Samsung has been teasing the launch of the One UI 6 Watch update for its smartwatches for quite some time. The company already rolled out the stable Wear OS 5-based One UI 6 Watch OS update to the Galaxy Watch 6 users in October who participated in the beta channel. Now, the South Korean tech giant has finally started rolling out the stable One UI 6 update to the Galaxy Watch 6 series.
One UI 6 update is rolling out for the Galaxy Watch 6 series in the US
According to a report by SamMobile, Samsung has started rolling out the Wear OS 5-based One UI 6 Watch update to the Galaxy Watch 6 series in the US. The update is currently available for both Bluetooth and cellular variants of these devices. Both the Galaxy Watch 6 and Galaxy Watch 6 Classic are getting the new update. The size of the update for these smartwatches for the Wear OS 5-based update is around 1.8GB.
Furthermore, the report suggests that the new firmware version of the Galaxy Watch 6 is “R945USQU1BXJ5”. That’s for the 44mm size variant of the smartwatch. The same for the 40mm model is “R935USQU1BXJ5”. As for the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic 43mm variant, its new firmware carries the model number “R955USQU1BXJ5”. The same device’s 47mm variant’s firmware number is “R965USQU1BXJ5”.
What does the new Wear OS 5 update bring to the Samsung smartwatches?
The latest Wear OS 5-based update for the Galaxy Watch 6 series devices brings a host of new features. Notably, the update improves the overall performance of your Samsung smartwatch. There’s a new Energy Score feature, which shows how well a user is doing based on tracking their sleep, activity, and heart rate. The same feature also provides tips to improve these figures.
Furthermore, some of the notable features include a “Workout Routine”, improved sleep tracking, and advanced AI algorithms. You can check out the whole changelog to the update after updating your Galaxy Watch 6 to the latest firmware.
