{"id":408720,"date":"2026-04-20T19:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/408720\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:21:32","slug":"samsung-galaxy-watch-ultra-2-everything-we-know-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/408720\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2: Everything we know so far"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung silently released a refreshed model of the Galaxy Watch Ultra alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 7<\/a> last year, but it doesn’t really differ to the 2024 model in any meaningful way. The Galaxy Watch Ultra 2025<\/a> has a new color option, and comes with 64GB of internal storage; other than that, it is identical to the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2024.<\/p>\n

With Samsung choosing to not make any changes, the upgrades are coming with the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, which is slated to make its debut alongside the Galaxy Watch 9 later this year. New leaks point to the watch debuting sometime in July 2026, so let’s take a look at what we might get this year.<\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2: Design<\/p>\n

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Samsung has a distinctive design with the Galaxy Watch Ultra that makes it stand out quite a bit from the regular Galaxy Watch, and that’s set to continue in 2026. I don’t see the brand making any considerable tweaks to the design next year, but I would like to see the rotating bezel make its way onto the device.<\/p>\n

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The bezel makes interacting with a smartwatch that much more convenient, and it’s a clear point of differentiation with Samsung. Another limiting factor is that the Galaxy Watch Ultra doesn’t use standard lugs, and that needs to change; as it stands, there’s a limited selection of bands you can use with the smartwatch.<\/p>\n

The 47mm sizing makes the Galaxy Watch Ultra the ideal size, and I don’t believe that will change. The few leaks of the device indicated that Samsung would retain the same size. Samsung does a good job with the chassis itself with the titanium casing clearly built to last, and it’s a given that the brand will continue using the same material this time as well.<\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2: Features<\/p>\n

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The Galaxy Watch Ultra features the Exynos W1000 platform that’s built on a 3nm node, and it delivers significant gains from previous years. I want slightly better efficiency with the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 that allows the smartwatch to last at least three days between charges.<\/p>\n

Outside of that, the only other feature I want to see is tighter AI integration. Samsung will ideally need to use a new platform based on the foundation of the W1000 but with a powerful NPU to deliver this, and it’s likely this could allow the brand to deliver even better health-monitoring features. To that effect, building on the antioxidant index that debuted last year would be a good starting point, and Samsung could even roll out glucose monitoring, but it’s unclear if it’ll actually debut this year.<\/p>\n

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Samsung could be looking to deliver better battery life with the smartwatch, and this again leads into the platform itself and the 3nm node. Anyway, the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 may last up to three days on a full charge, and that’s exciting to see \u2014 my Huawei Watch Ultimate 2<\/a> is an absolute beast in this area, and it will be interesting to see if Samsung comes close to Huawei.<\/p>\n

On that note, Samsung really needs to make ECG available to other devices \u2014 having this limited to Samsung phones is a huge drawback. I routinely switch between phones, and not having all features available with a smartwatch is a deal-breaker.<\/p>\n

Similarly, I’d like to see better activity tracking with the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2; there are enough built-in workout modes, but the current iteration of the smartwatch just doesn’t do as good a job as its Garmin rivals when it comes to accuracy.<\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2: Launch date<\/p>\n

The latest leaks point to Samsung releasing the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 in July 2026. That lines up with when the brand is likely to roll out the regular Galaxy Watch 9 as well, and we should be getting the Galaxy Z Fold 8 at the same time.<\/p>\n

With just a few months to go, we will know all about the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 and Samsung’s other product launches pretty soon.<\/p>\n

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Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2024<\/p>\n

The Galaxy Watch Ultra 2024 continues to be just as good as the 2025 model, and it’s a much better value now that it’s on sale. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung silently released a refreshed model of the Galaxy Watch Ultra alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 7 last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[203,61,60,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-408720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-gadgets","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}