The Galaxy Watch 7 will supposedly be announced in early July. Here’s everything we know and expect.
*Photographed: Galaxy Watch 6
Intro
The summer Galaxy Unpacked event is a’coming — no official invites are out yet, but July 10th has been mentioned multiple times. We definitely expect the next-gen Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6 to be the headliners of the show, but the Galaxy Watch 7 is also in the cards. Samsung has been updating its smartwatches annually, and leaks about the next model haven’t stopped pouring out, so something is definitely cooking.
What’s new? On the outside, we expect it to look very much like the Galaxy Watch 6 before it — a circular timepiece with a touch-sensitive bezel to interact with the UI. Under the hood, we expect to get a nice spec bump in both performance and internal storage. Plus, we’ve been hearing about Galaxy AI features making it to the Watch — we’ll see how that pans out.
Supposedly, the true star of the show will be a rumored Galaxy Watch Ultra, the upcoming archnemesis to the Apple Watch Ultra. But the Galaxy Watch 7 should still have enough bang for those that don’t want to spend exorbitant money on a titanium smartwatch.
New Exynos W940 processor — 3 nm, 30% faster
36 GB, up from 16 GB
Galaxy AI features
15 W charging, up from 10 W
Table of Contents:
Design and Sizes
Bands
Software
Battery and Charging
Models and Prices
Specs
Summary
Design & Sizes
Since we expect the Galaxy Watch 7 to be very similar to the Watch 6 from last year, we suppose it will measure around 42.8 x 44.4 x 9mm (1.69 x 1.75 x 0.35in) and weigh about 28.7g (1.0oz) to 33.3g (1.1oz) for the 40mm and 44mm models, respectively.
The bezel around the circular watchface will be touch-sensitive again — the mechanical rotating bezel used to be exclusive to the Watch „Classic“ variation before. This year, we suspect it will be reserved for the Galaxy Watch 7 Ultra.
Screen sizes are expected to stay at 1.3 inches for the 40mm model and 1.5inches for the 44mm one. AMOLED panels, of course — that is Samsung’s signature MO.
The previous two generations had a 2,000 nit peak brightness — quite visible under the sun.
