Last month, Google introduced its next operating system for smartwatches, Wear OS 5. Now, Samsung is bringing the Wear OS 5-based One UI 6 Watch beta to the Galaxy Watch 6 and Watch 6 Classic. The beta program is currently live in South Korea and the US.
Samsung has officially shared the One UI 6 Watch Beta Program details on its community forum. This massive upgrade includes Galaxy AI and a big list of new features and changes. The update to bring better battery backup, more personalized health insights, enhanced sleep tracking, Thumb and index finger double touch gestures, faster scrolling, universal gesture support for quick launch, and many others.
If you reside in the US or South Korea, then you can take a part in the One UI 6 Watch Beta program, although, there are a few things to keep in mind. There are some users who have been reporting rebooting issues and some other issues, so take a backup before installing the beta on your watch.
One UI 6 Watch is expected to come pre-installed on the upcoming Galaxy Watch Ultra and Watch 7. For the Galaxy Watch 6 series, the first beta is released with the build number R960XXU1ZXF7 and a download size of approximately 1.67GB. The update will bump up the security patch to June 2024.
One UI 6 Watch Beta Features List
Here’s the full list of changes shared by Samsung.
- Unlock a healthier you with Galaxy AI
- Monitor your energy levels: Samsung Health’s new energy score shows your physical and mental readiness based on you sleep and physical activity. If your energy score is low, it may be best to take a rest. If your energy score is high, it could be time set a personal best in your favorite exercise. Galaxy AI provides personalized insights and motivation to keep you on the right track.
- Get more detailed sleep analysis: Galaxy AI-powered sleep insights give you more detailed and accurate analysis of your sleep quality. Your comprehensive sleep report now includes your heart rate, respiratory rate, and the amount of time it takes you to fall asleep after you lie down.
- Make your own workout routines: Combine a series of different exercises together for a custom workout routine. You can set targets for sets, reps, and more.
- Control your watch like a pro
- Do more with double pinch: Take quick action in a variety of situations by pinching your thumb and index finger together twice. You can answer calls, turn off alarms, scroll through notifications, control music, take pictures, and more. A finger icon will appear on buttons that can be controlled with a double pinch.
- Faster horizontal scrolling: Flick the screen left or right or to quickly scroll through notifications or tiles.
- View ongoing activities all at once: Tap the bottom of your watch face to view a list of ongoing activities such as phone calls, exercises, or music playing. Tap an item in the list to easily switch between them.
- Take action quickly with Universal gestures: In situations where a quick action is needed, such as answering a phone call or turning off an alarm, the button for the action will be automatically focused so you can do the action immediately without the need to manually change focus.
- Go back without touching the screen: Move your wrist back and forth to go back to the previous screen. You can control this in Universal gestures.
- Get only the notifications you want: Choose which apps are allowed to send you notifications directly on your watch without opening the Galaxy Wearable app on your phone.
- Control your watch with modes: Modes can now automatically control more of your watch’s settings based on what you’re doing or where you are. Modes can control Do not disturb, Always On Display, Raise wrist to wake, Touch screen to wake, Touch bezel to wake, Sound mode, and Disconnection alerts.
- Stay in touch from your wrist
- Instantly access your favorite emojis: You can set the emojis you use most as favorites so they’re always available to send as a quick response.
- Save image attachments: You can now save images attached to messages on your watch. Saved images can be viewed in the Gallery app, shared with others, or used to create a unique photo watch face.
- Even More Improvements
- Stylish new font: One UI 6 Watch has a new default font with a more stylish and modern feel. You’ll see the new font if the default font is selected in Settings. If you’re using a different font, you’ll still see that font after upgrading to One UI 6 Watch.
- Make your battery last longer: When Power saving is turned on, you can also choose to limit health features to make your battery last even longer than before.
- Automatically connect to Bluetooth audio devices: When you start playing music on your watch, your Bluetooth headphones or speaker will automatically connect for playback. If no Bluetooth audio devices are available to connect, music will play through your watch’s speaker if your music app supports it.
If you want to install the beta on your watch, you need to install the Galaxy Wearable beta app from the Galaxy Store and then take a part in the beta program and update your watch to the One UI 6 Watch Beta. However, before doing this take a backup of important data and charge your watch to at least 50%.
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