{"id":113397,"date":"2025-08-02T16:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T16:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/113397\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T16:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T16:20:09","slug":"samsungs-galaxy-watch-8-just-came-out-and-you-can-already-save-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/113397\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Watch 8 just came out and you can already save $50"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re looking to upgrade an older Android smartwatch, or want to give wearables a try for the first time, Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Watch 8<\/strong> is a compelling choice. It has a new design, lets you access Google\u2019s Gemini AI from your wrist, and has a handful of new health and wellness features. It launched on July 25th, but you can already get the 40mm model on sale for $299.99 ($50 off) from Samsung<\/a>. Amazon<\/a> has the watch for full price, but is offering a $50 promotional credit toward a future purchase if you use the code APSUE5MBXB6Y at checkout.<\/p>\n

The Galaxy Watch 8 is squircle shaped, which may be divisive, but allows it to lay flatter and Verge reporter Victoria Song found it fit more more comfortably on her wrist in her review<\/a>. The change also let Samsung make the watch thinner than the Galaxy Watch 7, and yet we still found it can still last more than a day on a charge. While it\u2019s not a huge departure from its predecessor, it could be a good upgrade for anyone with a Galaxy Watch 5 or below, and Samsung\u2019s new discount counteracts the $50 price increase means you\u2019re not paying any more than the Galaxy Watch 7 cost at launch.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve gotten used to Google Gemini on your smartphone or computer, the Galaxy Watch 8 will let you access it from your wrist \u2013 we created playlists, checked the weather, and have previously asked Gemini<\/a> whether it\u2019s necessary to scrub a sweet potato before peeling it.<\/p>\n

On the health and wellness side, the Galaxy Watch 8 can track steps, your heart rate, blood oxygen level, steps, and activity. If you have a Samsung Galaxy phone, you use the smartwatch to take an EKG or detect sleep apnea. A new feature called Running Coach will put you through a 12-minute run test, give you a grade from one through 10, and create a workout program based on your performance. It also includes sensors designed to detect whether you\u2019re eating enough fruits and vegetables, but we found it can be fooled by colorful objects, including a Cheeze-It<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Galaxy Watch 8 is also available in a 44mm size, and that model is also on sale for $379.99 ($50 off) from Samsung<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re looking to upgrade an older Android smartwatch, or want to give wearables a try for the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":113398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[240,705,2161,3742,242,158,67,132,68,3075],"class_list":{"0":"post-113397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-deals","9":"tag-gadgets","10":"tag-samsung","11":"tag-smartwatch","12":"tag-tech","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-wearable"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114960087528968308","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}