Move over, Samsung Galaxy Watch 7, there's a new sheriff in town. That's right. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 series is official and available for preorder, announced during tech giant's July 2025 Unpacked event in Brooklyn,

As for Samsung's smartwatches, everything's a squircle now. Mimicking last year's Galaxy Watch Ultra, the Galaxy Watch8 series keeps the circular display but stuffs it into a squircle case, a weird Franken-watch design language that might have you asking, “What happened?” (Samsung calls this its “Cushion” design, which is a choice.)

Samsung has seemingly innovated in all the right places with its latest flip foldable, which boasts a big, beautiful cover display (it’s now 4.1 inches!) and a host of meaningful longevity upgrades like a stronger hinge and a more powerful Exynos 2500 chipset.

AI features are also present across the latest Galaxy phones and watches, with different levels of enhancement.

Samsung unveils new line of foldable devices at Unpacked event - Samsung introduced several updates to its foldable devices lineup on Wednesday, with the new Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and the new Z F