Gear S4 may end up being called the Samsung Galaxy Watch

Terminal updated: July 10th, 2018 at 09:xiv UTC+01:00

It was first rumored a couple of months ago that Samsung might bring its side by side smartwatch under the Galaxy umbrella. The company's upcoming smartwatch is currently referred to every bit the Gear S4. It seems that this may very well be the instance as a logo registration for the Samsung Galaxy Picket has been spotted.

The company has registered the Samsung Milky way Spotter logo in its home country of Republic of korea. It filed the necessary paperwork with the Korean Intellectual Property Office last month. Samsung has already filed for protection of the Samsung Milky way Picket and even the Samsung Galaxy Fit brand names in the U.s.a..

Samsung Galaxy Picket

Some rumors accept suggested that Samsung's next smartwatch may actually be powered by Wear Bone, Google's wearable device platform. That doesn't announced to be the case at this betoken in time. The switch to the Galaxy branding might give the impression that it may be an Android-powered device but information technology's highly likely that Samsung volition retain the Tizen OS for this smartwatch.

Reports suggest that the new smartwatch is going to have an updated design and a larger battery. It may even be capable of measuring the user'due south blood pressure if contempo rumors are believed. No word as yet on when Samsung is planning to launch the device.

Samsung has scheduled an event on August ix for the Milky way Annotation 9 but it seems unlikely that information technology volition unveil the Gear S4/Milky way Watch there. We may have to wait for it until September since the IFA 2018 convention in Berlin may be the venue of pick for the smartwatch'southward unveiling.