Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Galaxy Watch Ultra Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra is considered, whether the South Korean tech giant intended to or not, the Android answer to Apple's popular Watch Ultra. Not only is Samsung the biggest competitor to Apple in most markets around the globe, the Galaxy Watch Ultra is also the first watch to run Google's WearOS 5 (Google's own upcoming Pixel Watch 3 also runs WearOS 5 but it is not yet on sale). And after testing the Galaxy Watch Ultra in two separate stints for a total of two weeks, I can say the watch mostly lives up to the expectations.
The Galaxy Watch Ultra is big and beautiful, feature-packed and intelligent, but there are things that keep the experience as seamless as the Apple Watch Ultra. But that latter problem will likely never be solved as long as WearOS devices have the burden of needing to work with every Android phone from a dozen manufacturers. Hardware Galaxy Watch Ultra The Galaxy Watch Ultra is a "more" version of the standard Galaxy Watch we've been seeing for the past few years.
The Ultra offers more battery capacity, more screen real estate, more buttons, and of course, more features. The new watch has an improved optical heart rate sensor, an emergency siren, and multiband/dual-frequency GNSS (global navigation satellite system) for runners. Galaxy Watch Ultra Galaxy Watch Ultra BioActive Sensor Previous Samsung watches were mostly completely circular, but this new Ultra has a shape that .