Samsung has restored my favorite feature of Galaxy Watch 8 and watch 8 Classic

While competitors publish predictable updates Smart watchesSamsung is not afraid to surprise us (for the better or worse) with design changes and changes every year. With Galaxy Watch 8 Classic in particular, it was announced in Galaxy emptying event from SamsungMy favorite features made welcoming: the physical rotor, a touch of romantic elegance that made me fall in love with Galaxy watches in the first place. The Galaxy Watch 8 also contains a new frame and a thinner frame, while Galaxy Watch Ultra keeps the same square functional frame as before with the blue color of the new titanium, which will be attracted to people who want a more rugged hour.

But not just aesthetics that have changed in this year’s reviews. The company also intensifies things when it comes to sanitary ware, including many features that I have never seen on a smart watch, such as unintended skin analysis and training that works in Amnesty International to sleep and run. Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic also contains a smarter audio assistant, the first smart watch with GEMINI AI, from Google directly, and ready to deal with complex tasks.

Pricing and availability

The Galaxy Watch 8 starts from $ 350 for 40 mm and $ 380 for 44 mm. LTE versions are another $ 50: $ 400 for 40 mm and $ 430 per hour 44 mm.

Galaxy Watch 8 Classic comes with dizziness and material crown, with a size of 46 mm and costs $ 500, or $ 550 for LTE.

The blue version of the Titanium from the Galaxy Watch Ultra $ 650, the same is the same price as the original 2024 model. This version gets the same internal promotions as the Watch 8 group, including 64 GB storage.

All models are available for pre -order now with shipping starting from July 25. If you keep early from Samsung, you can get it $ 50 in Samsung Credit; for you The wireless carrier may also have deals On the watches and phones that were just announced.

Health and fitness features

Samsung continues to expand The role of Galaxy Watch as a healthy and well -being tool, Depending on existing features such as ECG, SPO₂ (abbreviation for saturating peripheral poetic oxygen), follow sleep and age index, which reflects the process of metabolic aging. The main title is a new antioxidant indicator, measures carotene levels (one type of antioxidant) in your skin with a simple piston five seconds of your thumb on the sensor (no need for a needle). Since antioxidants help wipe out toxins from the body, knowing your levels can provide implemented steps to improve your health. The watch will evaluate your levels on a low to high scale, then make general recommendations on the Samsung Health app on how to improve your levels if they are on the bottom side.

It is important to note that this scale has not been clinically verified and is not intended to replace the medical grade test. It is designed to provide a basic reading that may help you make adjustments in actual time, but it will not provide detailed or accurate results that you get from the traditional blood test.

There is also a new scale called vascular pregnancy, which measures pressure on your heart during sleep. These readings are translated into a low scale up to help you understand how behaviors (such as sodium or alcohol) at risk of developing heart disease in the long run.

Sleep tracking gets a dangerous upgrade as well. The new guidance tool before bed uses a three -day analysis of your biological rhythm and sleep pressure (also known as sleep debt) to recommend an ideal window at bedtime. It is factors in the heart rate, HRV, skin temperature, and even an environmental sermon such as room temperature or brightness (if you have obtained connected SmartTHings). Objective: Improving your sleep quality, recovery and energy throughout the day.

Training not only to sleep. The new Galaxy watches do not appear for the first time the feature of running coach. It starts with a 12 -minute operating evaluation that records your fitness from the 0 (beginners) to the 10th level (ready -made marathon). From there, he builds a four to sixteen week -old training plan designed at a distance or goals of your performance.

Like the new Buddy from Apple, the Samsung Running coach offers notes in actual time while running, such as reference to a main teacher. But unlike the Apple version, the Samsung tool is going forward by adapting your future training plans based on your progress.

design

Two new Galaxy hours take a page of Galaxy Watch’s Playbook that gives up the traditional circular watch of the “design” pillow that has a circular screen within the “Squirsle” frame (square with rounded edges). As someone who believes that Ultra looks great and masculine for my wrist, I am still completely not assisted in a design attack. But I am a connected to this classic frame on the classic (The Ultra’s), so I can only love the appearance, even if it is not.

The classic also depends on the Ultra, which is also multiplied as a crown pebble between the navigation button.

Despite my preference for the elegant circular design, for the previous Galaxy watches, there may be some benefits for the new design, including a lower -sized shape factor. According to Samsung, Galaxy Watch 8 is 11 % less and lighter than its predecessor. When trying, it was detonated from the extent of light on my wrists without the usual flatulence of the body of the abdomen.

Poison it with a new domain system, which reduces the gap between the watch and your wrist and has a remarkable more comfortable suitability. Thanks to a more tight sensor contact, it is also more accurate in capturing heart rate data. This is still under test, but if suspended, this may be a justified design comparison.

The Galaxy Watch 8 comes from silver and graphite with an aluminum frame, while a classic choose to finish stainless steel in silver only. Size in size, the 8th regular watch comes in 40 mm and 44 mm options, while classicism is only available in 46 mm, which looks very large on a 6 -inch wrist (15 cm), which is definitely tends more than the masculine. I can only miss the days when Samsung offered more feminine options such as Rose Gold or even regular gold, although it was some time because that was part of the squad.

Gemini on the watch

The new UI8 program brings the easiest updated user experience. The notifications are separated by application and immediate access to the six most used applications. The watches also take a page from the Galaxy phone with the new “Bar now bar” at the bottom of the screen to quickly access active applications such as time adjustment or media controls.

But updating the most important programs is to add Gemini Ai. The new Galaxy watches are the first with the integrated Google AI assistant, making orders more complicated and contemporary understanding of your wrist. You can ask for this to verify the last running pace, start running the running menu for five miles and divorce the exercise menu at once, or a temporary appointment to boil the pasta based on a recipe in your notes, adjust the font size per hour, or make it a text that allows a friend to know that you are running late.

Since Gemini requires an internet connection to work, you will need to associate your phone near or use the LTE version of the watch.

Battery and storage

Let’s put expectations: just because Galaxy Watch 8 seems that Ultra does not mean that it matches the battery life for three days in Ultra. But there is still good news to participate.

Samsung says that 8 o’clock has a 8 % larger battery than 7: 325 mAh per hour 300 mA (compared to 40 mm) and 435 mAh per hour 425 mA (compared to 44 mm). Classic tops at 445 mAh, which is still much lower than the Ultra 590 mAh battery. It should still be seen, what is the amount translated into the use of the real world, but any welcome payment, especially associated with the gains of efficiency from the new Wearing OS 6 to update.

Storage also doubles in all fields, with 64 GB standard (32 GB), including the new Titanium Blue version of Ultra.

This is just a first look based on practical time. We will discover whether these features amount to noise when testing in our full review, soon.