At the Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung officially confirmed that the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic – the smartwatch line launched in 2021 – will be upgraded to One UI 8 Watch based on the Wear OS 6 platform. This is good news for the long-time user community, especially those who were worried that their device was being "ignored".

The Galaxy Watch 4 is an important milestone for Samsung as it first switched from the Tizen operating system to Wear OS co-developed by Google. At that time, the company also committed to supporting the software for 4 years. However, when the One UI 8 Watch trial program was deployed earlier this year without the Watch 4, many users were confused, thinking that their watches had reached the update limit.

Now, Samsung has reassured us: the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic will still get the One UI 8 Watch update, even though this may be the last major update for this generation of watches.

The new update promises to bring many notable improvements, from a smoother interface, dynamic watch faces with beautiful transition effects, a vertical app launcher, a new toolbar (Now Bar), to a more intuitive battery icon and charging effect. In addition, there are many powerful upgraded health and sports tracking tools.

For those looking for a new watch, the newly launched Galaxy Watch 8 series comes pre-installed with One UI 8 Watch and is now available for pre-order at Samsung.com. But if you are still satisfied with your current Watch 4, this update will be the final gift to help the device continue to "live well" for a while longer.