{"id":475452,"date":"2026-05-31T01:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/475452\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T01:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:04:09","slug":"samsung-galaxy-watch9s-codename-surfaces-might-launch-with-a-classic-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/475452\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy Watch9&#8217;s codename surfaces, might launch with a Classic model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung launched the first &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_watch4_classic-11046.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Classic<\/a>&#8221; smartwatch with the Galaxy Watch4 in 2021, but it wasn&#8217;t a part of all the Galaxy Watch lineups that arrived later, as Samsung launched the Classic model with alternate generations, meaning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_watch5-11748.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch5<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_watch7-13128.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch7<\/a> didn&#8217;t have a Classic version, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_watch6_classic-12438.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch6<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_watch8_classic-13998.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch8<\/a> series did. Considering that pattern, we weren&#8217;t expecting Samsung to launch a Classic smartwatch this year, but a new development suggests that might not be the case.<\/p>\n<p>While looking at the code of a Wear OS update, the folks at Android Authority spotted what could be the codenames for the next generation of Galaxy Watches. And there are three of them: Fresh 9, Wise 9, and Project V2.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780189449_991_gsmarena_001.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nSamsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic<\/p>\n<p>Fresh 9 and Wise 9 are believed to be the codenames of the Galaxy Watch9 and Galaxy Watch9 Classic, respectively, while Project V2 is believed to be the codename for the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the publication also spotted the existing &#8220;RttSettingsManagerPixelWatch&#8221; setting in the Google code along with the new &#8220;RttSettingsManager3pWearOs&#8221; setting, suggesting the Galaxy Watch9 &#8211; and maybe other Wear OS smartwatches &#8211; could get support for the Pixel Watch-exclusive Raise-to-talk feature.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic<\/p>\n<p>Samsung could introduce the Galaxy Watch9 series and the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 alongside the Galaxy Z Flip8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 series smartphones, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_fold8_flip8_fold_wide_launch_date_surfaces-news-72307.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rumored to be unveiled on July 22<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung Galaxy Watch7<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/galaxy-watch-9-codenames-3672348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung launched the first &#8220;Classic&#8221; smartwatch with the Galaxy Watch4 in 2021, but it wasn&#8217;t a part of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[203,61,60,80],"class_list":["post-475452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-gadgets","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475452","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=475452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}