Samsung’s Expanded Wearables Portfolio Unlocks Intelligent Health Experiences for All

Samsung Galaxy Ring, Galaxy Watch7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra enable new, intelligent health experiences across the portfolio, making everyday wellness more meaningful

LONDON, United Kingdom – July 10, 2024 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the new Galaxy Ring, Galaxy Watch7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra, expanding the power of Galaxy AI^[1] to more people through wearables designed to provide end-to-end wellness experiences for everyone.

These new additions to the wearables portfolio are central to Samsung’s vision for Galaxy AI to enhance digital health, delivering personalised insights and tailored health experiences that enable a more comprehensive understanding of one’s self through a holistic approach to everyday wellness. Obtaining accurate, detailed, and advanced information on personal health is a key factor in this process, and Samsung’s accumulated sensor innovations on Galaxy Ring, Galaxy Watch7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra are helping bring its vision to life. Galaxy Ring delivers a straight-forward approach to wellness, offering health monitoring, tracking, and personalised insights while worn comfortably on a finger, even while asleep^[2]. Galaxy Watch7 maximises everyday wellness with personalised workouts along with intelligent and preventative health monitoring capabilities^[3]. Galaxy Watch Ultra – the newest addition to the Galaxy Watch lineup – is Samsung’s most capable smartwatch yet, designed for next-level achievements.

“Current data shows consumers want more control over their health and wellbeing, with nearly half of the UK wanting to be able to track their health and sleep data on a regular basis, turning to technology to achieve this”, said James Kitto, Vice President and Head of MX, Samsung UK & Ireland. “We’re proud to not only be extending our Galaxy Watch range to open up new possibilities for our customers’ wellness journey, but also by announcing Galaxy Ring – our smallest-ever wearable, discreetly designed to allow our customers to monitor their health, wellness and sleep 24/7.”

Galaxy Ring: Simplifying Wellness, Starting With Sleep

Galaxy Ring offers a simple approach to everyday wellness, featuring Samsung’s proven sensor technology in the smallest unobtrusive form, and providing insights that help you understand yourself easily6. Designed for 24/7 health monitoring, Galaxy Ring is lightweight weighing from 2.3 grams to 3.0 grams, ensuring comfort during extended wear. Its distinct concave surface adds a touch of style while maintaining durability. With a 10ATM water resistance^[4] and Titanium Grade 5 finish on the device casing, you can confidently wear Galaxy Ring anywhere without worry. Experience continuous usage with up to seven days battery life^[5], and benefit from a specially designed quick charging case that features aesthetic LED lighting to indicate charging status. Stay true to your personal style with three colour choices – Titanium Black, Titanium Silver, and glossy Titanium Gold, along with a sizing kit that helps you find the right fit from nine size options.

With Galaxy Ring, you can enjoy around-the-clock support that is customised to your needs thanks to the advanced technology of Galaxy AI1. All data and insights are integrated into Samsung Health for seamless access within one cohesive platform without a subscription. Starting with sleep, the foundation of wellness, Galaxy Ring features Samsung’s cutting-edge sleep analysis and a powerful sleep AI algorithm to help you easily understand your sleep patterns and build better habits. Along with Sleep Score and snoring analysis, new sleep metrics such as movement during sleep, sleep latency, heart and respiratory rate provide a detailed and accurate analysis of sleep quality^[6]. With Cycle Tracking, you can better track your menstrual cycle through overnight skin temperature monitoring^[7].

Holistic insights and motivational encouragement provided by Galaxy Ring help you to take decisions that can improve your sleep quality and allow you to wake up refreshed and ready to take on your day. It starts with Galaxy AI, which generates a detailed health report that includes various health metrics like Sleep Coaching^[8]. New Energy Score^[9], a Galaxy AI enabled feature, enhances your awareness of the ways your health influences your daily life, so you can utilise recommendations based on your current physical state to focus your daily efforts on making improvements. This score is calculated by evaluating your physical conditions across four significant factors: Sleep, Activity, Sleeping Heart Rate and Sleeping Heart Rate Variability. Additionally, you can receive personalised messages aimed at enhancing your well-being across all areas of your health journey, thanks to Wellness Tips1, which is driven by comprehensive data and individual interests.

Galaxy Ring also supports broader everyday wellness monitoring, allowing you to stay informed about your heart health with Heart Rate Alert. This feature provides instant notifications regarding unusually high or low heart rates in real-time via the Samsung Health app^[10]. You can gain additional details about your heart rate including beats per minute, time start, and time duration with Live Heart Rate Check. Galaxy Ring also helps you maintain an active lifestyle and stay motivated with automatic walking and running tracking via Auto Workout Detection^[11], and daily fitness reminders with Inactive Alert. In addition, you can easily take photos or dismiss your alarm on Galaxy smartphones with a double pinch via Gestures, and find the location of your Galaxy Ring via your Galaxy smartphone with Find My Ring on Samsung Find2.

Galaxy Watch7: Comprehensive Understanding Of Everyday Wellness

Galaxy Watch7 is designed to help users gain a holistic understanding of themselves. Galaxy Watch7 motivates users to create healthier days with more ways to support everyday wellness. Users can accurately track over 100 workouts and build routines by combining various exercises with Workout Routine to achieve their goals. With Race, compare current and past performance in real time to track progress and maintain motivation^[12]. Receive a complete body and fitness snapshot with Body Composition^[13] for a comprehensive understanding of your body.

In addition to the new advanced AI algorithm for sleep analysis, Galaxy Watch7 offers a deeper understanding of your heart health with Electrocardiogram (ECG) and Blood Pressure (BP) monitoring^[14].

These advanced, in-depth monitoring and tailored insights are made possible thanks to Samsung’s most innovative hardware on Galaxy Watch7. An enhanced BioActive Sensor offers increased accuracy, empowering users to better understand themselves with comprehensive readings. For the first time, Galaxy Watch7 allows users to conveniently track advanced glycation end products (AGEs) right from their wrist with an AGEs Index^[15]. Strongly influenced by diet and lifestyle, AGEs reflect a user’s overall biological aging process and provides an indication of metabolic health.

Equipped with the most powerful chip in the Galaxy Watch line-up, and for the first time a 3nm Processor, Galaxy Watch7 delivers a more seamless wearable experience with three times faster CPU and 30% improved power efficiency of application processor. In addition, Galaxy Watch7 is the first Galaxy smartwatch to feature a Dual-frequency GPS system, which can more precisely track location even in dense urban environments, enabling users to conquer wherever they are.

Featuring Samsung’s iconic circle design, Galaxy Watch7 allows users to match their personal style with new watch bands, including a ripple shape design and colourful stitch details, along with a variety of watch faces. Galaxy Watch7 also brings more intuitive and seamless experiences between connected Galaxy devices. Answer messages effortlessly with intelligent Suggested replies^[16], which suggests suitable responses by analysing previous conversations through Galaxy AI. With Double Pinch Gestures, easily control a Galaxy Watch and connected Galaxy smartphone even when your hands are full, and simply use the all-in-one Samsung Wallet to make every day more convenient.

Galaxy Watch7 will be available in two sizes, large and small. Galaxy Watch7 large is available in Green and Silver, while Galaxy Watch7 small is available in Green and Cream.

Galaxy Watch Ultra: Maximising Passionate Performance

Building on the foundation of Galaxy Watch7’s advanced health monitoring features and powerful hardware, Galaxy Watch Ultra – the newest and most powerful addition to the Galaxy Watch portfolio – further unlocks enhanced fitness experiences for next-level achievements with ultimate intelligence and capabilities. Echoing Galaxy Watch’s circle design legacy, a new cushion design enhances protection and visual completeness, while a Dynamic Lug System for enhanced comfort empowers users to be the best versions of themselves anywhere, anytime.

Premium capabilities built for extreme durability enable users to push limits and go further with a Titanium Grade 4 device casing and a 10ATM water resistance^[17]. Additionally, Galaxy Watch Ultra operates at a wider range of altitudes, from 100 meters below sea level to 9,000 meters high for tracking advanced fitness experiences like swimming to cycling in extreme environments.

Track multi-course workouts for a triathlon from swimming to cycling to running with new Multi-sports tile. Plus, new Functional Threshold Power (FTP) for cycling accurately measures maximum cycling power in just 4 minutes with FTP metrics to unlock full potential based on indicators unique to you. Galaxy Watch Ultra also provides an advanced Personalised HR Zone^[18] so users can work out at optimal intensity levels based on their physical capabilities.

With a newly added Quick Button, users can instantly initiate and control workouts and map other functions to suit their needs. Plus, they can activate an Emergency Siren^[19] for safety. Post-workout, check stats at a glance with dedicated watch faces for Galaxy Watch Ultra which automatically switches to Night Mode for optimal readability in the dark. Additionally, with a peak brightness of 3,000 nits, Galaxy Watch Ultra also ensures readability even in bright sunlight. For peace of mind during longer adventures, Galaxy Watch Ultra has the longest battery life within the Galaxy Watch line-up, with the ability to extend even further within Power Saving^[20] and Exercise Power Saving^[21] modes.

Galaxy Watch Ultra will be available in a 47mm size in Titanium Grey, Titanium White, and Titanium Silver.

Galaxy Watch7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra are the first Android smartwatches powered by Wear OS 5, the most powerful release from Wear OS yet. Offering advanced performance and power efficiency, Wear OS 5 ensures users can enjoy more seamless and smooth interactions and use their Galaxy Watch for longer. In addition, users can maximise their wearable experience with access to a variety of popular apps right from their wrist, including Galaxy services, Google apps and fan-favorite third-party apps.

As always, the power of Samsung’s connected Galaxy ecosystem brings even greater benefits to unlock even more potential. Users can receive a more seamless and accurate health analysis from a wider range of data by wearing Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Ring, improving precision and accuracy day through night, especially for sleep.

Availability

Galaxy Ring, Galaxy Watch7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra will be available for pre-order in the United Kingdom starting 10 July, and will be generally available on Samsung.com, Samsung KX, Samsung Experience stores as well as selected UK retailers from 24 July.

Pricing

Galaxy Ring RRP:

• £399

Galaxy Watch Ultra RRP:

• £599

Galaxy Watch7 RRP:

• 40mm, £289 (Bluetooth)
• 40mm, £339 (LTE)
• 44mm, £319 (Bluetooth)
• 44mm, £369 (LTE)

[1] Requires smartphone operating on Android 11 or above with Google Mobile Services and the latest version of the Samsung Health app. Samsung account login and Galaxy smartphone is required for certain AI features.

[2] Galaxy smartphone and Samsung account required.

[3] Intended for general wellness and fitness purposes only. Not intended for use in the detection, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring or management of any medical condition or disease.

[4] Water resistance rating of 10 minutes at 100 meters under the ISO standard 22810. Rated IP68 for dust and water resistance, 1.5 meters in fresh water for up to 30 minutes. It is not suitable for diving or high-pressure water activities.

[5] Ring size 12 and 13 only. Based on internal testing on typical usage pattern scenarios. Actual battery life may vary.

[6] Compatible smartphone required

[7] Not intended for contraception. Intended for users 18 years+. Users should not interpret or take clinical action based on the predictions made without consultation of a qualified healthcare professional.

[8] Requires sleep data of at least 7 days, including 2 days off.

[9] Intended for general wellness and fitness purposes only. Requires smartphone operating on Android 11 or above and the latest version of the Samsung Health app. Samsung account login and Galaxy smartphone is required for certain AI features.

[10] Galaxy smartphone and Samsung account required. 

[11] Auto detect workouts must be turned on in Settings. Auto detect is not available for all workouts.

[12] Race is available for the outdoor running and outdoor cycling only. For comparative measurements, it is required to run on the same path as the pre-generated path.

[13] Do not measure your body composition if you are pregnant, have an implanted pacemaker or other implanted medical devices.

[14] ECG and BP feature only to be used by 22 years+. For accurate BP readings, monthly calibration required by GP or BP monitor & arm cuff. Requires a Galaxy smartphone running Android 11 or above.

[15] AGEs Index monitoring is only available on Galaxy Watch7, Galaxy Watch Ultra and higher. The Galaxy Watch uses light sensors that operate within the limits set by safety regulations. However, people with photosensitive skin may have adverse reactions to light, such as skin discolouration or a rash. Avoid using this feature if you experience symptoms of photosensitivity. AGEs Index monitoring is for fitness and wellness only, not for the diagnosis and treatment of any medical condition. If you’re concerned about your health, please consult a medical professional for advice.

[16] Suggested Replies require a Galaxy Z Flip6 or Galaxy Z Fold6 smartphone. Additional Galaxy devices will be supported later in 2024.

[17] Water resistance rating of 10 minutes at 100 meters under the ISO standard 22810. Rated IP68 for dust and water resistance, 1.5 meters in fresh water for up to 30 minutes. It is not suitable for diving or high-pressure water activities. 10ATM/IP68. Rinse in fresh water after use in salt water.

[18] Personalisation of Heart Rate Zone is enabled when selecting an outdoor run activity. It is required to run consistently for more than 10 minutes with speeds of 4km/h or faster.

[19] Loudness and range of sound may vary depending on the environment.

[20] When on Power Saving mode, some of the features such as Wi-Fi connection, wake up gesture and others, may become inaccessible. There may also be restrictions on CPU speed, background network and location.

[21] When on Exercise Power saving, some of the features such as network/Bluetooth connection, IoT control and others, may become inaccessible. Only available on Galaxy Watch Ultra.