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Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 review: Just needs a pinch of pizazz

The Galaxy Watch 7 fully embodies 'when you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all'.

We're now on our fourth-generation Wear OS-powered Galaxy smartwatch, and by now, we all know what to expect: a bright screen, another smattering of Samsung Health expansions and watch faces, and some ineffably incremental hardware upgrades. (Image credit: Ara Wagoner / Android Central)The knock-on shortcut hasn't gotten the play that the "zOMG, they copied the Apple Watch" pinch gestures, and it can admittedly do fewer things. Whether that's a failure in the detection software, an issue stemming from how bony and thin my wrist is, or user error remains to be seen, but at most, I can suffer 3-5 seconds of pinching at midair like a shadow puppeteer to shut my watch up while I'm carrying something or typing away like a madwoman.

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