Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 to use a new chipset

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 is rumored to be launching later this year, around its predecessor’s two-year anniversary, and today a tipster over on X claims that it will be using the newly unveiled Snapdragon Wear Elite SoC. Snapdragon Wear Elite features The Galaxy Watch9, on the other hand, will allegedly stick with the Exynos […]

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Check out the changes the latest Galaxy Watch 6 update brings

Samsung has released an update for the Galaxy Watch 6. It brings the two changes. First, the official changelog says, “Terminal operation related stabilization code has been applied.” Second, it brings the February 2026 security patch to the smartwatch series. While there’s no official information about what the first change does, we assume that it […]

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Samsung updates Galaxy Watch 8 series with February 2026 security patch

Samsung has released software updates for two of its three latest flagship smartwatches, the Galaxy Watch 8 and the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic. They offer the February 2026 security patch, fixing 37 security issues. The updates are available for the non-cellular and cellular variants of the two smartwatches. They come with firmware versions ending with […]

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Galaxy Watch 7 gets February 2026 security update

Samsung has started rolling out a new software update for the Galaxy Watch 7. It offers the February 2026 security patch, which fixes 37 security issues. From what we could gather, currently, Samsung is rolling it out only in South Korea. The update is 390.13MB in size and carries firmware version L310XXU2BZB1 (via Samsung Communuity). […]

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Next Galaxy Watch Ultra will use the Snapdragon Wear Elite chip!

At the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026 expo, Qualcomm has unveiled its first Elite-tier Snapdragon Wear chip, the Snapdragon Wear Elite, for smartwatches. It will power Samsung’s next-generation Galaxy Watch models. The announcement is unexpected and suggests that Samsung’s chip dual-sourcing strategy, which it already follows for Galaxy smartphones, could expand to its smartwatch […]

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