The new Apple Watch was revealed today with an updated industrial design. This new Apple Watch Series 7 is significantly larger than its predecessor, with 40% thinner borders than its predecessor and a "refined" casing. The new Apple Watch Series 7 is "up to 70% brighter" than its predecessor, too.
Today Apple confirmed the date for their next big event. This event will more than likely include iPhone 13, Apple Watch 7, and other goodies. This event will take place virtually, available for viewing on Apple's website, through the Apple TV app, and in the Apple YouTube channel, and we'll be covering all the news within here on SlashGear. This event is one of at least two we'll see before the end of the year 2021.
Apple has followed the regime of releasing a new smartwatch every year since 2015. In fact, the Cupertino giant released two smartwatches last year. This gives us reason enough to believe the successor to Apple Watch Series 6 is just around the corner.
The next Apple Watch will quite likely break the mold when it comes to significant device upgrades from Apple. Each time Apple releases a new iPhone, it seems one of two things happens. Either Apple releases a smartphone that's near-identical in size and shape as its predecessor, or the company initiates an industrial design upgrade that requires accessory makers to release a whole new set of cases and peripherals.
Today Samsung revealed four new next-generation devices that improve upon the devices they replace: two foldable display smartphones, a new watch, and a new set of earbuds. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 works with a new ability to work with the Samsung stylus S Pen, while the Galaxy Z Flip 3 works with a new far larger display on its back side - and both now have waterproofing beyond anything we've seen in a foldable device before.
Today Samsung revealed the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. These smartwatch devices usher in a new age of collaboration between Samsung and Google, as they run a version of Google's Wear OS platform joint-developed by the two companies. These new watches also have Samsung's own One UI Watch software interface and represent two different angles of approach for at least two different crowds of smartwatch wearers. The more basic of the two is the Galaxy Watch 4, while the more extravagant version is the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic - complete with rotating bezel.
TAG Heuer plans to release a limit-edition Super Mario-themed watch later this month, the company revealed in a new teaser. The company is best known for its timepieces, though it also produces smartwatches and select other accessories. TAG Heuer is now accepting registrations from interested consumers who want to get the Super Mario watch for themselves.
An Apple Watch case collection called RESKAR was revealed by the folks at GRAY this week. The accessories don't exactly change the way the user wears an Apple Watch, and the device still remains a watch. But if ever there were a set of watchbands and encasement elements for Apple Watch that made the device look like a different machine altogether - this is it.
There's a new Samsung Galaxy Watch device coming from Samsung here in 2021, a device that'll be the first to run software developed jointly by Google and Samsung. It'll run its own Samsung-specific iteration of that software: A user experience called One UI Watch. As a Samsung representative said today, "One UI Watch will be available for Galaxy Watch on the new, unified platform [Samsung] jointly built with Google."
A few images were shared this week that show a device called Galaxy Watch Active 4. If the rumored device ends up being made, revealed, and released by Samsung, it'll likely be the first of the smartwatches released after the public announcement of Google and Samsung's teaming up for smartwatch / wearables software. This device will likely look very similar to the images we're seeing here - maybe a few tones brighter or darker, but similar.
Facebook is reportedly working on a smartwatch of its own, which is slated to debut in the summer of next year. The wearable is expected to arrive with dual cameras onboard – almost a first for a wrist-wearable – feature health and messaging functions, and also act as a controller for the unannounced augmented reality device from the social media giant.
The Facebook Watch is approaching, according to two rounds of leaks this year. The device - or at least one iteration of the device - is supposed to act primarily as a communications device, complete with cameras, microphones, and a video calling display. This device will not likely work without a wirelessly connected smartphone*, and won't likely have much function outside its uses with Facebook apps.