Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the new Galaxy Watch6 and Galaxy Watch6 Classic, designed to help users create healthier habits every day and throughout the night. The Galaxy Watch6 series offers comprehensive health and powerful performance in a refined and stylish design, with a slimmer bezel, larger and more vibrant display and a more interactive user interface. Both models also give users access to a wider selection of versatile watch faces, as well as new strap options that allow them to achieve their goals.
“With the new Galaxy Watch6 and Galaxy Watch6 Classic models, we are delivering on our commitment to democratize advanced health monitoring tools, now offering easier access directly from the wrist,” said TM Roh, President and Head of Mobile eXperience at Samsung Electronics. “From sleep and fitness coaching to nutritional advice, Samsung is providing convenient new ways to help users gain insights and take action to improve health and wellness, every day and every night.”
Personalized guidance for a healthier life – starting with sleep
The Galaxy Watch6 series provides meaningful information that can lead to positive changes throughout the day, offering personalized, actionable tips, advice and encouragement. Recognizing that better health starts with better sleep, Samsung is helping users optimize their night in the same way they optimize their day by focusing on three key elements for better sleep: understanding personal sleep patterns, creating better habits and establishing a sleep-friendly environment.
Building on the most advanced sleep and wellness features, the Galaxy Watch6 series now offers in-depth analysis of Sleep Score Factors – total sleep time, sleep cycle, awake time, and physical and mental recovery – to help users understand the quality of sleep they’ve had each night. More individualized Sleep Messages5, developed in collaboration with the National Sleep Foundation, which also provide users with detailed information about their sleep status each morning. In addition, Galaxy Watch6 offers Sleep Consistency, which shows the regularity of the user’s sleep and awake times, and a Sleep Animal Symbol that represents their sleep type.
The enhanced Sleep Coaching6 feature allows users to put their sleep knowledge into practice with personalized instructions, tips and reminders accessible on both the wrist and the paired smartphone. When it’s time to sleep, Galaxy Watch6 can help create the perfect sleep environment by automatically changing settings on connected home electronic devices and activating Sleep Mode on the user’s watch and phone to mute notifications, dim displays and even activate the watch’s invisible infrared LED sensor to provide valuable health information without additional light distractions.
Fitness features are more personalized to keep users motivated throughout the process. Body Composition, with key physical measurements such as skeletal muscle, basal metabolic rate, water and body fat percentage, provides a complete snapshot of the user’s body and fitness, offering a tailored approach to setting goals, tracking progress and guiding through personalized fitness and now nutritional advice through a new partnership with Whisk.
A new Personalized Heart Rate Zone feature analyzes individual fitness capabilities and defines five optimal running intensity levels to help users set their own goals based on their ability – from fat burning to high intensity workouts. In addition to the more than 100 existing workout trackers, the newly added Run on Track records the user’s runs on a track, while Custom Workout allows users to build and track their personalized training routine.
In addition to blood pressure and EKG monitoring, the new Irregular Heart Rate Notification feature available in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala and Panama helps users learn more about their heart health by detecting suspected atrial fibrillation (AFib) heart rhythms in the background, even while sleeping. Galaxy Watch6 can also allow users to track skin temperature at night for valuable information, including menstrual cycle tracking. Fall Detection can measure a fall, whether it occurs during exercise, when the user is standing or even while sleeping, in case they fall out of bed. When a fall is detected, the watch automatically alerts an emergency service or pre-selected contacts.
Refined design, perfectly yours
Elevating the wearable experience, the Galaxy Watch6 series offers all-new designs that deliver a better display, greater power and a wider selection of more customizable and comfortable options3.
Reading and typing is easier on the 20% larger screen, which displays more on-screen text and a larger keyboard, all while maintaining a comfortable size. A more vibrant, higher resolution display3 with a maximum brightness of 2,000 nits, along with an Always On Display brightness adjustment feature, allowing users to see and do more even in bright sunlight. With improved processor and memory, Galaxy Watch6 offers smoother and faster interactions3.
Galaxy Watch6 and Watch6 Classic come with a 30% thinner bezel and 15% thinner rotating bezel respectively, enhancing the beauty of the distinctive circular bezel. The Galaxy Watch6 series incorporates new stylish, interactive and informative dials that make the most of the large display, while new one-click straps allow users to easily mix and match. For example, the new Lightweight Fabric Strap and Sleep Training watch face work seamlessly together to help you get sleep information conveniently.
The Galaxy Watch6 series comes with a larger battery and lower battery consumption to support its larger and brighter display. With just eight minutes of fast charging, users can add an additional eight hours, perfect for tracking sleep throughout the night.
Maximize your experience from your wrist
The enhanced Gesture Control feature, allows users to conveniently operate their watch using simple gestures for greater accessibility and ease, allowing them to set their own shortcuts and now access apps and functions without touching them.
WhatsApp makes it easy for Galaxy Watch users to stay connected with friends and family, all without taking out their phone. Starting this fall, users will be able to stay productive from their watch with the new Google Calendar and Gmail apps, which will be available exclusively on Wear OS. They will also be able to more easily track their fitness progress or nutritional data with updates to Peloton and MyFitnessPal and, coming soon, enjoy more streaming options with Audible. In addition, with the introduction of a new skin temperature API, which is part of Samsung’s Privileged Health SDK, partners will soon have access to advanced infrared technology for more accurate measurements and offer users a whole new world of possibilities. The recently launched Thermo Check app leverages the new API and allows users to measure the temperature of their favorite food or the sea before swimming, without the need for contact.
Along with other Samsung devices, the Galaxy Watch6 series further extends the user experience. The enhanced Camera Controller allows remote control of a linked Galaxy Z Flip5 camera to change modes, angles and zoom. Samsung Smart TVdisplays user progress in real time with a guided fitness or mindfulness program on the large screen. Users can also automatically switch the Galaxy Buds2 Pro connection between Samsung devices via Auto Switch. In case users misplace their phone, the Galaxy Watch6 series can now locate it through Find My Phone with map support.
And as always, the watch’s personal data remains secure thanks to the Samsung Knox security platform.
Availability
Galaxy Watch6 and Galaxy Watch6 Classic will be available for pre-order in select markets from July 26, and will be available from August 25.
Galaxy Watch6 is the ultimate everyday watch with a modern, minimalist design. It is available in 44mm in Graphite and Silver and 40mm in Graphite and Gold. If you’re looking for a more exclusive and timeless design, look no further: Galaxy Watch6 Classic with our fan-favorite rotating bezel, available in black and silver in 43 mm and 47 mm.
If you’re an adventurer looking for durability, performance and style, Galaxy Watch5 Pro is still a great choice and now comes with even more enhanced GPS eXchange format (GPX) features. Conquer a new route with the GPX File Database, which allows users to easily search and access recommended routes, while Route Training now supports running and walking along with the previously available hiking and cycling modes.