Somewhere in Seoul, I think our former laptop reviewer Monica Chin is fangirling. BTS is still mostly going through their military service, but K-pop stars making an appearance at Unpacked is a time-honored Samsung tradition.
She was in the audience at last year’s Unpacked, too, and is now being subjected to Galaxy AI creating an uncanny portrait of her. Sydney, blink if you need help.
Gemini is available on the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6, and Google is touting a bunch of new AI features it previewed earlier this year, like homework help in Circle to Search and contextual suggestions. But they’re still coming “soon,” so it doesn’t look like we’ll get to try them out right away on the new foldables. Bummer.
I say yes. No, I say HELL YES.
Now six generations into its foldable devices category, Samsung just showed a video about the Galaxy Z Fold 6’s display, which has a new coating, a less noticeable crease, fewer layers between the screen and your eyes, and smaller bezels. And apparently it’s even flatter than before when open.
Here’s a gallery of the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra’s detail shots. That strap connection looks pretty familiar!
A lot of these features look awfully similar to the Apple Watch Ultra. Samsung isn’t shy about where it got its inspiration for this beefy squircle watch from.
This is an industrywide first. Fitbit first started working on this back in 2017! It’s not meant to be a diagnostic tool — these features never are. Rather, it’s meant to alert you and encourage you to talk to a doctor.
I got a chance to play around with the Galaxy Ring, but here’s the gist: it’s made of titanium, comes in three colors, has up to seven days of battery life, and will be a really great, discreet way to track your sleep.
The Energy Score uses four health metrics to tell you how ready you are to tackle the day, while the Wellness Tips feature gives you personalized advice based on those metrics. Annnnd these metrics get us into the Galaxy Ring.
Samsung says yes, you can. The company’s kicking this event off with a video about how its new phones, particularly the Z Flip 6, can live translate “Can I kick it” and “Yes you can” in a number of languages.
Watching the intro to today’s Galaxy Unpacked event, I’m reminded of this great David Imel video answering the most important question of our time: why did everyone decide that the official logo of AI is ***sparkles***?
The hardware is solid. The ideas are intriguing. So long as it holds up in testing, Samsung could have a winner.
It’s the Apple Watch Ultra, but for Android. Oh, and the Galaxy Watch 7 is here, too.
