What you need to know
- Rumors claim Samsung is working on reworking its Wearables app with a redesign that’s much cleaner and fits its current One UI aesthetic.
- The app reportedly revamps the home screen with a large rendering of the user’s connected Galaxy Watch, minimizing the tab’s options into containers.
- The Wearables app leak also highlighted new Health features, which Samsung discussed previously before rolling out to Galaxy devices in June.
There’s a lot of buzz surrounding Samsung’s upcoming products since we entered June (and now July). A new rumor now claims there’s a Wearable app rework on the way for your Galaxy Watch.
Over the weekend, SammyGuru reportedly discovered an “early look” at what Samsung is working on for the Wearable app. Supposedly, the company is preparing to give the app a face-lift with a new design that matches its current One UI design. The publication states the Home tab could feature a much larger rendering of your Galaxy Watch.
Your watch image will take up most of your display, while other options are scaled down and placed in containers. Watch Face previews are said to benefit from this more immersive Galaxy Watch rendering. While the app’s settings get a visual refresher that will likely adhere to One UI 9’s upcoming themes, SammyGuru says it found some hidden features, too.
Samsung is reportedly working on a way for users to “raise their wrist” to talk to Gemini, instead of long-pressing their side button. What’s more, Galaxy AI could generate “custom tiles” for the user’s watch “based on their interests.” The post adds that the app’s early code suggests tiles for sports, headlines, and more. For the outdoor, rugged users (Galaxy Watch Ultra), rumors claim it could pick up real-time elevation info for Trail Run, companion controls for the Depth app, and more.
There’s a lot on the way
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The rumors mention new health features on the way to Samsung’s next Galaxy Watches. The company already gave us a rundown of what we should expect from its Health app ahead of its next reveal. Aside from a major redesign (which has already rolled out to users), Samsung introduced new wellness features, such as Vitals. It states this will combine five crucial health metrics its watches capture about users. Vitals focuses on your heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate, skin temperature, and blood oxygen.
Vitals will enhance the app’s pre-existing Energy Score by comparing these metrics to the user’s “resting baseline” to highlight any important changes. Heart Rate Score is another new feature that will be available with One UI 9 Watch and its next watches. Your sleep, stress, activity, and body composition data all matter, as Heart Rate Score highlights changes that could negatively impact your heart.
We don’t have a beta yet for Samsung’s One UI 9 Watch software, but rumors claim it could have health reports waiting when we get it.
Android Central’s Take
I know these are just rumors, but the Gemini change is a little strange. I’m sure this will be an option we’ll be able to toggle. But to automatically have Gemini called forth by simply raising my wrist, an action taken when I want to see the time, sounds weird. I’m fine with long-pressing the side button (if I were to ever use Gemini on my watch). The redesign looks nice, too, I suppose. It brings the app closer to the way Samsung’s OS has been moving recently. In that regard, it’s not bad.
