Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 6 is set to receive an AI update.
It looks like Samsung’s recently announced plan to roll out new AI features to Galaxy watches will come to fruition sooner rather than later.
Spotted by theoneside on Twitter/X (via SamMobile), US moderators on the Samsung Community Forums have started updating One UI 6 Watch Beta posts, including community guidelines, terms and conditions, FAQs, and privacy policy. Samsung said in its One UI 6 announcement that Beta testers will get the OS in June, and these changes on the forum suggest that the update is imminent.
If you’re a Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 4 Classic, Watch 5, Watch 5 Pro, Watch 6, and Watch 6 Classic user in the US—stay tuned for the update. It’s worth noting that you must be a registered Beta user to receive the update, which could also be region-locked.
To get the Beta, users need to download the Samsung Members app, sign in to their account, and select the “sign up for the One UI Beta program” option. Then hold the button for software update or hit the follow button at the bottom of this story for One UI 6 release news.
One UI 6 for the Galaxy Watch is the first major update in a while for Samsung’s wearables, which the company says will bring artificial intelligence skills to your wrist. The essence of the update is around improved recommendations, based on personalized health data, with particular benefits for those who want to monitor their sleep, heart rate and workouts.
The new Energy Score feature, for example, measures daily energy levels by tracking sleep statistics, activity and heart rate variability. Workout routines will improve exercise planning, while improved sleep tracking will take deeper measurements of how rested you are from a night’s sleep. Check my update story here for more details.
Samsung’s AI updates, via One UI 6.1, for Galaxy phones have been going well. But wearables are a whole different game because they have much smaller batteries. Redditors have already raised concerns about how AI tools could put a strain on the Galaxy Watch’s already sensitive battery life. We’ll have to see how Samsung balances the new features with the existing hardware. This is a beta version, after all, and not a release to the general public. It’s a chance for Samsung to see how these features work in the real world, including how they affect performance and battery life, so the experience isn’t polished.
