Although competitors issue a prediction update in their smart watches, Samsung is not afraid of us every year (better or worse) design and feature changes. And especially with the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, which was announced in Samsung’s Galaxy Inapaced event, my favorite feature has made a welcome appearance: Physical rotating bezel, a touch of romantic beauty that loved me the first place galaxy watches. The Galaxy Watch 8 also has a new look and slim frame, while the Galaxy Watch Ultra puts the same functional, square off frame with a new titanium blue as before, will appeal to those who want more invasive time pace.
But these are not just aesthetics that have turned into this year’s revision. When it comes to health tools, the company is also accelerating things, including many features I have never seen on the smart watch, such as non -Vasivic skin analysis and AI -powered coaching for sleep and running. The Galaxy Watch 8 and the Watch 8 Classics also have a smart voice assistant and Google’s Gemini AI is the first smart watches that are ready to handle complex tasks.
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Pricing and availability
The Galaxy Watch starts at $ 350 for the 8 40 mm model and 80 380 for 44 mm. The LTE version is $ 400 for 40 mm model and 30 430 for 44 mm clock.
The Galaxy Watch 8 classic, with its rotating bezel and physical crown, comes in a single 46 mm size and costs $ 500, or 50 550 for the LTE model.
The Titanium Blue version of the Galaxy Watch Ultra is 50 650, which is like the original 2024 model. This version gets the same internal upgrade, such as the Watch 8 lineup, which includes 64GB of storage bump.
With shipping starting July 25, all models are now available for pre -order. If you are safe from Samsung, you can get $ 50 in Samsung credit. Your wireless carrier can also have deals on watches and Samsung only announced phones.
The 40 mm version of the Galaxy Watch 8 has a new design with a circular screen and square frame.
Features of health and fitness
Samsung continues to increase the role of the Galaxy Watch as a health and fitness device, such as ECG, spo (Periodic Cashka oxygen for saturation), develops current features such as sleep tracking and its age index, which reflects your aging. The headline is a new antioxidant index, which measures the surface of carotene (a type of antioxidant) in your skin that does not require a simple five seconds of your thumb on the sensor (no needle). Since antioxidants help to clear toxins from the body, knowing your levels can take viable steps to improve your health. The clock will classify your level from a lower height and then make general recommendations on the Samsung Health app on how you can improve your level if they are at the bottom.
It is important to note that this matriculation is not medically confirmed and the purpose is not to change the medical grade test. It is designed for a baseline reading offer that can help you make adjustments to real time lifestyle, but it will not provide detailed or exact results from traditional blood tests.
Antioxidant index on the new galaxy watches.
There is also a new matriculation called vascular burden, which measures stress on your heart during sleep. This reading translation is done on a lesser than a higher scale to help you understand how behavior (such as sodium or alcohol) can contribute to the long -term risk of heart disease.
Sleep tracking also gets a serious upgrade. A new tool of bedtime uses a three -day analysis of your circidine rhythm and sleep pressure (alias sleep loan) to recommend an ideal gold window. These are the factors of heart rate, HRV, skin temperature, and even environmental indicators such as room temperature or glow (if you have found the associated smart Thing devices). Purpose: Improve your sleep quality, recovery and energy throughout the day.
The new running coach provides a personal training plan to help you meet your goals.
Coaching is not just for sleep. The new galaxy is also launching the feature of the coach. It starts with a 12 -minute race -related diagnosis that scores your fitness from level 0 (initial) to level 10 (ready for marathon). From there, it plans to train four to six weeks according to your distance or performance goals.
Like Apple’s new workout Buddy, the Samsung -operating coach offers real -time, context, such as an important milestone. But unlike the Apple version, the Samsung device goes a step forward by adapting your future training plans based on your progress.
Design
Two new galaxy watches extract a page from the Galaxy Watch Ultra Playbok that is digging the traditional circular clock face for the “cushion” design, which has a round screen set inside the “scopal” frame (with round edges). As someone who thought that Ultra looks huge and masculine for my wrist, I am still not fully sold on the design shift. But I am a fish for this rotating bezel on the classic (ultra -stable), so I can’t help but love, even if it doesn’t feel like it was made for me.
Galaxy Watch Returns Bezal Rotate In Classic two Color Options: White or Black.
The classic ultra also adopts the customized action button, which also doubles as a crown pitcher between two navigation buttons.
Despite my preference for galaxy watches of the galaxy watches, Eddiece Circular design, there may be some advantages of new design, including a thin form factor. According to Samsung, the Galaxy Watch 8 is 11 % thin and light from its predecessor. When trying it, I was blown up with how light it feels on my wrist without the bulge of a normal body stomach.
The pair that is with a new band system, which reduces the gap between the clock and your wrist and you have a significant more comfortable fit. Thanks to the early contact with the tight sensor, it is also more accurate in capturing the heart rate data. It is still subject to testing, but if it is intact, it can be a justification design trade.
Comparison of width between Galaxy Watch 8, Galaxy Watch 8 Classic and Galaxy Watch Ultra. There is a crown in both the ultra and the classic that doubles like the action button.
The Galaxy Watch comes with aluminum frame in 8 silver and graphite, while the classic only chooses to finish stainless steel in silver. In terms of size, the regular clock comes in 8 40 mm and 44 mm options, while the classic is only available in 46 mm, which looks huge on my 6 -inch (15 cm) wrist and certainly bends more masculine. I can’t help but miss the days when Samsung offered more feminist options such as rose gold or even simple gold, though it has been a while since it was part of the lineup.
The new Galaxy watches are the first smart watches to debit Google’s Gemini AI assistant out of the box.
Gemini on the clock
The new one UI 8 software brings a fresh user experience that is easy to visit. Notifications are separated by the app and quick access to your six most used apps. Instant access to active apps such as timer or media controls, watches take a page with a new “bar” with a new “bar” from the Galaxy phone.
But the most important software update is the addition of Gemini AI. Google’s AI Assistant Built -in is the first new galaxy watches, which brings more complex orders and contexts to your wrist. You can ask to check your recent running speed, start a five -mile race and launch your workout playlist simultaneously, set timers to boil pasta based on your notes, adjust the font size on the clock, or prepare the text that you know late.
Since Gemini needs an internet connection to work, you will need to make your phone close or use the LTE version of the clock.
Battery and storage
Let’s set expectations: just because the Galaxy Watch 8 looks like ultra does not mean that it is similar to Ultra’s three -day battery life. But there is still good news to share.
Samsung says the watch 8 is 8 % larger battery than 7: 325 mAh vs. 300 mA (40 mm), and 435 mAh vs. 8 % larger battery than 425 mAh (44 mm). The classic is at the top of the 445 mAh, which is still under the Ultra 590 mAh battery. It is yet to be seen how much the real world translate, but any promotion is welcomed, especially the newly wearing OS 6 updates are paired with the benefits of performance.
The storage board also doubles, of which 64GB now has a standard (more than 32GB), including a new titanium blue version of ultra.
It’s just time -based time. We will find that when we examine our thorough review, these features survive until the hype, they are coming soon.
