News Summary

• A new generation of Galaxy Watch means new watch faces, and Samsung's new Ultra Info Board watch face allows us a peek into the future of Wear OS 5's Flavors.
• As for the Galaxy Watch 6, the only real change is the heart rate sensor, and that sensor array is a double-edged sword: it improves heart rate tracking, especially during workouts, but it also makes the watch thicker, sitting slightly higher on your wrist.
• This is my first 44mm Galaxy Watch — my 4, 5, and 6 were all 40mm to better fit my small wrist — and I switched off between two watch faces: the new Ultra Info Board watch face with a static background) and Photos with animated gif backgrounds.
• Pick a lane, Samsung.The highlight of the Watch 7's hardware upgrades its new health sensor array, multiplying the LEDs that track heart rate and blood oxygen to help improve tracking accuracy during high-intensity workouts.
• The expansion of gesture controls helps this watch feel like something new after two years of minor updates and like it truly deserves its throne atop the Android smartwatch mountain.Ara Wagoner was a staff writer at Android Central.
• Sadly, my wrist is smaller than the lug-to-lug span of the 44mm Watch 7, so I needed watch bands that could immediately bend back to keep the watch securely in place on my arm.