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Samsung has just announced a series of new AI-powered Galaxy products at its Unpacked 2024 summer event in Paris, including the launch of an all-new device – the Galaxy Ring.
It also unveiled two new foldable phones – the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Z Fold 6 – as well as a new extreme sports-focused smartwatch the Galaxy Watch Ultra to rival the Apple Watch Ultra, plus the Galaxy Watch 7, Galaxy Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro.
Here’s everything you need to know about all the latest products announced by Samsung at its Galaxy Unpacked event, including its latest AI innovations.
Samsung Galaxy Ring
The highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Ring is a passive health tracker for your finger. First announced in January, the titanium bling will challenge the market-dominating Oura Ring when it launches later this month.
With a wireless charging headphone-like earpiece, the Galaxy Ring can monitor the user’s heart rate, sleep quality, and has a skin temperature sensor for tracking menstrual cycles and fertility windows. It can also automatically track walks and runs.
Powered by Galaxy AI, Samsung will collect all the data the ring receives to give you an overall energy score, a sleep score that tells you how well you slept, and personalized wellness tips based on goals your health.
Interestingly, you’ll be able to perform dual gestures to remotely take photos and snooze or stop alarms, and like a smartwatch, you’ll get inactivity alerts if you’ve been sitting for too long. It will work with any Android 11 phone, but works best with a Samsung Galaxy device.
Coming in nine different sizes (5 to 13), it costs £399 – more than the Oura Ring – but significantly, it doesn’t require a monthly subscription to access your data and health advice. It starts on July 24.
Read more: Samsung Galaxy Ring Hands-On Review: Is This Oura Ring Killer?
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6
Samsung’s line of foldable phones is now in its sixth year, and as with previous iterations, the hardware upgrades aren’t huge. All the cool stuff is in the software.
The latest Galaxy Fold 6 has just a few minor tweaks to keep it current for 2024. It runs on the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip and uses a 1.6x larger vapor chamber for improved performance during the most demanding tasks. difficult.
The screen is also ever-so-slightly shorter and wider, addressing concerns about Samsung’s flip screen feeling too narrow in the hand. It also has a brushed metal finish around the rings surrounding the camera. However, the cameras themselves are unchanged, as is the battery. It launches on July 24 for £1,799 and up, and comes in blue, silver and pink.
The smaller Galaxy Z Flip 6 has received a more significant hardware upgrade compared to the Fold 6, gaining a better camera and a larger battery while retaining its compact form factor.
It now boasts a 50MP camera, the same one found on the flagship Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus, which should deliver better nighttime shots. It also has a larger 4,000 mAh battery inside. Like the Fold 6, it runs on the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip and gets a vapor chamber for the first time, helping to keep performance at its peak.
The Galaxy Z Flip 6 goes on sale on July 24 and starts at £1,049. It comes in blue, silver, yellow and green.
Look past the hardware and you’ll find a number of Galaxy AI features that give foldable phones a real boost. New to Galaxy AI is Sketch to Image, for example, it lets you doodle on your photos and have your drawing appear as a photorealistic edit. Samsung demonstrated it by sketching some glasses on a dog.
Other features that are already on the S24, such as Live Translate, Note Assist (which transcribes and translates meetings) and smarter suggested replies will also come to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6.
Read more: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Fold 6: Our first impressions review
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra and Galaxy Watch 7
Samsung also announced two new smartwatches at its Galaxy Unpacked event – an upgraded Galaxy Watch 7 and a Galaxy Watch Ultra focused entirely on extreme sports. Both smartwatches are the first wearables to run on Wear OS 5.
The Galaxy Watch Ultra is the company’s answer to the Apple Watch Ultra, featuring a sturdier design with a bigger, brighter display and longer battery life. The case is made of titanium, can withstand extreme temperatures in hot and cold environments and at depths of up to 100m.
Triathletes can hook the smartwatch up to a power meter, and it’s smart enough to know when runners are at the start of a route. It also features a new quick action button that can be programmed to do a variety of things. You can long press, double tap and single tap to perform different actions.
Available in one size – 47mm (slightly smaller than the Apple Watch Ultra), it launches on July 24, costing £599. It comes in grey, white or silver, and comes with LTE as standard.
The Galaxy Watch 7 is a more iterative upgrade, but it should be more powerful than before. It features the world’s first 3nm processor, making it three times faster than the Galaxy Watch 6, and is equipped with a bioactive sensor, improving the watch’s overall accuracy.
You also get new stitched sports bands to pair with your watch, and it will continue to track 90 different activities, suggested responses and support for dual gestures.
Available in Bluetooth or LTE versions, it launches on July 24 and prices start at £299. You can get it in 40mm or 44mm and in green and silver or green and cream.
Read more: Samsung has launched the all-new Galaxy Watch 7 series – we got a first look
Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 and Galaxy Buds 3 Pro
Both of Samsung’s Galaxy earbuds have had radical redesigns for 2024. Now looking more like AirPods, they’ve ditched their charging shell earbuds and have AirPods-like trunks.
The Galaxy Buds 3 retain their open-ear design, while adding an IP57 dust and water resistance rating. They will have active noise cancellation, but it’s mostly just a design change. Battery life also remains the same at 5 hours.
The biggest improvements come for the premium Galaxy Buds 3 Pro. Again with a similar design to AirPods, they sit inside your ear, but have a new blade lighting system. This system allows the buds to flash when they’re on, glow when you’re trying to find them in the dark, and flash when in pairing mode.
A real game-changing feature is that Interpreter is coming to the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro. You will be able to set the buds to hear 40 different languages and translate it in your ear in real time. They also feature adaptive ANC powered by Galaxy AI, which adjusts the level of noise cancellation as well as changes the tone and equalizer based on the wearer’s condition.
Call quality is also improved, with Samsung having trained its database on thousands of sounds, so it knows how to tune them out and focus on just your voice.
The Galaxy Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro come in silver and white, launch on July 24 and cost £159 and £219 respectively.