Galaxy Watch
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 5 now support Peloton fitness app
Samsung Galaxy watches have many features which are very helpful for its users; for a couple of years, the company has introduced several new functionalities in its watches that can be very advantageous for maintaining your health; for instance, you can check out these features like counting steps, it also capable of measuring how many floors you have climbed, it can record sleep cycle and many more. To see all the records, you have to download the Samsung Health app and link it to your smartwatch.
Now Samsung has partnered with Peloton, the popular fitness equipment and content provider. As a result of this collaboration, Samsung’s Galaxy Watch smartwatches will now interact with Peloton’s range of fitness equipment, including treadmills, spin bikes, and multifunction benches.
With the latest announcement from Peloton and Samsung, this trend is only set to continue. Thanks to their partnership, users of Samsung Galaxy Watch4 or Galaxy Watch5 can now download the Peloton app from the Google Play Store and connect their smartwatches to Peloton’s range of gym equipment, including the Peloton Bike, Bike+, Tread, Row, and Guide. This exciting development will appeal to fitness enthusiasts looking for new ways to enhance their workout experience through technology.
What is the Peloton app?
Now Samsung has planned to introduce a new addition to Galaxy smartwatches. The company has partnered with Peloton, and with this, you can experience smart gyming. When you download the Palaton app, your smartwatch will get special access to communicate with Peloton’s Gym equipment like Bike, Tread, Row, and Guide.
How to download Peloton app?
With the Peloton app, you can easily track all your stats and progress if you are using Peloton-supported equipment. If you want to enjoy the app on your Galaxy Watch. You can download the app through the Google Play store. Notably, the app is only supported in that only two latest watches, including Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5. If you have Peloton equipment so you should give it a try; it will surely motivate you to do more exercise.
Note:
- Peloton app requires a subscription sold separately; download app through Google Play to your smartphone and pair with the Galaxy Watch4 or Watch5 series with Peloton equipment by clicking connect when prompted. Available on Wear OS devices. A Wi-Fi connection is required.
- The heart rate software functions are not intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease.
- Requires smartphone with Android 8.0 or later, 1.5GB or more RAM and Samsung Health app (free) version 6.22 or later.
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 6 series is running on Wear OS 4 onboard; now, to add a major layer of upgrade, the brand is gearing up to deliver a new update in the form of Wear OS 5.
Wear OS 5 for Galaxy Watches is under processing
The Korean giant has already started developing a new firmware version for the Galaxy Watch 6, which appears as R965USQU1BXD8. A tipster has revealed that Samsung is working on a new firmware version for the carrier-locked Galaxy Watch 6 smartwatch for the US market, leading to speculation.
This new firmware version indicates a major One UI version change, and it could be One UI Watch 6 based on Wear OS 5. On the other hand, Google has already revealed via @MatthewReiter05 that it will disclose Wear OS 5 and its features at the forthcoming Google I/O 2024 event on May 14, 2024.
A couple of months after the announcement, Wear OS 5 will probably be available in stable form, and Samsung could soon release a stable One UI Watch 6 based on that platform. However, it’s yet to be clear what new features and UI design improvements Google plans to bring with the Wear OS 5 update. It is expected to improve integration with Android-based smartphones, tablets, and TVs.
With the revelation of the financial revenue statistics in Q1 2024, Samsung has confirmed that the brand is going to up its ante again by significantly improving the wearables sales, unveiling new devices along with certain prominent aspects like the Galaxy Ring, while also officially claiming to launch some more advanced premium Galaxy Watch lineups.
Samsung wishes to offer a more advanced yet premium experience to its Galaxy Watch users:
With the latest announcement, Samsung significantly aims to offer a highly interactive yet advanced wearable experience to its users and plans on powering the Galaxy smartwatch ecosystem by introducing the most significant Galaxy watch models that should include certain essential aspects, like the Galaxy Ring.
Is the Galaxy Watch 7 Ultra Next Variant part of the Galaxy Watch 7 line-up?
Moreover, the Galaxy Watch 7 Ultra variant could feature the next Galaxy smartwatch lineup, the Galaxy Watch 7, which might sport a square-shaped display screen rather than a circular display. Meanwhile, reports further revealed that the upcoming Galaxy Watch 7 might have 32GB of internal storage; the smartwatch could be powered by a 3nm Exynos chip; a square-shaped screen; an elegant look; and a premium finish would rather give a serious rivalry to the Apple Watch Ultra 2.
Samsung clearly stated that the brand is significantly focused on spreading a more advanced Galaxy smartwatch ecosystem for its Galaxy watch users by introducing a premium Galaxy Watch lineup that could feature some impressive features and aspects that would significantly offer a better yet premium experience to the users.
In the last few years, Google has been dedicatedly working to improve the WearOS platform, which aims to provide services to make the smartwatch experience better. However, to bring about the enhancement, the company is not dependent on major software updates, while many of them provide changes through new updates.
For instance, last month saw the global implementation of a new update to Google Maps for WearOS devices, which included the ability to synchronize 3D buildings and display directions on public transport.
According to the information, now Google Developer is to guarantee the user OS that it will provide a whole new express for the Google Map. It has provided some new features, including a new shortcut to facilitate access to the map.
With the latest version of Google Maps 11.124.0702.W, the company has introduced a new Google Maps replacement search button with the ‘Map’ button, which allows you to directly access the map view.
However, there is no important or majorly significant feature spotted in the update, but the developers of Mountain View Company are dedicatedly providing some innovation in the next update. To take advantage of the new feature, you just need to search for the update.