The Samsung Gear S4 is expected to get revealed with a new Galaxy Watch name at the company’s Unpacked event on August 9.
Samsung was one of the first companies to launch a smartwatch and has been evolving the wearable market ever since.
The new Galaxy Watch is expected to not only get a new name but also a set of fresh features thanks to one big change.
Samsung is rumoured to use a new operating system on the Galaxy Watch provided by Google in the form of Android Wear OS.
Here’s how the Samsung Gear S4, or Galaxy Watch, will innovate this year.
Samsung Galaxy Watch: New Android Wear OS?
Samsung is rumoured to be abandoning its Tizen operating system in favour of the popular Google Android Wear OS.
This is the operating system used by lots of smartwatch manufacturers like LG, Huawei and Tag Heuer.
Despite this rumour, there are others who claim Samsung will stick with Tizen OS.
Another rumour suggests that Samsung is working with Google on the Pixel Watch.
This could be where the Samsung wearables running Wear OS rumour have come from.
Samsung Galaxy Watch: Smarter tracking
The Samsung Galaxy Watch is expected to come with GPS for location tracking and a heart rate monitor for health tracking.
Rumours also suggest this new watch will be able to track blood pressure.
Apple is also rumoured to offer blood pressure tracking on its new Watch.
Samsung Galaxy Watch: Better connected
Expect Samsung Pay for mobile payments to appear thanks to NFC as standard on the new watch.
While offline music stored locally will be played via Bluetooth headphones there should also be live streaming available over LTE – potentially perfect for services like Spotify.
Samsung Galaxy Watch: Bixby personal assistant
Samsung’s own Bixby personal assistant is expected to get a 2.0 upgrade announced at the Unpacked event where the Galaxy Note 9 should appear.
This updated assistant could appear on the Galaxy Watch also, allowing for greater levels of voice controls which are ideal on a smaller device like a wearable.
Samsung Galaxy Watch: Price, release date and colours
While Samsung could unveil the Galaxy Watch at its Unpacked event on August 9, it may reveal it earlier at the IFA trade show at the start of August.
The Samsung Galaxy Gear S3 was priced at £349, so expect the Galaxy Watch to be at least that price or more.
Like previous Samsung wearables, it’s likely the Galaxy Watch will come in classic and rugged Frontier styles and there could even be a new gold model to choose from.
The refreshed “Galaxy Watch” was spotted on Samsung’s own website by CNET with it showing a 42mm size and sporting an updated Rose Gold colour scheme.
There are no other details or price listed in the post but this image could give fans their best look yet at what’s to come.
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