A cheaper Galaxy Watch with more than a week of battery life may be in the works
Samsung may be working on a more affordable Galaxy Watch model called the Galaxy Aero, which could run on a real-time operating system instead of Google's Wear OS. This change could result in a smartwatch with a longer battery life, potentially lasting over a week on a single charge. The Galaxy Aero is expected to have a simpler design and limited third-party app support, making it more of a fitness-focused device.
- ▪The Galaxy Aero may run on a real-time operating system, which is a lightweight platform designed to perform specific tasks quickly.
- ▪RTOS watches can run on low-powered microcontrollers, using less RAM and processing power than Wear OS models.
- ▪The Galaxy Aero could offer a similar software experience to the Galaxy Fit 3, which handles fitness tracking and basic notifications with limited memory.
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Samsung recently unveiled its latest premium smartwatches, including the Galaxy Watch 9 series and the flagship Galaxy Watch Ultra 2. Both come with fairly high price tags, but Samsung may already be preparing a more affordable alternative. References found by SamMobile inside the Galaxy Wearable app point to a new smartwatch codenamed Galaxy Aero. More importantly, the code describes it as “galaxy_rtos_watch,” suggesting that it could run a real-time operating system instead of Google’s Wear OS. What is RTOS, and why would Samsung use it? RTOS stands for Real-Time Operating System. It is a lightweight platform designed to perform a defined set of tasks quickly while using far less processing power and memory than Wear OS.
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