Galaxy Watch Series and BioActive Sensor
The Development of the Galaxy Watch Series in History: Rethinking the Watch.
Before smartwatches, people looked at their timepieces for one reason. Today’s smartwatches do more than tell time. Smartwatches let people check the time, monitor key health indicators, connect with friends, choose their watch face, and access a range of content.
Samsung Newsroom examined how the Galaxy Watch series has changed over the last ten years, going beyond the watch’s conventional function to reimagine what a watch may be.
Looking Beyond the Box: Ushering in a New Era for Smartwatches
With its September 2013 unveiling, the ground-breaking Galaxy Gear introduced the Galaxy experience into daily life. With the wearable’s 41.4-millimeter display, users could make and take calls, plan activities, set alarms and even use their voice to check the weather. The ingenious Mimographer feature and the strap’s 1.9-megapixel camera allow short videos and photos without cellphones. The Galaxy Gear was the first wristwatch of its sort.
Second-generation Samsung Gear2 debuted in February 2014. It was slimmer, lighter, had a longer battery, and had more functionality that could be used without a smartphone than its predecessor. The heart rate sensor and real-time workout tracking allow users to monitor their heart rates. The internal file storage allows users to use the watch as a standalone music player. Simultaneously, the Samsung Gear2 Neo was unveiled, providing customers with a another choice that included every function of the Samsung Gear2 save the camera.
With its huge, curved Super AMOLED display that wrapped around the wearer’s wrist and supported 3G and Wi-Fi without requiring a smartphone connection, the Samsung Gear S was the company’s first smartwatch when it was released in 2014. The company debuted its first smartwatch with a circular display and rotating bezel, which is now a signature feature of the Galaxy Watch Classic range, with the Samsung Gear S2, its 2015 sequel.
With its sophisticated design influenced by vintage clocks and additional cutting-edge features that enhanced daily living, Samsung’s Gear S3 stole hearts when it was released in 2016. With a Super AMOLED display that can support 16 million colours, the Always On Display feature continuously displayed the time on users’ wrists.
With its integrated speaker and microphone, the gadget let users answer calls on loudspeaker without requiring a Bluetooth headset. Simultaneously, the GPS enabled users to log their workout history or view routes on maps without requiring a smartphone.
For individuals who lead active lifestyles, the Samsung Gear Sport, the final model in the Gear series, offers a sporty look. With its 5 ATM water resistance, the watch is suitable for swimming. Water lock mode, which stops accidental touchscreen activation in high currents, is one of the improved water resistant features.
Samsung Galaxy Watch Series
The Galaxy Watch line debuted in August of 2018. This branding represented the many and constantly developing uses of a wristwatch in the modern world, including fitness tracking, personal assistant, fashion item, and much more. The wearable kept the recognizable circular bezel from earlier generations while including an hourly alarm and the first-ever ticking second hand sound to improve the user experience and showcase Samsung’s wristwatch identity.
With three colour options and sizes of 42 and 46 millimeters, this adaptable gadget improved users’ health and well-being by providing stress and sleep management functions. More than any other watch available at the time, users could track workouts from 39 distinct types of exercises.
With the release of the Galaxy Watch Active in February 2019, Samsung debuted a new range of smartwatches aimed at consumers leading active lifestyles. Featuring a 28.1-millimeter Super AMOLED display, this watch kept its recognizable round form but did away with the bezel and used aluminum to reduce weight by 25 grams.
Fashion-conscious consumers had a range of ways to showcase their uniqueness with the 20-millimeter flexible fluoroelastomer watchband. Conversely, health-conscious users may monitor their blood pressure, activity, stress levels, and sleep duration in real time. They could even compare the duration of their rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep vs the other three stages of sleep.
The Galaxy Watch Active2 advanced personalized health and wellness monitoring for individuals pursuing healthier lifestyles in August 2019. In addition to the revolving bezel and other improvements to the user experience, users may customize more fashionable watch faces with the My Style feature.
With its enhanced stress and sleep management features and its exercise feature, which could track over 39 different types of workouts, the wearable proved to be the ideal partner in helping consumers embrace better and more balanced lifestyles. The updated Galaxy ecosystem also made daily convenience and connectivity better.
Integrated Healthcare Is Entering a New Era
In August 2020, two years later, Samsung introduced the Galaxy Watch3 to consumers interested in health. Users could select between a larger 41- or 45-millimeter display with a lighter, slimmer body, but keeping the stainless steel circular bezel. Samsung has introduced a titanium model that is even lighter, stronger, and more luxurious than any previous Galaxy model.
The wrist-worn device included blood pressure monitoring, fitness, health, and sleep management all combined into one seamless healthcare experience. Samsung also unveiled a blood oxygen function to monitor oxygen saturation over time and electrocardiogram (ECG) measurements.
The Galaxy Watch4 Classic and Galaxy Watch4 redefined wristwatches in August 2021. The first watch to measure blood pressure, ECG, and oxygen saturation, BioActive Sensor, was more accurate. Simply placing two fingers on the smartwatch will allow users to evaluate their body composition and gain more holistic health information, helping them to manage and reach their health objectives.
To enable users to access a wider range of applications, the wearable was outfitted with the new Wear OS, which was co-developed with Google. As this was going on, the One UI Watch upgrade improved the user experience even further by allowing the watch to be connected to wireless earphones, Samsung smartphones, and other devices with ease.
A Partner To Help You Know Yourself Better Above Wrist
In August 2022, Samsung’s Galaxy Watch5 series revolutionized wearable tech. This portfolio now includes the Galaxy Watch5 Pro, perfect for outdoor sports. Measurements of body composition, heart rate, and ECG monitoring were more accurate because to the more sophisticated Samsung BioActive Sensor. Notably, the Galaxy Watch5’s recently added temperature sensor allows women to easily track their menstrual cycles by predicting skin temperature.
When the Galaxy Watch6 series was announced in July 2023, Samsung once again showed its support for its health-conscious customers. Users who wish to better manage their health will benefit from more individualised, cutting-edge health solutions with this wearable’s holistic health features.
The display is 20% larger than its predecessors and has a thinner bezel to let consumers see more information quickly. While the Galaxy Watch6 Classic has a revolving bezel evoking analogue timepieces, the Galaxy Watch6 has the brand-new circular design. Users may now quickly switch between watchbands with just one click thanks to a new button that took the place of the spring-bar structure.
A high-performance CPU and an even more sensitive BioActive sensor allowed for the specialization of health measures, which now include heart health monitoring, fitness coaching, and sleep management.
An AI-Powered Experience for Galaxy Health and the Upcoming Generation Watch
May 2024 saw the release of Samsung’s One UI 6 Watch. This is how the business has effectively turned the Galaxy Watch into a comprehensive digital health assistant that monitors a variety of metrics, including heart rate and sleep habits. Users now receive personalised messages powered by AI to encourage them to meet their health objectives, and health insights are more thorough and detailed than ever before.
Additionally, the improved BioActive Sensor in the next Galaxy Watch series, which will be introduced in the second half of this year, will measure Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs). This updated BioActive Sensor incorporates newly designed photodiodes and expanded colour options for LEDs.
Samsung has been and will continue to broaden its horizons. Along with the standard watch features, every new wearable also includes services that the younger generation has been accustomed to receiving. Samsung BioActive sensor has been pushing the limits of smartwatch technology for more than ten years, and the best is still to come. The company aspires to be the closest partner that cherishes every thrilling and unique event in each user’s life.
