Samsung’s subsequent Galaxy smartwatch will work extra like an Apple Watch

On Monday, Samsung held a digital occasion for Cell World Congress the place it confirmed off an all-new smartwatch interface: One UI Watch. Inbuilt partnership with Google, it creates a extra unified expertise between the corporate’s Galaxy smartwatches and Android telephones.

One UI Watch comes solely a short time after Google introduced it was becoming a member of forces with Samsung and merging the 2 corporations’ smartwatch working methods — Put on OS and Tizen, respectively. Whereas we now have but to see what the brand new working system seems to be like, this new interface provides us considerably of an concept.

Accessible on the next-generation Galaxy Watch, which Samsung confirmed will likely be obtainable later this summer time, the brand new UI permits for the watch to replicate what’s in your Android cellphone. Everytime you set up apps in your cellphone, these apps may even robotically obtain to your smartwatch as nicely.

You understand, just like how the Apple Watch basically acts like an iPhone in your wrist. The Apple Watch’s enormous collection of third-party apps makes it very straightforward for customers to recreate whats on their iPhone.

It is Tizen’s lack of third-party apps which have at all times stored it from any such a cohesive expertise. However with Google and Samsung working collectively now, it is greater than probably that the majority of your Android apps will play properly with the Galaxy watch.

Whereas Samsung hasn’t confirmed the record, we will depend on seeing Google’s suite of apps (like Google Maps, YouTube Music, Google Calendar, and many others). Samsung additionally says different apps like Calm, Sleep Cycle, Strava, Adidas Operating, and Spotify will likely be obtainable.

One UI Watch provides a few different options, too. For example, everytime you block particular contacts and textual content messages in your watch, the modifications may even be made to your smartphone. Moreover, everytime you add new cities to the clock app in your cellphone, these areas will robotically sync to the watch.

And that is actually all there’s to the brand new interface. I do know, it seems like a minor replace but it surely’s an important one to the general smartwatch expertise — significantly as a result of it will make the subsequent Galaxy watch lots simpler to make use of.

As for what we will anticipate for Samsung’s new smartwatch and its new OS? That is still to be seen on the upcoming Galaxy Unpacked occasion.