Samsung Revamps Galaxy Wearable Ahead of Watch 9 Launch

Screenshots have a way of telling the future. This time they suggest Samsung is preparing a meaningful overhaul of the Galaxy Wearable app just as two new watches are about to hit shelves.

The interface you tap through on your phone is getting a fresh layout: three compact tabs—Watch Faces, Home (connected devices), and Device Settings—nestled in a floating bar at the bottom. It feels cleaner. It reads faster. You don’t have to dig through nested menus anymore; core functions sit where thumbs expect them.

Look closer and the app borrows visual cues from One UI 8.5. Icons have gone monochrome. The watch preview no longer shows just the case at the top; instead, a full mockup of the connected watch—case, strap and color—now dominates the center of the screen. Want to know how a face pairs with your band? The preview answers that question at a glance.

What used to live behind a single Watch Faces menu has been promoted to its own tab. In its place on the Home screen, there’s now a Notifications area. Find My Watch and Tips are more prominent too, reworked into larger shortcuts inside Device Settings so users don’t waste time hunting for them.

The most interesting change? AI is taking a more active role. Instead of manually assembling Tiles and widgets, the updated app appears to let Galaxy AI generate personalized Tiles based on what you actually use—sports scores, stock updates, headlines, commute info. It’s reminiscent of Google’s Create My Widget demo from I/O, but tuned for Samsung’s ecosystem and One UI Watch.

This redesign centers on clearer previews and AI-suggested Tiles, making watch customization faster and more intuitive.

The About watch page has been given a cosmetic lift as well: an image of the paired smartwatch replaces dense blocks of text, while the Software update screen gains a softened background, a blurred circular gradient behind the One UI Watch banner—styling that echoes recent Galaxy phone and tablet updates under One UI 8.5.

All of this arrives amid a broader Samsung rollout: new Galaxy Watch models, three foldable phones, and the stable releases of One UI 9.0 and One UI 9 Watch are expected soon. The Wearable app changes suggest Samsung is aiming for a more cohesive look and a smarter setup experience across devices.

Keep an eye out for the update; if the leaks are right, your next watch setup could feel less like configuration and more like a tailored recommendation.