Galaxy Watch 4 announced with Samsung, new Wear OS.Also supports measurement of body composition

Samsung announced the new smartwatch Galaxy Watch4 at the Unpacked event held on August 11 (Japan time).We will line up two models: Galaxy Watch4 with a simple appearance like a conventional Active series and a Galaxy Watch4 Classic with a rotating bezel like the conventional Galaxy Watch series.

The Galaxy Watch4 series is the first smartwatch with Wear OS and Tizen, which is integrated with Google, with "Wear OS Powered by Samsung".As a result, popular apps such as Google Maps and Spotify can be used on Galaxy Watch.

However, in the UI, the conventional Tizen style is followed, and the operation feeling has not changed significantly.

Hardware is enhanced with wellness functions and is equipped with a newly developed BIOACTIVE sensor.This is equipped with a single chip with an optical heart rate monitor (PPG), an electrical electrocardiogram (ECG), and a biological impedance analysis (BIA) sensor.Use these sensors to measure blood pressure, detect arrhythmia, and blood oxygen concentration.

In addition, Galaxy Watch4 also has a body assembly analysis tool.By attaching two fingers to the side of the smartwatch, the body fat percentage, basal metabolism, muscle mass, water mass, etc. measure.The time it takes to measure is about 15 seconds, which collects 2400 data during this time.The accuracy is a concern, but according to Samsung, it is 98 % accuracy.

Sleep measurement has been enhanced, which supports snoring and measures to measure the concentration of blood during sleep.It is said that checking with a sleeping score can know more about sleep patterns.

It also supports automatic switching of Galaxy Buds.This is a function similar to that can be used with Apple's AirPods, detecting the usage status of smartphones and tablets logged in with the same Galaxy account, and switching the connection destination appropriately.Galaxy Watch4 supports this, so you can seamlessly switch your earphone connection even when playing music alone.

The SoC is equipped with a 5nm process EXYNOS W920.The CPU is 20 % faster than the previous generation SoC and the GPU is 10 times faster.RAM is 1.5GB, storage is 16GB.The battery life is up to 40 hours, so if you travel one night, you may not need to charge.

Galaxy Watch4 is an aluminum case, the size is 40mm and 44mm.Galaxy Watch4 Classic is a stainless steel case, two models of 42mm and 46mm.

Galaxy Watch4 will be reserved in some market on August 11 and will be released on August 27.The price is the Bluetooth version of Galaxy Watch4 249.$ 99, LTE model 299.From $ 99.Galaxy Watch4 Classic has a Bluetooth model 349.$ 99, LTE model 399.It is from $ 99.

In addition, the limited edition GalaxyWatch4 Classic Thombrowne edition will be released in late September.

Source: Samsung