a Stylish and Timeless Design

Galaxy Watch caters to more sizes and styles with a silver, 46mm version and 42mm option in black or rose gold. Users can customize Galaxy Watch even more with a selection of watch faces and straps including options from Braloba, a manufacturer of high quality watch straps. Galaxy Watch carries the legacy of Samsung’s smartwatches with its trademark circular, rotating bezel while embracing the digital look with Always On Display, in addition to improved usability. For the first time, Galaxy Watch features analog watch ticks and hourly chimes, and a depth effect that casts shadows defining every detail on the watch face for a traditional look and feel. In addition, Galaxy Watch’s certified military-level durability[4] with Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX+ and industry-leading water resistance with a 5 ATM rating[5] allows for long-lasting use, no matter the environment.

Experience the best of Samsung’s Galaxy Ecosystem

Galaxy Watch brings users all the benefits from the Galaxy Ecosystem creating a seamless experience with SmartThings, Samsung Health, Samsung Flow, Samsung Knox, Samsung Pay[6], Bixby and with partnerships like Spotify and Under Armour. Easily access and control devices on Galaxy Watch with SmartThings – all at the touch of a wrist – from turning on the lights and TV in the morning to adjusting the temperature before bed. Samsung makes music and multimedia control even easier on Galaxy Watch with Spotify allowing users to listen to songs offline or without a smartphone with Spotify[7] Offline mode in addition to keeping information secure with Samsung Knox and easily unlocking PCs or tablets using Samsung Flow.

Galaxy Watch Specifications

Model

Galaxy Watch 46mm Silver

Galaxy Watch 42mm Midnight Black

Galaxy Watch 42mm Rose Gold

Display

1.3” (33mm), Circular Super AMOLED (360 x 360)

Full Color Always On Display

Corning® Gorilla® DX+  

1.2” (30mm), Circular Super AMOLED (360 x 360)

Full Color Always On Display

Corning® Gorilla® DX+

Size

46 x 49 x 13

63g (without strap)

41.9 x 45.7 x 12.7

49g (without strap)

Strap

22mm (Interchangeable)

Option Color: Onyx Black, Deep Ocean Blue, Basalt Grey

20mm (Interchangeable)

Option Color: Onyx Black, Lunar Grey, Terracotta Red, Lime Yellow, Cosmo Purple, Pink Beige, Cloud Grey, Natural Brown

Battery

472mAh

270mAh

AP

Exynos 9110 Dual core 1.15GHz

OS

Tizen Based Wearable OS 4.0

Memory

LTE: 1.5GB RAM + 4GB Internal Memory

Bluetooth®: 768MB RAM + 4GB Internal Memory

Connectivity

3G/LTE, Bluetooth®4.2, Wi-Fi b/g/n, NFC, A-GPS/Glonass

Sensor

Accelerometer, Gyro, Barometer, HRM, Ambient Light

Charge

WPC based wireless charging

Durability

5ATM + IP68 / MIL-STD-810G

Compatibility

Samsung: Android 5.0 or later

Other: Android 5.0 or later

iPhone 5 and above, iOS 9.0 or above

※ Activation feature for Mobile Network of Galaxy watch with Non-Samsung smartphones may not be available in some countries

*All functionality, features, specifications and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice.

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