The box for the Samsung Galaxy Watch hasn’t changed much, if at all. These are available in a handful of colors for each model range. – Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 47mm Classic – $429 – Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 43mm Classic – $399 On the pricing front, you’ve got the following starter options (increased by $20 for the base models, and $50 for the Classic models): Albeit, there are plenty of 3rd party apps that can do that.įurther, there are no changes to the optical heart rate sensors or other components here, it remains the same biosensor as last year. Note that there isn’t a new Galaxy Watch6 Pro variant, that remains the Watch5 Pro, and with that, the existing GPX route following features on the Pro aren’t on the new Watch6 models. – Switched to new quick-release style strap design, with just a single button (spoiler: works fine) – Updated Camera Controller remote control app with Galaxy Z Flip5 camera to switch modes & zoom – Added new wallet that combines Samsung Pay & Samsung Pass (on Samsung phones) – Added watch location sharing through Samsung SmartThings Find – Added new transfer app to move between phones – Re-introduced automatic cycling detection (was removed from Watch 4 & Watch 5) – Added new Track Run sport mode (for running tracks) – Added five personal heart rate zones during workouts (e.g. – Added passive irregular heart rate rhythm alerts (when paired with Samsung phones only) – Switched to invisible infrared sensors over green LED for general HR monitoring (red still illuminates at night though at times) – Added more sleep analytics/coaching (Sleep Messages, Sleep Consistency, Sleep Animal Symbols) – Include new One UI 5 Watch (which is custom skin of Wear OS 4) – Increased battery size (mAh) slightly on all watches (300mAh on 40/43mm, 425mAh on 44/47mm) – Minor internal chipset change from Exynos W920 to W930 SoC – Doubled the peak brightness (nits) from 1,000 nits to 2,000 nits – Decreased bezel size by 30% compared to Watch 5 (15% thinner from Watch6 Classic to Watch 5) – Added physical rotating bezel back to Watch 6 Classic The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 isn’t a major upgrade over the Watch 5, rather it’s a pretty incremental upgrade (even more when looking at sports). If you found this review useful, you can use the links at the bottom, or consider becoming a DCR Supporter, which makes the site ad-free, while also getting access to a mostly weekly video series behind the scenes of the DCR Cave. I have no idea why this is, but it lets me buy these earlier than the rest of the world. For some odd reason where I live in the Netherlands, Samsung watches are available for purchase immediately after launch at retailers. In this case, I bought these units myself. This review is heavily focused on the health/fitness/sports side of the watch, though of course I do touch on some of the new hardware features (like the bezel and battery) within the basics section. They’ve also expanded their sleep analytics, with sleep consistency and sleep animals symbols. On the sports and fitness front, the company has added a new running track mode, which snaps your GPS track and distances to the track, as well as new automatically detected/personalized heart rate zones. All while adopting Google’s Wear OS 4 version, and also Samsung’s new One UI 5 watch skin. The screen size has also notably increased, within a 20% larger display area compared to past watches. Samsung has also tweaked a number of new features on the hardware front, including a brighter screen and a slight shift in battery and processor. This release offers two different form factors, including notably bringing back the physical rotating bezel on the Watch6 Classic edition. Like clockwork each summer, Samsung has released their latest wearables, this time the Galaxy Watch6 and Watch6 Classic.
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