How Many Software Updates Will Galaxy Watch 8 Series Get?

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 series is finally out of the bag, including the Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic. At the event, Samsung also unveiled the Galaxy Watch Ultra (2025). All the new smartwatches are now available for pre-order, which means you can score some great goodies with your purchase.

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You can expect updates on your Galaxy Watch 8 series through 2029

Now that the wraps are off the Galaxy Watch 8 series, you might have a few questions. You can check out our full coverage for all (or most) of your queries. One of those could be, how many software updates will the Galaxy Watch 8 series get? Well, let’s clear the air here.

It’s been quite a while since Samsung shifted from Tizen OS to the Wear OS–powered One UI Watch software. Since then, the company has promised four years of software support for Galaxy Watches. So, naturally, the Galaxy Watch 8 series will receive four years of software updates, which means it will be supported until 2029.

The Galaxy Watch 8 series comes running One UI 8 Watch, which is based on Wear OS 6, so we can expect updates for as long as Wear OS 10. To be fair, that’s quite a decent amount of time, and generally, people upgrade to a new smartwatch every two or three years. But with available updates, you’ll have two options: you can either trade it in or hand it down to someone else.

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