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Here you will find the latest news and most recent developments on the One UI Watch 5, with regular updates and all the information you need.
Samsung Galaxy Watch Week: Get your smartwatch to track health data continuously
Samsung Galaxy Watches are more than smart timepieces capable of showing notifications and taking phone calls from your wrist. They're clever health and fitness trackers chock-full of sensors. By default, these sensors activate intermittently, but for a more accurate overview of your health and fitness, you can make the Galaxy Watch track continuously. Here's all […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 5 months ago
Samsung Galaxy Watch Week: What’s the smartwatch UI structure like?
Yesterday, for the first entry into the Galaxy Watch Week series, we answered some of the most frequently asked questions about the Samsung smartwatch experience. The next step is to explore the Galaxy Watch software and One UI Watch 5. What's the UI structure like? Is using a smartwatch anything like using a smartphone? Is […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 6 months ago
Samsung Galaxy Watch Week: Answering frequently asked questions
We created our SamMobile Week series to give new and aspiring Galaxy device users general overviews of Samsung apps and services – to offer potential Galaxy device buyers a window into an experience they have not yet had. And, maybe, even to broaden the existing Samsung customer's knowledge a little bit. This week, we're expanding […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 6 months ago
Thanks to One UI Watch 5, my Galaxy Watch performs better than it did at launch
Over a month ago, Samsung started rolling out its One UI Watch 5 update on older Wear OS-powered smartwatches, including the Watch 4 and Watch 5 series. And now that we've been using these smartwatches for a while, it's safe to talk about how the new update affected battery life. To put it bluntly, battery […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 6 months ago
One UI Watch 5 new Theater Mode works like a charm, here’s how to set it up
With the recent release of the One UI Watch 5 update for Wear OS Galaxy smartwatches, Samsung revamped Theater Mode. The latter was a smartwatch-specific feature users could activate from the quick toggle area on One UI Watch. But One UI Watch 5 came along, and Samsung made some (positive) changes to the way it […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 6 months ago
One UI Watch 5 update gives you more control over phone calls
Samsung's new One UI Watch 5 update for Wear OS Galaxy smartwatches consists of many changes, some of which concern the general UI and how users interact with their smartwatches. One example is a redesigned call control screen, which brings more options to the user's wrist. Before we take a closer look at the new […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 7 months ago
Factory resets no longer bypass screen locks in One UI Watch 5
Earlier this year, long before Samsung announced its One UI Watch 5 update, we showed you how and why you may want to set a PIN or pattern-based screen lock on your Galaxy Watch. With the One UI Watch 5 update, Samsung made some improvements to the system's security, and there's one new thing Galaxy […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 7 months ago
Universal Gestures in One UI Watch 5 is a thoughtful accessibility tool
The One UI Watch 5 update has massively expanded the concept of using your smartwatch through gestures. Samsung added a new feature called Universal Gestures, and now that the One UI Watch 5 update is out of beta and rolling out on live channels, it's time for us to take a closer look at how […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 7 months ago
One UI Watch 5 overview: New Battery and Device Care tools
The One UI Watch 5 update for Galaxy smartwatches has introduced a Device Care feature that users can access from their wrists. The update also revamped this feature on the Galaxy Wearable mobile app. Here's an overview of this latest addition, what new things it brings, and what it's missing. Before One UI Watch 5, […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 7 months ago
One UI Watch 5 update is rolling out in India for the Galaxy Watch 5
We have great news for Galaxy Watch 5 users in India! The highly anticipated One UI Watch 5 update is rolling out. As of this writing, it seems to be available for the standard model with Wi-Fi connectivity; however, it will likely become available for the Watch 5 Pro and LTE variants momentarily. One UI […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 7 months ago
One UI Watch 5 borrows from phones, lets you create app folders
Samsung's One UI Watch 5 update is extending its reach to older Wear OS Galaxy smartwatches. The process is gradual, but the update has already been rolled out for the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 lineups in a few key markets, including South Korea, the USA, and Europe. And, of course, the update […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 7 months ago
An overview of the new and upgraded One UI Watch 5 tiles
Samsung released One UI Watch 5 with the Galaxy Watch 6 series at Unpacked in late July. Now, the firmware is rolling out for the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 5 lineups in a handful of regions, including USA and Europe. Among the many things the One UI Watch 5 update introduced are a couple […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 7 months ago
One UI Watch 5 replaces ‘Time to get moving!’ reminder animations
One of the ways in which a Galaxy smartwatch can help you stay active is through movement reminders. If you've used a Galaxy Watch before, you probably know how it goes. When your watch detects a lack of movement for a while, you get a light tap on your wrist and an animation saying it's […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 7 months ago
Galaxy Watch 4 gets the latest One UI Watch 5 update in the USA
This week started off strong for Galaxy Watch users. Yesterday, we got the One UI Watch 5 update for the Galaxy Watch 5 in Europe, but there's even more good news. The Galaxy Watch 4 is also getting the latest firmware update, except in the USA rather than Europe or other markets. We checked our […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 7 months ago
One UI Watch 5 vertical tile and watch face browser overview
The One UI Watch 5 update is now rolling out to older Galaxy Watches in more countries. Samsung started seeding the update for the Galaxy Watch 5 in Europe yesterday, and availability will continue to expand over the coming days and weeks. Among the numerous changes One UI Watch 5 introduces are the new vertical […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 7 months ago
