characteristics, price and technical file

Samsung has just presented its new batch of smart watches, the Galaxy Watch8. After a generation marked by the Watch7, the ultra watch and the Galaxy Ringthe Korean company has returned to the tradition of presenting year no, year a clock with rotating bezel, something that is a brand of the house and that we had not seen for a long time. But as it may, that’s not the really striking of Samsung’s new smart watches.

Yes Galaxy z fold7 and flip7 They stand out for going out with Android 16 Just a month after their official launch, the Galaxy Watch8 have the privilege of release integration with Google Gemini. Google said he intended bring your artificial intelligence to all devicesincluding watches. Samsung, how could it be otherwise, has been in charge of materializing this proposal.

Technical sheet of the Samsung Galaxy Watch8 and Watch8 Classic

A totally renewed design

Samsung has given an important twist to the design of your watches. Both the Watch8 and the Classic leave behind the circular box of the Watch7 to offer a more modern design that can clearly drink from the Galaxy Watch Ultra. The box is somewhat more rectangular, “cushion type” they call it from Samsung. To be able to implement it, the firm has had to redesign the interior, something that has resulted in a reduction in the thickness of 11%. We pass, therefore, from 9.7 mm to some 8.6 millimeters thick.

In terms of design, the Classic model is larger, heavier. It has a rotating bezel that will allow us to move along the screens and that, incidentally, will slightly protect the panel of possible scratches. Also a small lateral rotating crown. The standard Watch8, meanwhile, has the screen in a kind of elevation on the box. The finish is more elegant and minimalist, but the clock does not have a crown or rotating bezel.

If we take a look at the screen, they all ride Super Amoled panels whose size will depend on the size of the box. It is curious, of course, that the classic watch8 has the same panel as the smallest watch8. Be that as it may, all models share a fairly high resolution, up to 3,000 peak brightness and a sapphire crystal to protect the daily inclement panel.

That engine sounds to me

Under the hood we have an engine that is familiar to us, basically because it is the same as that of the Watch7. Samsung has again bet on the processor Exynos W1000 of three nanometers and five nuclei, two Gigas RAM and 32 Gigas of storage that amount to 64 in the Classic. The key, of course, is in the software and in the sensors.

Samsung premieres Wear os 6 with one ui 8 for watch and the juicy has its own name: Google Gemini. This will allow us to use natural voice commands to ask for information and/or do things on the fly. Let’s think about looking for a cafeteria, sending a message, starting a specific training or asking who Abbas Ibn-Firns. It is basically having the power of AI in the wrist, a format that makes a lot of sense.

In terms of battery, the capacity depends, again, the size. The best autonomy should have it, without a doubt, in the Watch8 Classic since it is small watch8 size, but the largest capacity battery in three (445 mAh). However, and always on paper, it would not be strange for clocks to offer between day and a half and two days of autonomy with normal use.

News in health

Samsung has renewed the Bioactive Sensor to offer an even greater lot of functions. To the classic heart rate measurements, blood oxygen level, sleep, stress, temperature and company are added the vascular load, the antioxidant index and the sleep indications.

On the one hand, watches are able to measure the circadian rhythm to suggest the best time to go to bed. The vascular load, meanwhile, analyzes the stress levels of the vascular system during sleep. Finally, the antioxidant index allows you to measure carotenoid levels in five seconds. To do this, you have to place your thumb on the sensor, that is, you will have to take off your clock.

With regard to sport, the device has a racing coach who, according to Samsung, values ​​our physical form level from one to ten and generates personalized training. Of course, all kinds of sports can be registered, as well as the routes thanks to the Integrated GPS chip.

What about the Galaxy Watch Ultra and Galaxy Ring?

Few novelties, not to say any. The Galaxy Watch Ultra has added a new “Titanium” blue color and the Galaxy Ring has not been renewed. The last important update of this hardware device was at the beginning of the year, when Samsung announced the availability of sizes 14 and 15.

Versions and price of the Samsung Galaxy Watch8 and Galaxy Watch8 Classic

The Galaxy Watch8 and Galaxy Watch8 Classic They can be reserved from today and will be put up for sale on July 25. The Watch 8 will be available in two sizes, while the Watch8 Classic only arrives in a single version. The price, as always, will depend on the size and whether or not it has a lte connection. Prices are those that follow:

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