The Galaxy Watch Ultra is an impressive new adventure smartwatch from Samsung, but how does it compare to the class-leading Apple Watch Ultra 2?
This year, Samsung has taken its wearables to an impressive new level with the new Galaxy Watch Ultra, a smartwatch that’s inevitably drawing comparisons with its biggest rival, the Apple Watch Ultra 2.
The Galaxy Watch Ultra may have a square body, but that’s where the similarities to the Apple Watch Ultra both begin and end. Samsung hasn’t embraced a square display to go along with the new design. Instead, it’s a traditional round watch face, and those who look beyond the realm of smartwatches will recognize its inspiration from other sources like Bell & Ross and Tag Heuer — not to mention its eerie similarity to the Hermès H08.
While it’s less relevant in light of the 10ATM rating, the Galaxy Watch Ultra also features an IP68 rating that matches Samsung’s higher-end smartphones. It’s fully dust-resistant and can withstand immersion in up to 1.5 meters of water for up to 30 minutes. Instead of an IP water-resistance rating, Apple hangs its hat on its 10ATM and EN13319 ratings, giving the Apple Watch Ultra only an IP6X for the same level of protection against dust and other small particles.
That’s not a difference anyone will notice with the naked eye. Tthe Apple Watch has a rectangular 410 x 502 display with 205,820 pixels, while the Galaxy Watch Ultra’s round 480 x 480 display only has 180,956 pixels as it has no corners to fill. Apple’s watches have always run with buttery smoothness — we’ve often referred to them as the “gold standard for smartwatch performance” — with no lag at all. While last year’s Galaxy Watch 6 was fine on its own, the difference in performance was apparent when you compared them side by side. While the current Apple Watch Ultra is powered by Apple’s latest S9 chip that remains ahead of the pack, we expect the Exynos W1000 to close that gap significantly.
Perhaps the most significant software change in the Galaxy Watch Ultra is the addition of Samsung’s Galaxy AI features. These use deeper AI-powered analysis of health and fitness data to summarize how your health is impacting your daily life — known as an Energy Score — and offer recommendations and coaching on how to improve things.
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra vs. Apple Watch Ultra 2: battery life and charging Efficiency improvements in Exynos W1000 and Wear OS 5 should help both of this year’s Galaxy Watch models achieve longer runtimes, but the Galaxy Watch Ultra takes that to new heights with a larger 590mAh battery and two power-saving models that could see it last for up to 100 hours between charges.
Both wearables support wireless fast charging via the adapters that come in the box. The Apple Watch Ultra 2 can go from dead to an 80% charge in about an hour; Samsung doesn’t say anything about the charging times for the Galaxy Watch Ultra, but we expect it to be similar. On the fitness side, the Galaxy Watch Ultra offers a new Race mode that lets you compete against yourself by comparing your current performance against previous outdoor running and cycling workouts along the same route. The Functional Threshold Power feature provides AI-powered metrics to help cyclists measure their maximum cycling power.
The Apple Watch Ultra 2 also has some more established features for hikers, including detailed topographic maps for over 1,000 national and regional parks in the U.S. that show nearly every trail and point of interest, along with information like length and photos of trails so you can plan your hiking expedition.
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