According to a new rumor from a tipster on X, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Watch9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 will arrive with new band designs and colors, new watch faces, and other new features that will be part of the One UI 9 Watch release based on Wear OS 7.
Compared to previous non-Ultra Galaxy Watches, the Watch9 is allegedly going to be even boxier, while the Ultra 2 will have thinner bezels, a “better side buttons area”, and the orange button won’t be fully orange anymore – instead it will have an orange outline. Below you can see some software renders of the upcoming watches.
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Samsung apparently won’t release a Classic version this year, so the ‘vanilla’ Galaxy Watch9 and the Ultra 2 are all we’re getting. The Watch9 will be offered in beige, black with a “bluish” band, and silver with a green band. The default strap design for both the Watch9 and the Ultra 2 will be identical save for the difference in the row of holes.
Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy Watch9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 exactly one month from now, on July 22, at a Galaxy Unpacked event taking place in London, alongside the Galaxy Z Fold8, Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, and Galaxy Z Flip8. The Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 is rumored to have an 800 mAh battery, while the Galaxy Watch9 will have a 400 mAh cell.
