Samsung Strengthens its Tablet and Wearable Portfolio in India; Introduces Galaxy Tab S6, Watch 4G and Watch Active2

•The Galaxy Tab S6, the latest addition to Samsung’s two-in-one line up enables users to get more done on the go
•Galaxy Watch 4G is the first e-sim enabled watch from Samsung that allows users to make and receive calls, send texts and reply to messages even without their phone
•Galaxy Watch Active2 takes personalized wellness to the next level with advanced fitness trackers and a new digital bezel that allows for a much larger screen size

Samsung, India’s largest consumer electronics and smartphone brand, today introduced Galaxy Tab S6, Galaxy Watch 4G and Galaxy Watch Active2 in India. With these launches, Samsung has further strengthened its commitment to creating an ecosystem of products that allows consumers to seamlessly transition between work and play. Galaxy Watch 4G is the first e-sim device from Samsung that allows consumers to stay in touch even without their phones. With the Watch Active2, Samsung has introduced a new range of stylish watches that are designed to take personalized fitness to the next level with advanced fitness tracking and the all-new digital bezel. Sharpening its focus on the two-in-one segment, the Tab S6 is the flagship tablet targeted at consumers who need to work on the go. With the all new S Pen, an improved keyboard (with a built in track pad and a dedicated DeX key) and new features in the DeX mode, Samsung brings powerful offerings to its consumers.

“At Samsung, we understand that inspiration comes at a moment’s notice. The Galaxy ecosystem has been created to maximize these very moments. All the products that we launch today are aimed at assisting and propelling users through their day. With the Bluetooth enabled S Pen and DeX mode, Galaxy Tab S6 lets you switch seamlessly between work and play, allowing you to expand a moment of inspiration into an immersive session of productivity. Galaxy Watch 4G is Samsung’s first e-Sim enabled watch in India. Galaxy Watch Active2, with its fresh design language and digital bezel, is a great combination of style and functionality. Its personalized tracking and advice helps you stay on top of your fitness game, wherever you may be. As always, it’s our mantra of ‘Do What You Can’t’ that keeps us in the hunt for meaningful innovations that enrich the lives of our users,” said Aditya Babbar, Director, Mobile Business, Samsung India.

Galaxy Tab S6

Improved S Pen for Enhanced Creativity and Productivity

With remote control functionality and wireless charging capabilities, the S Pen on Galaxy Tab S6 is a powerful tool for creating and getting things done on the go. With built-in Bluetooth remote control, users can take selfies and videos spontaneously or scroll through multimedia content even when the tablet is out of reach. The S Pen, which comes in the box, makes taking notes a breeze and delivers enough battery life to get users through a day full of presentations, note taking, translations, and creativity after just ten minutes of charging. Handwritten Samsung Notes can be converted to digital text and exported to formats like Microsoft Word with just one click. The transparent notes feature allows users to take notes while watching a video and what’s more with the magnetic charging strip behind the tablet, the S Pen can now be attached to the device thereby ensuring that it’s always charged and ready.

A new and further enhanced Samsung DeX is also packed into Galaxy Tab S6, enabling the user to seamlessly transit to a PC-like experience. So, the users can easily multitask and optimize their viewing experience on a larger screen. With a DeX function key added to Galaxy Tab S6’s new Keyboard Cover, users can launch and close DeX with the tap of a key. The keyboard has been fine-tuned for better functionality, including a trackpad, a free angle stand and a dedicated indent for the S Pen.

Entertainment Uncompromised

Galaxy Tab S6 delivers an amazing viewing experience. Its 10.5” Super AMOLED display works in tandem with quad speakers tuned by AKG and Dolby Atmos to keep the user completely immersed in the action. With a slim body measuring 5.7mm and weighing only 420 grams, Galaxy Tab S6 is extremely light and can easily slip into a bag or purse.

Galaxy Tab S6 enables high-quality, captivating gaming through a combination of graphics, sound, and intelligent hardware and software, bolstered by partnerships with leading game platforms like Unity and Unreal Engine. A best in class processor and Game Booster with AI capabilities enhance the gaming experience on Galaxy Tab S6. Galaxy Tab S6 also allows users to enjoy more of their favorite content. Users can search for latest Netflix shows with Bixby Voice and enjoy movies, music and more with a six -month YouTube Premium membership.

Cutting-edge Technology for Everyday Ease

Powered by the new Qualcomm 855 processor, Galaxy Tab S6 is optimized for faster, more powerful productivity and entertainment experiences. Galaxy Tab S6 offers advanced camera features, including 13 MP main camera and 5 MP ultra-wide camera, live focus capabilities and the first-ever dual camera with Ultra-Wide lens on a Samsung tablet. By taking advantage of a 123-degree field of view—as wide as the human eye—the Ultra-Wide camera allows users to capture the scenes and landscapes in front of them just as they see them.

Samsung is also introducing advanced display technologies on Galaxy Tab S6 with its first ever on-screen fingerprint scanner on a tablet. It’s also more secure than ever with Samsung Knox, Samsung’s defense-grade security platform. Additionally, as a part of Samsung’s Galaxy Ecosystem, Galaxy Tab S6 allows users to manage their appliances with Smart Things and Bixby through voice commands.

Galaxy Watch 4G and Watch Active2

Galaxy Watch 4G is a powerful smart watch for those who want to do it all — and look good while doing it. It is Samsung’s first Smartwatch to launch with the e-SIM technology in India. Together with its long-lasting battery and advanced connectivity features, Galaxy Watch 4G delivers a true mobile connectivity experience. With advanced wellness features and fitness tracking, it helps you achieve health goals as well as answer calls, respond to text messages, use GPS mapping, stream music and more, all from the wrist, and all without a smartphone in the pocket. Users can also start and end their day with morning and evening briefings to help stay on top of reminders, weather and their latest schedule.

Galaxy Watch’s advanced fitness tracking features keep the user motivated, and on track. It automatically tracks six of the most popular exercises— walking, running, cycling, elliptical machine, rowing, and dynamic workouts — and features 21 new indoor exercises from a selection of 39 activities. Galaxy Watch is designed to help users track food and water intake as well. Samsung makes music and multimedia control even easier on Galaxy Watch with Spotify, allowing users to listen to songs offline or without a smartphone.

The Galaxy Watch 4G is currently compatible with Samsung smartphones and will work on the Airtel and Jio networks.

Reliance Jio said it offers a revolutionary JioEverywhereConnect™ service for all its prepaid and postpaid customers at no additional cost. Jio’s path-breaking service JioEverywhereConnect™ will allow Jio users to use the same Jio number on both their smartphone and Samsung Galaxy Watch LTE, to make and receive calls, use data and applications on the data-strong Jio network, even when they have left their smartphone behind. With Jio’s affordable data plans, customers get the freedom to enjoy unlimited video, music, cricket and much more.

Bharti Airtel said they are delighted to offer their customers the Galaxy Watch LTE experience powered by Airtel e-SIM and super-fast 4G network. The partnership with Samsung India brings amazing mobility and flexibility to Airtel customers and we will continue to innovate to add value to their lives through our network, the company added.

Purposeful Design, Tailored to Suit Your Life

Galaxy Watch Active2 is masterfully designed to be both stylish and functional. The 44mm Galaxy Watch Active2 comes in two variants – lightweight aluminum case with a casual sport band and premium solid stainless steel case with a leather band. The Galaxy Watch Active2 features a brand new upgrade to the signature rotating bezel — and turns it digital to make it even more convenient to navigate while maximizing the screen size. The rotating touch bezel turns both clockwise and counterclockwise to move across screens so users can easily select their favorite apps. Plus, the upgraded One UI offers a simple, clear and natural user experience for navigation.

Achieve Your Wellness Goals

Galaxy Watch Active2 also serves as your guide to improved fitness goals, providing actionable insights that can help users make positive lifestyle choices in diet, exercise, mental health, sleep and more. The Watch Active2 can manually track more than 39 workouts with seven of them getting activated automatically— including running, walking, cycling, swimming, rowing machine, elliptical machine and dynamic workouts. With an updated Running Coach, users can monitor their running pace in real time and enjoy seven different running programs to help meet their goals. Galaxy Watch Active2 even incorporates innovative new health sensors on the back of the watch, which take in readings faster, so that the user gets insights quickly to maximize their fitness routine and stay on track.

Galaxy Watch Active2 helps the user track real-time stress levels through Samsung Health, the signature and popular health and wellness app. It also provides access to guided meditation programs through integration with Calm, the leading sleep and meditation app. Enhanced sleep analysis algorithms help the users work towards healthy sleep patterns, aiding recovery at night and getting you ready for the next day.

Seamless Connected Lifestyle

Galaxy Watch Active2 allows the user to make and receive calls freely from the watch through Bluetooth connectivity with the phone, while social media apps are accessible with just a tap of the finger, and offer more interaction with content. Now, users can even watch a short video clip right from their wrist. The new Galaxy Watch Active2 makes it even easier to stay connected through Samsung’s partnership with Spotify. It allows users to easily browse through their music, podcasts on Spotify and enjoy an uninterrupted listening experience.

Integral Part of the Galaxy Ecosystem

Galaxy Watch Active2 brings the best of Samsung’s Galaxy ecosystem to the smart watch. It allows the user to take photos, start recording a video, preview footage on the watch, switch between front and rear lenses, set a timer and then check the final photo or video — all from the wrist. Users can also use Wireless PowerShare on their Galaxy smartphone to charge their smart watch in an easy and intuitive way.

Price and Availability

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 comes in Mountain Gray and Cloud Blue colours. It will be available in stores and online from October 11 at INR59,900 along with exciting introductory offers of up to INR 5,000 cashback for HDFC Bank credit and debit card owners, special affordability schemes from leading banks and NBFCs, Keyboard Cover offer at INR 5,499 against INR 10,999 and 6 month paid membership to YouTube Premium.

The Galaxy Watch Active2 comes with a 44mm dial and in 2 material variants – stainless steel and aluminum. The Watch Active2 Steel comes in silver, black and gold finish at INR 31,990 while the Watch Active2 Aluminum comes in black, rose gold and cloud silver finish at INR 26,990. The Galaxy Watch 4G will be available from October 11 in both 46mm and 42mm variants at INR 30,990 and INR 28,490 respectively. Both new Watches will come with special launch affordability schemes from leading banks and NBFCs.

Galaxy Tab S6, Galaxy Watch 4G and Watch Active2 will be available across offline channels, Samsung Opera House, Samsung e-shop and leading online portals.

For more information about the Galaxy Tab S6, Watch Active2, and Galaxy Watch 4G, visit http://news.samsung.com/in and https://news.samsung.com/bharat