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Will last-gen Galaxy and Pixel Watches die this year...and should they?


The Galaxy Watch 4 gets "four years of major updates" but may not get One UI 8 Watch. Does it matter if Wear OS can't match WatchOS?

Samsung has promised "four years of major updates" in press releases since the Galaxy Watch 4 launched back in summer 2021 with Wear OS 3. (Image credit: Michael Hicks / Android Central)Even a cheap phone will have 3–4X the RAM and three or four more ARM Cortex cores than your typical smartwatch SoC. Plus, cutting off the Pixel Watch's 2018 Exynos 9110 chip frees Google to get more ambitious with Wear OS 6, making new buyers happier but leaving original customers in the lurch.

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