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- Hey this is Dan from The Verge
and this the new Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2.
It's the latest smart watch from Samsung
and it actually joins the Galaxy Watch Active
that was released earlier this year.
Samsung is going to be selling both of these
at the same time so you can
kind of choose between them.
As you can see, it comes in two sizes
there's a 40 millimeter and a 44 millimeter.
It's available in both Bluetooth and LTE versions.
The LTE model here that I've got is stainless steel
and then this is a Bluetooth model that's aluminum.
You'll be able to get it in a bunch of different
colors black, silver, gold,
what Samsung's calling lily gold.
And of course there's a bunch of different strap options.
These are the standard pin strap there,
so this was got a leather one, there's rubber ones
there's be a whole bunch of different options there.
They've kinda made it a nicer feeling watch
then the Galaxy Watch Active.
Which was, it's definitely a lower end model
and it feels it when you use it.
Everything is a little bit nicer especially
the stainless steel model here, it's just
a nicer build quality.
It's still really thin.
It's still really lite.
It still has a nice bright LED screen on the wrist
there so it's easy to read indoors and outdoors.
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The biggest thing that they've done is they've
brought back the rotating bezel.
Now it not an actual physical rotating thing
like on some of the other Galaxy Watch models
that we've seen in the past.
It's a touch sensitive stripe that you run
your finger across and you can scroll
through screens, you can scroll through text,
notifications, apps, whatever.
It's just a lot easier to control
then the first Galaxy Watch Active
which didn't have any system like this at all.
You only had the touch screen options.
So super happy to see that come back.
It's really slick and smooth and probably
the coolest way to interact
with the smart watch that I've used.
On the side you've got a couple of buttons.
Pretty simple straight forward, back and menu buttons
And then underneath you got an upgraded heart rate sensor.
You got an upgraded accelerometer.
And then Samsung also says that it has
the capability to record your ECG.
And that features is not going to be available
at launch but it plans to bring it to it sometime
later after the watch itself has been launched.
Otherwise, it's a Galaxy Watch Active
which is going to be really familiar
if you've used a Galaxy Watch before.
Still has the same kind of ties and interface.
Still has the same kind of app menus
and things you can obviously get
your notifications from your phone.
You can swipe up and clear them.
You can view your calender and weather and stuff.
All the type of stuff you would expect
from a smart watch.
Samsung has built in some new integrations.
There is better Bixby support now so you can activate
a workout with Bixby and it can do a
paste workout for you, which is new.
It can control smart things gadgets.
It has a Spotify integration built into it including
offline Spotify playback, which is super useful.
And it has a new ability to watch YouTube videos.
There's an actual YouTube app that Samsung built
for this so you can watch YouTube videos on your wrist.
Truly do not know why you'd ever want to do this
but it's there if you want it.
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So in terms of battery life,
Samsung says the LTE model, in 40 millimeter should
get a day and a half, 44 millimeter should
get you two days of battery life.
So these are not super long
lasting things like a Fitbit.
It is much closer to a standard smart watch
in terms of battery life.
Another thing that's new for this model
is the ability to match a watch face
to your outfit.
You can actually take a picture with the app
on your phone and it will then process
what your wearing and create a watch face out of it.
So you can have a constantly different personalized
watch face that nobody else has right there on your watch
every single day if you wanted to which
is kind of a neat feature.
So there you go that the look at
the Samsun Galaxy Watch Active 2.
Now it's going to be available at the end of September.
On September 27th it's the Bluetooth models
going to be available first.
It starts at $279 for the 40 millimeter,
$299 for the 44 millimeter.
Then the LTE models gonna follow later and pricing
going to be announced by the carriers on that.
Now Samsung is announcing a lot of things this month.
By the time your watching this, Samsung
will already announce the Galaxy Tab S6
so be sure to check out theverge.com for all that.
And stay tuned we're expecting Samsung to launch
a Note 10 and maybe a Note 10 plus really soon
so be sure to check us out on more that.
So are you guys into wearables?
Are you wearing one right now? Which one are you wearing?
Are you interested in any of these new ones
from Samsung. Let us know.