As you know, Samsung stepped onto the media scene by holding a new Galaxy Unpacked conference in early August 2021. If the undisputed stars of the show were the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3, the South Korean manufacturer also took the opportunity to officially present its next connected watches: the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic.
Available for pre-order until August 26, 2021, Samsung wearables already feature: first software update. According to the patch notes, the main purpose of this update is to performance enhancement Two hours before the start of deliveries in early September. This patch combines stability and performance improvements, starting at 290 MB. a few bugs fixedand a few new features.
Unfortunately, Samsung doesn’t go into more details about these new features or the bugs fixed by the patch. Of course, if you pre-ordered the Galaxy Watch 4 or Watch 4 Classic, You will be able to download this first firmware update via the Galaxy Wereable app.. Provided that your connected watch is synchronized with your smartphone. Note the weight of this patch 290MB.
Also read: Galaxy Watch 4 Classic – Discover the very traditional design of Samsung’s connected watch
No iPhone compatibility for Galaxy Watch 4
As a reminder, the Galaxy Watch 4 is Samsung’s first connected watch to not ship Tizen, but it is a new version of WearOS developed in conjunction with Google. Additionally, both devices feature One UI Watch, Samsung’s in-house placement. Due to these important changes, the manufacturer has decided to make these latest connected watches compatible with iPhones.
Also, as the South Korean firm explained, ““Device activation is only available after connecting to a smartphone that supports Google mobile services”. As you can tell, the latest Huawei smartphones, such as the P50s, will also be excluded. Finally, Samsung reminds that it will be necessary to have a Samsung Galaxy smartphone To take advantage of all the software features of Galaxy Watch 4. That’s what’s been said.
Source: Android Headers
