Samsung’s One UI Watch 5 update debuted with the Galaxy Watch 6 series earlier this year and slowly made its way onto the Galaxy Watch 4 and 5 lineups. Older smartwatches that run Tizen OS will never get this update, but on the bright side, Samsung confirmed a few months ago that the Galaxy Watch […]
Read MoreThe Galaxy Watch is the perfect smartwatch for Samsung phone users, thanks to the synergy between the One UI and One UI Watch interfaces. Most Galaxy phone users have a sense of familiarity when they use a Watch for the first time, but they will also encounter new Watch-specific features they’ve never seen on their […]
Read MoreThe One UI Watch 5 update brought enough new features and changes to elevate the user experience and make me like my Samsung smartwatch even more. As a Galaxy Watch 5 owner who has used the previous One UI version, I was happy to see improvements like apps drawer folders, better Health features, skin temperature […]
Read MoreOur Samsung Galaxy Watch Week series is coming to an end, and we saved a couple of battery life tips for last. Samsung Galaxy Watches already have great battery life — they’re superior even to Apple Watches — but your mileage with the Galaxy Watch will vary depending on which features you turn ON or […]
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Watches running One UI Watch 5 offer a variety of watch faces and Tiles. Watch faces, as we detailed this week, are the main component of the smartwatch UI, akin to a smartphone’s home screen. And watch face complications are similar to home screen app shortcuts. The watch face tells the time and, […]
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Watches are more than smart timepieces capable of showing notifications and taking phone calls from your wrist. They’re clever health and fitness trackers chock-full of sensors. By default, these sensors activate intermittently, but for a more accurate overview of your health and fitness, you can make the Galaxy Watch track continuously. Here’s all […]
Read MoreYesterday, for the first entry into the Galaxy Watch Week series, we answered some of the most frequently asked questions about the Samsung smartwatch experience. The next step is to explore the Galaxy Watch software and One UI Watch 5. What’s the UI structure like? Is using a smartwatch anything like using a smartphone? Is […]
Read MoreWe created our SamMobile Week series to give new and aspiring Galaxy device users general overviews of Samsung apps and services – to offer potential Galaxy device buyers a window into an experience they have not yet had. And, maybe, even to broaden the existing Samsung customer’s knowledge a little bit. This week, we’re expanding […]
Read MoreOver a month ago, Samsung started rolling out its One UI Watch 5 update on older Wear OS-powered smartwatches, including the Watch 4 and Watch 5 series. And now that we’ve been using these smartwatches for a while, it’s safe to talk about how the new update affected battery life. To put it bluntly, battery […]
Read MoreWith the recent release of the One UI Watch 5 update for Wear OS Galaxy smartwatches, Samsung revamped Theater Mode. The latter was a smartwatch-specific feature users could activate from the quick toggle area on One UI Watch. But One UI Watch 5 came along, and Samsung made some (positive) changes to the way it […]
Read MoreSamsung’s new One UI Watch 5 update for Wear OS Galaxy smartwatches consists of many changes, some of which concern the general UI and how users interact with their smartwatches. One example is a redesigned call control screen, which brings more options to the user’s wrist. Before we take a closer look at the new […]
Read MoreEarlier this year, long before Samsung announced its One UI Watch 5 update, we showed you how and why you may want to set a PIN or pattern-based screen lock on your Galaxy Watch. With the One UI Watch 5 update, Samsung made some improvements to the system’s security, and there’s one new thing Galaxy […]
Read MoreThe One UI Watch 5 update has massively expanded the concept of using your smartwatch through gestures. Samsung added a new feature called Universal Gestures, and now that the One UI Watch 5 update is out of beta and rolling out on live channels, it’s time for us to take a closer look at how […]
Read MoreThe One UI Watch 5 update for Galaxy smartwatches has introduced a Device Care feature that users can access from their wrists. The update also revamped this feature on the Galaxy Wearable mobile app. Here’s an overview of this latest addition, what new things it brings, and what it’s missing. Before One UI Watch 5, […]
Read MoreWe have great news for Galaxy Watch 5 users in India! The highly anticipated One UI Watch 5 update is rolling out. As of this writing, it seems to be available for the standard model with Wi-Fi connectivity; however, it will likely become available for the Watch 5 Pro and LTE variants momentarily. One UI […]
Read MoreSamsung’s One UI Watch 5 update is extending its reach to older Wear OS Galaxy smartwatches. The process is gradual, but the update has already been rolled out for the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 lineups in a few key markets, including South Korea, the USA, and Europe. And, of course, the update […]
Read MoreSamsung released One UI Watch 5 with the Galaxy Watch 6 series at Unpacked in late July. Now, the firmware is rolling out for the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 5 lineups in a handful of regions, including USA and Europe. Among the many things the One UI Watch 5 update introduced are a couple […]
Read MoreOne of the ways in which a Galaxy smartwatch can help you stay active is through movement reminders. If you’ve used a Galaxy Watch before, you probably know how it goes. When your watch detects a lack of movement for a while, you get a light tap on your wrist and an animation saying it’s […]
Read MoreThis week started off strong for Galaxy Watch users. Yesterday, we got the One UI Watch 5 update for the Galaxy Watch 5 in Europe, but there’s even more good news. The Galaxy Watch 4 is also getting the latest firmware update, except in the USA rather than Europe or other markets. We checked our […]
Read MoreSamsung started rolling out the stable One UI 5 Watch update last week. The update, which confusingly enough is also referred to as One UI Watch 5 in some of the company’s material and announcements, debuted in South Korea. Now, it’s available in Europe! The One UI Watch 5 update is now available for the […]
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