The Galaxy Watch Ultra running One UI 8 Watch. (Image source: @jajadben)
With the Galaxy Watch8 series on the horizon, a video showcasing some of the design changes that Samsung hopes to showcase next week has appeared online. Already available in beta form, One UI 8 Watch will be coming to Galaxy Watch smartwatches as old as the Galaxy Watch5.
In the meantime, a short video has emerged highlighting One UI 8 Watch ahead of its official release. Teased last month in a press release, One UI 8 Watch will start on the Galaxy Watch8 series and Galaxy Watch Ultra (2025) before making its way to older models from the Galaxy Watch5 onwards.
As far as we can tell, the video is running One UI 8 Beta, the program for which opened earlier this week. Embedded below, the video showcases Samsung’s new UI design, which adopts pill-shaped elements en masse. One UI Watch 8 seemingly allows people to stack widgets, too. Unfortunately, the decision to adopt pill-shaped widgets leaves plenty of unused black space, setting aside the fact that they are a different shape from the Galaxy Watch’s round displays. Please see our earlier article for details about Samsung’s forthcoming antioxidant index smartwatch software.
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