Overview
- Leaked promotional images and slides published Saturday indicate Samsung will replace its Exynos wearable chip with Qualcomm’s 3nm Snapdragon Wear Elite for the Galaxy Watch 9 and the Ultra 2, showing a clear platform shift in the lineup.
- Samsung’s teasers confirm a new processor, longer runtimes, a titanium Ultra 2, and AI features such as a personal health coach and Gemini raise-to-talk that point to more on-wrist processing rather than phone- or cloud-dependent tasks.
- Battery leaks report meaningful increases for larger models—about 445 mAh for the 44mm Watch 9 and roughly 800 mAh for the Ultra 2—while multiple sources disagree on the 40mm Watch 9 capacity, leaving that detail unresolved.
- Firmware digging and spec leaks indicate the watches will run One UI 9 Watch on Wear OS 7 with Samsung Health 7.0 and add features like Energy Tracking, Running Coach, Sleep Apnea detection, Vitals, Blood Pressure Trend, and a Hearing Health monitor.
- Leaked specs also point to hardware boosts—around 2GB of RAM and 32–64GB storage—modest price increases in euro listings, and a largely unchanged case design; final battery numbers, US pricing, and confirmed specs will be revealed at Samsung’s July 22 Unpacked event.