Following its light 2025 update, a true successor is reportedly in the works for release next summer<\/p>\n
The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 will arrive in 2026, with the company set to stick to its bi-annual launch cycle for its premium smartwatch<\/a> models.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the word from Dutch outlet Galaxy Club, at least, which suggests the upcoming smartwatch is internally codenamed \u2018Galaxy Watch 9 Ultra\u2019. As that would hint, it\u2019s also reportedly set to coincide with the launch of the Galaxy Watch 9 series. <\/p>\n It would make sense, given what we\u2019ve seen over the last three years, with Samsung operating on a \u2018tick-tock\u2019 cycle that sees it release distinct non-base models every year, but refreshing it every other year (Galaxy Watch 6 Classic; Galaxy Watch Ultra in 2024; Galaxy Watch 8 Classic in 2025).<\/p>\n The news also arrives after the 2025 Galaxy Watch Ultra refresh only delivered very minor tweaks<\/a> to the current generation\u2014an internal storage bump and a new color option, rather than a full hardware overhaul. <\/p>\n Though it\u2019s still early days, the Ultra 2 is expected to build on the foundations laid by the original, retaining the rugged titanium casing and offering a longer-lasting battery than the standard Galaxy Watch models. It\u2019s also expected to run on a new chipset, which could aid in battery efficiency.<\/p>\n The Wareable take<\/p>\n We praised Samsung\u2019s decision not to rush the Ultra 2 earlier this year. Instead, it released the considered, design-oriented Galaxy Watch 8 Classic<\/a> and updated a key internal spec, storage.<\/p>\n \n Advertisement <\/p>\n After all, the original Galaxy Watch Ultra<\/a> remains a great watch\u2014and, relatively speaking, unparalleled in the broader Wear OS smartwatch<\/a> landscape. In the 18 months since its release, no other brand\u2014including Google\u2014has delivered a more premium-feeling device for the platform.<\/p>\n Waiting until 2026 should ensure the Ultra 2 debuts with meaningful software updates and potentially new health sensors. Watch this space for more rumors, though, as we\u2019re likely to see more concrete details emerge over the next few months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following its light 2025 update, a true successor is reportedly in the works for release next summer The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[49,48,195,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-330485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-gadgets","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}