Samsung Galaxy Wearables One UI major software update

Last Update date : Nov 23. 2020

Samsung will roll out latest software on Galaxy Watch, Gear Sport and Gear S3, with One UI and new features for enhanced usability.

The update includes Samsung’s bold, simple and colorful One UI, designed for natural and comfortable navigation with reduced

visual clutter for a clean and intuitive interface. The latest update also includes *new watch face designs, better battery optimization

and improved health and fitness tracking features with Samsung Health. The aim of this document is to introduce about some of the key

differences in the “Functionality” and “Look” between One UI software version and previous version.

 

(*new watch face designs will be available by download from Galaxy Store and the target date for open may differ by region and country)

1 Watch One UI – Focused information

 

Bold and clean style with simplified components and information

Focus on main information and make display looks broader

Galaxy Wearable Watch One UI - Focused Information
2 Watch One UI – Harmony

 

Synchronized One UI between Galaxy Phone and Galaxy Watch

Harmonious layout compositions

Galaxy Watch One UI - Harmony
3 Watch One UI – Linked color

Synchronized One UI between Galaxy Phone and Galaxy Watch

Share the core color and component style

Galaxy Watch One UI – Linked color
4 Watch One UI – Emotion

 

Providing more emotional and pleasant motions

Galaxy Watch One UI – Emotion
5 Quick panel

Provide multi-pages for quick options.

The list of quick options are as same as before (Below screens are samples for showing page navigation.)

Galaxy Watch - One UI Quick Panel
6 Settings

Renew the Settings menu with One UI visual style

Galaxy Watch One UI– Settings
7 Settings – New Advanced setting (1/2)

 

Touch wake-up and Daily briefing settings are added for more detailed options to use watch

Turning on and off Goodnight mode automatically based on user’s sleep pattern feature is added

Galaxy Wearables One UI – New Advanced setting
8 Settings – New Advanced setting (2/2)

 

To activate ‘Use while sleeping’ feature of Goodnight mode,  you have to activate the Customization
Service option
on your connected mobile device.

Customization Service improves your experience by personalizing your content in supported apps and
services. On mobile device, tap Settings > Accounts and backup > Accounts.

Select registered Samsung account and tap Privacy > Customization Service After then, activate the
Customization Service feature.

Please note Customization Service is available only on devices with Android N OS or later

and RAM 2.0 GB or over.

Galaxy Wearables One UI – New Advanced setting continued
9 Seamless Connection with Galaxy Buds

 

When Galaxy Buds are connected to Galaxy S10ⓔ / S10 / S10+, it will also appear in watch as paired device

User can just tap on it to connect watch with Buds, without pairing

Galaxy Wearables One UI – Buds Connections
10 Samsung Health – Daily Activities

 

Added Daily activity at first screen of a app

Briefly inform the daily activity record at the first screen

- Today’s Number of hours that user moved or stretched

- Today’s active calories

- Today’s hourly time (hours of achieving goals of healthy habits)

Galaxy Wearables One UI – Samsung Health – Daily Activities
11 Samsung Health – Workout

 

When Galaxy Buds are connected to Galaxy S10ⓔ / S10 / S10+, it will also appear in watch as paired device

User can just tap on it to connect watch with Buds, without pairing

Galaxy Wearables One UI – Samsung Health – Workout
12 Samsung Health – Workout Synching

 

Synchronize the exercise data with a phone

Galaxy Wearables One UI – Samsung Health – Workout Synching
13 Samsung Health – High Heart Rate Alert

 

If heart rate is measured over the limit(set by user), watch notifies the user

Galaxy Wearables One UI – Samsung Health – High Heart Rate alert
14 Samsung Health – Enhanced Sleep Tracking

 

Providing user records and typical range (average of same age group), for comparison at a glance

Galaxy Wearables One UI – Samsung Health – Enhanced Sleep Tracking
15 Swimming – Outdoor swim

 

Outdoor swim has been added to tracking.  Watch has improved recognition of break time

Galaxy Wearables One UI – Outdoor Swim
16 Optimize Battery

 

Added “Optimize battery” option to close background apps and change setting values that consume battery a lot

The settings optimized for battery saving are provided, and the user can individually select the items to be applied

Galaxy Wearables One UI – Batter Optimization
17 Optimize Battery - Options
Galaxy Wearables One UI – Batter Optimization
18 Accessibility – Welcome screen

Accessibility settig is supported at the welcome step as same as Galaxy Phone OOBE

Galaxy Wearables One UI – Accessibility Welcome Screen
19 Accessibility – Setup

Added set up accessibility step’ for users who are using accessibility settings on their phones

Users can easily set up the watch accessibility to match the phone’s one

Galaxy Wearables One UI – Accessibility Settings Screen
20 Accessibility – Zoom indicator

Provide the indicator when Zoom is turned on

User can see the area of the screen when using zoom mode

Galaxy Wearables One UI – Accessibility Zoom Indicator
21 Seamless work with Galaxy phone - Alarm

Sync ‘alarms’ between Galaxy Watch and Phone. 

User can edit or delete alarm on the phone from Galaxy Watch.

Creating and editing alarm gets easier on Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Phone. 

Galaxy Wearables One UI – Alram Sync
22 Seamless work with Galaxy phone – Do not disturb

Sync 'Do not disturb’ between Galaxy Watch and Phone.
User can changes the mode on either devices

Galaxy Wearables One UI – Sync Do Not Disturb

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