{"id":501149,"date":"2026-02-26T16:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501149\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:28:08","slug":"if-youre-quick-you-can-get-the-samsung-galaxy-watch-8-classic-while-its-over-100-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501149\/","title":{"rendered":"If You\u2019re Quick, You Can Get the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic While It\u2019s Over $100 Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">Any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/best-android-phone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">Android users<\/a> who want a great watch should be quick, because the stylish Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is on sale right now for $370, which is 26% off the usual $500 price. <\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">This is one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/best-smartwatch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">favorite smartwatches<\/a>, because the excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/samsung-brought-back-my-favorite-feature-for-its-galaxy-watch-8-and-watch-8-classic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic<\/a> has an immense number of features. While we did see this at a new all-time low price last year of $320, this is the first big discount on the watch this year, so it&#8217;s still well worth your time and money. <\/p>\n<p>The deal isn&#8217;t likely to last for very long, so if you&#8217;re looking to add this to your wrist, we do recommend doing so quickly to avoid missing out on it. <\/p>\n<p>Other than some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/the-galaxy-watch-8-pissed-me-off-but-id-still-recommend-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">gripes with the onboard Running Coach<\/a>, CNET&#8217;s wearable tech expert Vanessa Hand Orellana found a lot to like about Samsung&#8217;s latest smartwatch. She commended its stylish design, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/samsung-brought-back-my-favorite-feature-for-its-galaxy-watch-8-and-watch-8-classic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">advanced health tools<\/a> and Gemini AI support, while stating that &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/the-galaxy-watch-8-pissed-me-off-but-id-still-recommend-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">it has nearly every feature I could hope for.<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>It has a vibrant 46mm AMOLED display with up to 3,000 nits of peak brightness, 2GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage. It&#8217;s also equipped with a built-in GPS and has many fitness functions, like sleep coaching, vascular load monitoring and a daily energy score. <\/p>\n<p>Plus, it&#8217;s fully waterproof up to 50 meters and boasts an impressive battery life of about 30 hours. Just note that some features can only be used when paired with a Samsung Galaxy phone. <\/p>\n<p> SMARTWATCH DEALS OF THE WEEK  <\/p>\n<p>Deals are selected by the CNET Group commerce team, and may be unrelated to this article.<\/p>\n<p>Why this deal matters<\/p>\n<p>The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is one of the most advanced smartwatches on the market for Android users. It has an eye-catching design and comes equipped with tons of helpful AI features and fitness tracking tools. While this isn&#8217;t the lowest price we&#8217;ve seen, this is still a nice reduction off its $500 list price and the lowest it&#8217;s dropped in 2026 so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Any Android users who want a great watch should be quick, because the stylish Samsung Galaxy Watch 8&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[49,48,195,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-501149","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\/501149","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=501149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}