Galaxy AI for Galaxy Watch devices coming soon

Earlier this year, Samsung made a bet on artificial intelligence by introducing Galaxy AI, a set of tools powered by both on-device and cloud-based AI systems. Galaxy AI debuted in the Galaxy S24 series of smartphones and has since made its way to many other Samsung phones and tablets. However, one place where Galaxy AI hasn’t arrived yet is in Samsung’s wearables. To no one’s surprise, that’s about to change.

Samsung today confirmed that Galaxy AI is coming to Galaxy Watch devices via an update to One UI 6 Watch, the Wear OS-based skin that powers the latest Galaxy Watch devices. As usual, the One UI 6 Watch should launch with the latest Galaxy watches, which we expect to find in the Galaxy Watch 7 series. Samsung confirms that Galaxy AI will be available with the One UI 6 Watch, but in terms of hardware it only talks about the “next line Galaxy Watch.” Despite this, it is basically certain that Samsung has the Galaxy Watch 7 series in mind.

However, Samsung does not make you wait for the premiere of Galaxy Watch 7 (probably in early July) to try out Galaxy AI. The company says a “limited number of Galaxy Watch users” will be able to get early access to the beta program starting in June. The program is open to people residing in the United States or Korea and owning one of the following watches:

As with Samsung’s previous beta programs, you will need to use the Samsung Members app to sign up for the beta program. We will have more information about this after the beta registration date is announced.

Galaxy AI on One UI 6 Watch: what to expect?

Now that you know when and how Galaxy AI will appear on Galaxy Watch devices, what will it actually do? Samsung has given us some information about the features you can expect. So it’s no surprise that they all focus on health and most of them require the use of the Samsung Health app.

• Energy result: This feature scans your health metrics like sleep, activity, heart rate and more to give you a simple understanding of your daily status. This sounds similar to Garmin’s Body Battery and Fitbit’s Readiness Score.
• Exercise routine: Get a personalized workout that combines different methods into something tailored to you and your goals. In other words, you can seamlessly transition from one workout to another based on AI suggestions.
• Race: Runners and cyclists will be able to compare current and previous results on the same outdoor routes. Does not support internal routes.
• Well-being tips: Get motivation and guidance tailored specifically to you and your custom goals.
• Better sleep analysis: The sleep assessment will now be more accurate and include detailed information such as sleep movement, sleep latency, respiratory rate and more, which will not only provide a more accurate result but also help you develop better sleep habits.
• Aerobic threshold (AT) / Anaerobic threshold (AnT) Heart rate zone: Receive more detailed data and analysis about your running journey, beyond the five running intensity levels that Samsung Health already offers.
• Functional Threshold Power (FTP): In just ten minutes, cyclists can calculate their FTP to maximize performance. However, this will require a separate power meter.

It’s possible that more AI features will be available once One UI 6 Watch is released in stable form. For now, though, that’s all Samsung is telling us.