Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 And Watch 8 Classic With Gemini AI Unveiled: Price, Features
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 series is also part of the latest Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event this week. The new Watch 8 series gets a Class model and a design overhaul that will surely have you interested in the new smartwatches. This is also the first Galaxy Watch lineup to get Gemini out of the box.
Samsung bringing the Classic variant back in 2025 with the 8 series means you get a new display form with the popular rotating bezels to control and navigate through the screen. The new watches are also getting the latest One UI 8 Watch version based on Wear OS 6 platform from Google.
The Watch 8 Classic has all these and the 3D Hall sensor. For connectivity you have Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi, 5G, NFC, dual-frequency GPS. The Watch 8 series gets 5ATM protection against water, IP68 rating and military standard grade durability.
The Watch 8 comes with a 325mAh battery, while the Watch 8 Classic has a 445mAh unit. Both the smartwatches come with fast charging support but the speeds are not mentioned.
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