New details for Samsung’s new round smartwatch surface

Samsung has flooded the Smartwatch market with a number of smartwatches. The Android Wear packing Gear Live, the Tizen powered Gear S, Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, Galaxy Gear and its smart-fitness band Gear Fit (though technically not a smartwatch) brings Samsung’s count for wearables up to six, but hey who’s counting? While we expected Samsung to unveil a new smartwatch along side the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, to our surprise Samsung did not and the company confirmed a change in philosophy.

According to Samsung’s Executive Vice President of Mobile Marketing, Young-hee Lee, the company wanted to break its tradition of simultaneous smartphone and smartwatch releases and hold back on releasing another smartwatch.

Lee said, “We’ve been introducing more devices than anybody else. It’s time for us to pause. We want a more perfect product.”

According to new details, a new round smartwatch with rotating bezel ring (that serves as the navigation tool for the watch) will sport device object and image recognition (above). Not only that but it will also support a barcode register for products that can be purchased through Samsung Pay and gesture controls. It will be able to be used as a remote for your TV, serve as a key to open or remote start your vehicle and determine health information. Chances are, the smartwatch will also sport a camera as well.

The device will also take advantage of wireless charging as well. From the information at hand, it looks like the watch will have a fall announcement. We’re not sure if Samsung will feature Tizen or Android Wear with its new watch but we’ll let you know when we find out.

source: SamMobile

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