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Last updated: June 28th, 2019 at 17:53 UTC+02:00
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Don't let the Active moniker fool you into thinking this will be another fitness-focused watch in the vein of the first Galaxy Watch Active and the Gear Sport. First off, the Watch Active 2 will come in two sizes: 40mm and 44mm. Sadly, the rotating bezel ring is not going to make the cut. It remains to be seen if this means the bezel ring is out for good and won't be seen on any future smartwatch from Samsung, but that could certainly be the case.
So as far as the design is concerned, the Watch Active 2 will look similar to its predecessor. That said, there are a few changes that we see in the pictures. The home/power button, for example, is round while the back button has a rectangular shape, and there's also a red circle around the home/power button. We haven't been told what it's for – it may just be a design element that has nothing to do with functionality, but we'll need to wait for more information to be sure. The back of the watch also has a fresh new look, with a circular rim around the heart rate sensor.
The Watch Active 2 will also have an LTE variant in addition to a Wi-Fi variant, and you can see a microphone hole between the home and back keys and what look like speaker grills on the other side. The LTE version will have a 340 mAh battery inside and the Wi-Fi model will have a 237 mAh battery. On the software front, the watch will come with version 1.5 of One UI. The One UI update Samsung released for existing smartwatches is version 1.0, so we should see some new stuff on the Watch Active 2.
Check out a few pictures of the Galaxy Watch Active 2 below. Don't forget to check out the video above to hear our thoughts on the new smartwatch and to see a couple of more pictures of the thing.
Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.


