The Samsung Galaxy Watch series is a line of

smartwatches A smartwatch is a wearable computer in the form of a watch; modern smartwatches provide a local touchscreen interface for daily use, while an associated smartphone app provides management and telemetry, such as long-term biomonitoring. While ea ...

designed and produced by

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. The line features various health, fitness, and fashion related features, and is integrated with Samsung's other products under the

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brand. The series is also the successor to the previous

Samsung Gear Samsung Gear is a line of wearable computing devices produced by Samsung Electronics. The first device in the series, the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch, was announced in 2013. Since then, the line has expanded to include fitness bands and earbud ...

watches. The first smartwatch under this series, the

Samsung Galaxy Watch The Samsung Galaxy Watch is a smartwatch developed by Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (, sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Y ...

, was released in August 2018.

Specifications

Software

The Galaxy Watch uses

Tizen Tizen () is a Linux-based mobile operating system backed by the Linux Foundation, mainly developed and used primarily by Samsung Electronics. The project was originally conceived as an HTML5-based platform for mobile devices to succeed MeeGo. Sa ...

as its operating system. Since the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, Galaxy Watch started using

WearOS Wear OS (also known simply as Wear and formerly Android Wear) is a version of Google's Android (operating system), Android operating system designed for smartwatches and other wearable computer, wearables. By pairing with mobile phones running An ...

Models

Samsung Galaxy Watch

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 The Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 (stylized as Samsung Galaxy Watch3) is a smartwatch developed by Samsung Electronics that was released on August 5, 2020 at Samsung's Unpacked Event alongside the flagships of the Galaxy Note series and Galaxy Z series, ...

Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 (stylized as Samsung Galaxy Watch4) is a smartwatch developed by Samsung Electronics. It is the first Samsung watch to run Google's Wear OS since the Samsung Gear Live, and the first watch to run Wear OS 3, co-develope ...

Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 (stylized as Samsung Galaxy Watch4) is a smartwatch developed by Samsung Electronics. It is the first Samsung watch to run Google's Wear OS since the Samsung Gear Live, and the first watch to run Wear OS 3, co-developed ...

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 (stylized as Samsung Galaxy Watch5) is a series of Wear OS-based smartwatches developed by Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (, sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Kor ...

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 (stylized as Samsung Galaxy Watch5) is a series of Wear OS-based smartwatches developed by Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (, sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Kore ...

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active is a smartwatch developed by Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (, sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational electronics corporation headquartered i ...

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 (stylized as Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2) is a smartwatch developed by Samsung Electronics, running the Tizen Tizen () is a Linux-based mobile operating system backed by the Linux Foundation, mainly develop ...

Model comparison

Samsung Galaxy Watch

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active

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