Galaxy Watch
Samsung One UI Watch 4.5 & WearOS 3.5 Compatible Galaxy Watch Models
Everybody knows that Samsung is a South Korean tech giant that makes electronic devices and is famous for its flagship phones in the market. But from the last few months, Samsung’s always-with-you communication tool ‘The Samsung Watches’ is making buzz and thrilling Samsung fans. But why?
The reason behind this is the tech giant released the fourth beta version of One UI Watch 4.5 for the Galaxy Watch 4 series globally as well as United States. Users of Samsung watches want to know when their watch will release the update and which watches are eligible for the update.
It is important to know that after the merger of Wear OS and One UI. One UI Watch 4.5 is the second upgrade. The One UI Watch 4.5 is based on Wear OS 3.5. In this, many new features and tons of bugs are fixed. If we talk about the feature, One UI Watch 4.5 stable update will introduce the Gesture typing experience, easy way to make calls, quick access watch face with the customizability of colors, and many more.
If we talk briefly about One UI 4.5 features:
Gesture Typing: One UI Watch4.5 adds a full gesture typing experience on screen with an all-new full QWERTY keyboard with the help that you can Swipe to type in a single touch; moreover it also added the dictating and handwriting feature.
Call with dual sim support: You can make calls with dual sim ask support. Dual-SIM capability helps you in choosing a sim by displaying SIM options when dialing a number.
Customize the Watch Face: In this, you can customize the color, pattern, and design of the watch face and make it of your choice.
Accessibility feature: The Watch 4.5 brings preferable color contrast and hue to make fonts easier to read. Another feature of it is visual assistance with reduced transparency and blur effect.
Adjust Home button: Last but not least is Now users can also set the most used button, the home button to the toggle, and users can adjust the timing of temporary functions, such as volume and notifications.
I expect that after reading all of the above, Tech enthusiast users really want to know which Samsung watch will get the one UI 4.5 update after the stable release.
The One UI Watch 4.5 will be available to the below models:
- Galaxy Watch4,
- Galaxy Watch4 Classic,
- And upcoming Galaxy Watch Series: Like Galaxy Watch5, and Galaxy Watch5 Pro
This list of devices can vary after the stable release of One UI Watch 4.5 because Availability may vary depending on the market, model, and the paired smartphone.
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Samsung has rolled out the April 2024 security patch update to several units of the Galaxy Tab S9 in many countries, and now the fan edition devices have also started getting the same update and were initially spotted in the US.
Notably, the Galaxy Tab S9 FE is getting updates for both WiFi and 5G variants. More specifically, the 5G variant of the Galaxy Tab S9 FE is receiving the update with the firmware version X518USQS3BXD2. It is spotted on several networks, including Verizon, T-Mobile, MetroPCS, and US Cellular. Meanwhile, the Wi-Fi variants of the Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ are grabbing the update with the firmware version numbers X510XXS3BXD6 and X518USQS3BXD2, respectively.
The latest update for the Galaxy Tab S9 FE will be the April 2024 security patch, which doesn’t bring any significant changes but will provide some security-related changes that will enhance the overall security mechanism of the devices, so if you are concerned about your device’s security, you should keep your device up-to-date with the latest security patch.
Moreover, the latest update for the device may also bring some more improvements that could enhance the overall performance and stability of the devices. If you faced any issues in the last update, then you should also go for the update; it may fix that issue.
If you are using the Galaxy Tab S9 FE in the US, now you can check the latest update for the device by simply following these steps: Go to the system settings, then select software update. Here, tap on the download and install option and wait until it finishes searching to see if the update is available, then tap on the download button.
Samsung’s next-generation Galaxy Watch 7 is in an actively developing phase and is expected to introduce a new naming system for Galaxy smartwatch processors.
Initially, Samsung switched to WearOS with the Galaxy Watch 4, powered by the Exynos W920 chip. Since then, the giant has also changed the naming scheme for their smartwatch processors. The same chipset, ‘Exynos W920, carried over to the next Galaxy Watch 5 lineup.
The current Galaxy Watch 6 is powered by an upgraded chipset named the Exynos W930, and it is expected that this will carry over to the next-generation Galaxy Watch 7 series as well. Recent reports suggest that an Exynos chip, likely to be named W1000, will power the Galaxy Watch 7. Although this naming scheme could be suitable, the key point is that it would better convince consumers that the new chip is a major upgrade as compared to the previous chip.
Although the model number for this new iteration is yet to come into existence, and usually the simple word is just not a part of the Korean giant, it will be interesting to see what turn this report will take in the future..
On the other hand, previous leaks already revealed the forthcoming Galaxy Watch 7 could offer three variants, including standard, classic, and pro, with hints at monster battery life and more. It is also supposed to be launched at the Galaxy Unpacked event in early July 2024.
Île-de-France Mobilités is in the phase of modernizing transport tickets and is stepping up its efforts to dematerialize them.
This includes new ticket options, pricing, effortless ways to buy tickets online or directly by phone, and updating station equipment to make using these new options smoother. Île-de-France Mobilités dematerialized ticketing solutions are used more and more every month and are now the majority in use.
The aim behind this is just the dematerialization of ticketing and the generalization of this use, which has less environmental impact as compared to magnetic tickets.
Regarding this president of Île-de-France Mobilités and the Île-de-France Region, Valérie Pécresse stated, “The generalization of this service, in partnership with Samsung, is in line with our dematerialization policy initiated in 2016: making the lives of Ile-de-France users simpler, more practical, and more in tune with our times. We will continue to invest and increase our efforts in this direction.”
Back in November 2023, a few testers were able, during a developing phase, to use their Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 lineup as well as newer models to validate their transport tickets. The feedback was positive, highlighting simplicity, fluidity, and the speed of using the service.
Although, since 2019, the Korean giant has been a partner of Île-de-France Mobilités to provide solutions for dematerializing transport tickets to all Ile-de-France residents on their smartphones. Now users can use their Galaxy smartphone for public transport in Île-de-France; this includes validating tickets on a terminal and buying or even reloading them with Samsung Pay.
The two players are going further with this new deployment, which will permit you to buy tickets from a smartphone and validate them just with a flick of the wrist with a connected watch, even in the scenario where it is turned off. This step appears as a move forward to the modernization of Ile-de-France ticketing in a simple way, especially for scenarios when you get late.