If you’re looking for the best, most featureful smartwatch that money can buy, then I recommend you take a look at Samsung’s offerings. It runs Google’s WearOS and has the most complete set of health telemetry for Android smartphones – and the Samsung Galaxy Watch6 series sets to build on that notion too. Let’s take a look at what’s new.
We have the coverage for all the 4 devices announced during this Galaxy Unpacked event too – you can read them all here or watch the video down below.
The new Galaxy Watch6 series of smartwatches might look boring at a glance but if we just look at the screen – I’m sure you’ll drool. These two watches are now thinner than ever, and the most minimalist Watch6 has an even tinier bezel. For the Watch6, it is still offered in both 40mm and 44mm sizes.
The rotating bezel makes a return too – we have the Galaxy Watch6 Classic with us and it is actually slightly larger than before. It is available in 43mm and 47mm sizes.
These two smartwatches have 30% slimmer bezels and that’s why the screen looks a lot larger on the Watch6, and specifically for the Watch6 Classic – it has a 15% thinner rotating bezel. It still has the clicky wheel, but it feels slightly different compared to the Watch4 Classic.
The Watch6 series is also using the new Exynos W930 chipset – and to take advantage of the new chipset, we have more animated watchfaces to select from and slight tweaks here and there on the software side of things.
What I’m most curious about is the battery life. The Galaxy Watch5 Pro that I’m wearing here can last for 3 days on a single charge. Can the Galaxy Watch6 series do the same? I asked, and the answer is unfortunately no. The Watch5 Pro will still have the best battery life – and it will still be sold alongside the Watch6 series.
We’ll have to wait for the review unit to know how the battery life of the Watch6 series actually is.
Oh – since everyone’s heart rate is different even if we’re doing the same workout, Samsung introduced something called the Personalized heart rate zone. The watch will adapt to your own heart rate.
By the way – if we are upgrading from your existing Galaxy Watch 4 or 5, then we can reuse the same straps since they’re all using the same 20mm width. It’s just that the new watch straps have this push button to unlatch instead of pulling those pins. The new design is obviously more elegant.
Specs sheet
Official prices and where to buy? (Affiliate links)
The prices are identical to their predecessors and that’s great! Even the Watch6 Classic’s price is the same as the Watch4 Classic.
- Amazon
- Lazada
- Shopee
- Samsung.com (US exclusive only) – Watch6
- Samsung.com (US exclusive only) – Watch6 Classic
- Samsung.com (Malaysia only)
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