According to data released by IDC, in 2020, the global smart wearable device market share of earphone products will reach 59.14%, followed by watches with 23.08% Later, while the bracelet is 17.08%, other products such as smart glasses only 0.7%. In the first quarter of 2021, a total of 104.6 million smart wearable devices were shipped, a year-on-year increase of 34.4%. This is the first quarter that global smart wearable device shipments exceeded 100 million units for the first time. Samsung's performance is particularly eye-catching. With the excellent market performance of Galaxy Buds series TWS headsets and Galaxy Watch series‍smart hands‍‍ Sales records. However, some people may still ask this question: What can smart watches do today?

There are so many health testing items, exercise and sleep are all under control

Many times, in the eyes of ordinary consumers, smart watches are actually wrist extensions of smart phones. At most, they have more health monitoring and exercise detection functions. There is not much difference. But in fact, even with many seemingly similar health detection functions, smart watches of different brands have very different experiences. On the evening of August 11, Samsung released a new generation of Galaxy Watch 4 series smart watches, as the "first line" product of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked annual conference, at this time node when people around the world are affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic. , How to reduce gatherings and ensure physical health through exercise safely and effectively has become a major event that is meaningful to everyone. Therefore, the health function has become the highlight of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 series.

However, most smart watches currently on the market also have a certain health monitoring function. What tricks can Samsung do? The Samsung BioActive body vitality sensor is built into the Galaxy Watch 4 series. It is located on the back of the body close to the skin. It is subdivided into three functional modules, namely Optical Heart Rate Sensor and Electrical Heart Sensor. Sensor) and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Sensor (Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Sensor), only need to use two fingers to press on the two control buttons of the body, you can analyze blood oxygen, skeletal muscle content, basal metabolism, body fat ratio, body Health data such as moisture, obviously, most smart watches on the market are unable to achieve such a wealth of detection items.

In terms of sports assistance, in addition to traditional guided training, in order to increase the fun and motivation of sports, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 series has also added a "Team Challenge" ” Function, that is, you can perform sports goal PK with your family and friends, such as who first walks to 10,000 steps and so on.

For fitness people, everyone knows that the quality of sleep will directly affect the efficiency of muscle recovery and growth, so the circle has "three points" Practice, eat seven minutes, sleep ninety minutes" exaggerated statement. The sleep analysis of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 series may be the most detailed on the market. It not only monitors the sleep blood oxygen level, but also integrates the smart phone App to achieve snoring analysis, and scores the user’s sleep quality so that you can wake up the next day. When you come, you can have a comprehensive and specific understanding of the sleep situation of the previous day.

5nm chip + new operating system, smart watches enter a new era

After reading the previous pile, you still feel that it’s not exciting enough. Can the pattern be opened a bit more, and can the height take off a bit more? OK! Then the key point comes: This time the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 series ushered in a major upgrade in hardware and software. The first is to use Samsung’s own 5nm process of Exynos W920 chip, which is the world’s first 5nm EUV. The smart wearable device chip produced by the manufacturing process has two built-in 1.18GHz Cortex-A55 CPUs and Mali-G68 GPUs. Compared with the previous generation product, the CPU performance has increased by 20%, and the GPU has increased by 10 times, plus 1.5GB of memory and 16GB of storage. It can achieve faster program startup and more interactive 3D GUI. At the press conference, it is really innovative to see the 40 kinds of dynamic UI built into the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 series. In addition, there is an ultra-low-power Cortex-M55 for the always-on display function of the watch.

In addition, this chip also integrates 4G LTE Cat.4 modem and GNSS global navigation satellite system, so it also has an LTE version that supports eSIM independent communication. For users to choose. It seems to be the same as the previous product, but because the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 series is equipped with a new operating system, the actual experience has been greatly improved: Based on Samsung’s cooperation with Google, Wear OS is presented in the new One UI watch version. Install numerous third-party apps to bring more convenience to users.

For example, if you wear your watch and go out now, the watch can play online music, check the map and plan your route without having to carry a mobile phone. When used with a mobile phone, important settings such as the mobile phone’s DND period and address book blacklist will also be synchronized to the watch. The "seamless headset connection" function can also allow the audio source of the Galaxy Buds series headset to be between the phone and the watch. Free switch……

This time Google and Samsung’s cooperation is also the "proofing" of the hardware and software giants in the Android field. In the early years, Google's Wear OS system update stagnated, leading downstream manufacturers to turn to their own independent and simplified platforms, and the Android smartwatch ecology became more and more chaotic. So this time the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 series can be said to be carrying a great "mission". If it succeeds, it will have the opportunity to reopen the Android smartwatch ecosystem and attract more brands to enter the market.

Finally, let’s talk about the specific details of Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. This time it is divided into two versions, Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, both of which are 1.19 inches. 396x396 resolution/1.36-inch 450x450 resolution Super AMOLED screen. Among them, the Galaxy Watch 4 has a 40/44mm dial diameter, while the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic is a relatively larger 42/46mm. The latter has a larger dial because it is equipped with a rotatable physical bezel, which can achieve some more Ritual knob operation. In terms of color, all series have two classic colors: Meteorite Black and Snow Silver. However, the 40mm version of Galaxy Watch 4 has more falling cherry gold color, and the 44mm version has more valley green color. The whole series have 5ATM+IP68/MIL-STD-810G water-proof, dust-proof and impact-proof grades, coupled with the protection of Corning DX and DX+ glass, the anti-manufacturing ability is also strong.……

As mentioned above, this time Samsung put the Galaxy Watch 4 series at the beginning of the entire conference, which can be said to imply a new start in the field of smart watches. While maximizing the existing health monitoring functions, Samsung also teamed up with Google to re-launch and deeply customize a new operating system, and took advantage of its own entire industry chain, equipped with a dedicated 5nm watch chip, through software and hardware The overall upgrading of the field, although seemingly unremarkable, is in fact magnificent.

IDC predicts that as people’s recognition of product functionality continues to increase, global smartwatch shipments will reach 131.6 million units by 2023. It accounts for 43.5% of the total shipments of smart wearable devices. Therefore, how players from all walks of life cut this piece of cake will have to rely on product strength to speak step by step! The new Galaxy Watch 4 series released by Samsung this time will undoubtedly become the benchmark product of smart wearable devices for a long time in the future.