In a surprisingly generous Mother’s Day promotion, Samsung just revealed an amazing deal on the Galaxy Watch 6. It’s an old-fashioned buy-one-get-one offer on any configuration of the smartwatch, meaning you could save up to $380 on the second wearable. We have to admit, it’s a great excuse to treat yourself at the same time as your mom.

Buy one Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, get one free

In a surprisingly generous Mother’s Day promotion, Samsung just revealed an amazing deal on the Galaxy Watch 6. It’s an old-fashioned buy-one-get-one offer on any configuration of the smartwatch, meaning you could save up to $380 on the second wearable. We have to admit, it’s a great excuse to treat yourself at the same time as your mom.

Buy one Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, get one free

In a surprisingly generous Mother’s Day promotion, Samsung just revealed an amazing deal on the Galaxy Watch 6. It’s an old-fashioned buy-one-get-one offer on any configuration of the smartwatch, meaning you could save up to $380 on the second wearable. We have to admit, it’s a great excuse to treat yourself at the same time as your mom.

Buy one Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, get one free

Samsung's Galaxy Watch lineup is one of the strongest out in 2024, with its headlining Galaxy Watch 6 and Galaxy Watch 6 Classic being some of the best smartwatches you can purchase this year if you're using an Android smartphone. While the lineup offers something for everyone, if you're aiming for the top picks, then they won't come cheap, being the brand's latest and greatest.

The closer we get to the next Galaxy Unpacked event, the more I feel like my smartwatch is becoming less attractive. My Galaxy Watch 5's appeal is waning, and not because I'm anticipating Samsung to unveil a new smartwatch series at Unpacked but because I love the idea of the Galaxy Ring more every day while the realities of wearing a smartwatch are becoming harder to ignore.

Truth time. I've been using the Galaxy Watch 5 for about a year now, and I like all the new health, fitness, and sleep-related features it offers — features smartphones lack. I wear it because I like its functions, but here's the kicker: I dislike actively using the smartwatch in the true sense of the word.

The Galaxy Watch UI feels sluggish compared to my phone. The UI seems poorly optimized for the circular display. The simple act of touching tiny UI elements on the small circular screen to navigate the Watch has become tiresome. And the Watch 5 has started waking me up in the morning for no good reason.

After about a year of using my Galaxy Watch 5, I am now only wearing it for occasional fitness tracking and to tell the time when I'm leaving home. However, I don't use it as much as I used to, and I don't rely on the tiny screen to check my Samsung Health stats. I prefer viewing those statistics on the much more detailed and comfortable Samsung Health mobile app on my Galaxy S24+.

Galaxy Ring can't come soon enough

With the Galaxy Ring sparking my imagination, I realized that I don't want a smartwatch as much as I wish I had a minimalist solution to health and fitness tracking. A solution that could relay complete data to my smartphone and the full-fledged Samsung Health app.

At the moment, a Galaxy Watch is the best way to do that, as fitness bands aren't as accurate or complete as smartwatches. But once the Galaxy Ring comes along, it might turn out to be what I'm missing, i.e., a way to keep track of my health and fitness through the Health app on my phone instead of using another device with a screen. And without having to worry about battery life for yet another device that can't hold a charge for more than two days.

The Galaxy Ring isn't even out yet, and I'm already using the Galaxy Watch less every day. I keep forgetting to wear it because the wristband buckle gets in the way when I use my laptop. But I also no longer wear it as much as I used to for sleep tracking because the sensor lights have gone haywire.

What I dislike about my smartwatch:

• Wear OS and One UI Watch feel slow and choppy — from navigating the UI to answering calls and controlling media. Mediocre performance levels got annoying after a while.
• I've started ignoring many features that seemed cool at first but slowly became inconvenient and gimmicky due to performance, stability, and optimization issues.
• The UI is not optimized for the circular screen. And switching from One UI on a phone to One UI Watch leaves a sour taste and feels like I went back in time 10 years — and not in a good way.
• The UI often looks childish. And the smartwatch can look toyish.
• The wrist strap buckle gets in my way when using a laptop.
• Battery life is not bad, but not good enough for me to charge and forget about it for more than a day and a half. Yet another battery-powered device to worry about.
• Navigating Samsung Health features directly on the smartwatch is mostly a pointless gimmick when you have a much more functional Health app on your phone.
• Trying to use the Watch as a TV remote is a painful experience filled with stutters and delays.
• Even in Night Mode, the Watch keeps firing up all sensor lights on all cylinders in the early morning, often waking me up.

What I like about my smartwatch:

• It tracks health, fitness, and sleep data relatively accurately and relays it to my Health app.

Why I'd like to swap my Watch 5 for a Ring:

• In terms of Samsung Health, the Galaxy Ring should do everything my Watch 5 does, and more, without all the gimmicky features and the almost-useless screen.
• A simple design. A fitness tracker I can wear without worrying that I'll scratch my laptop when I rest my wrist on it as I type.
• One less reason to worry about battery life every 1-2 days.
• It doesn't add another slow and unresponsive touchscreen to my life.
• I can wear a stylish regular watch and continue to track my health and fitness.

To be fair, I would have never criticized the Galaxy Watch 5 as much if I didn't have an alternative. But soon, I will, and if it's as good as it looks, it might spell the end of smartwatches for me.

I loved my Galaxy Watch 5 until Samsung announced that the Galaxy Ring was on its way. Now, I can't wait to get rid of the smartwatch and replace it with what I think will be a superiorly-designed fitness and health tracker that doesn't get in your way. I'll happily trade my Galaxy Watch 5 for a Ring if the latter is as good as it sounds.

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Samsung is rolling out a fresh update to the Galaxy Watch 6 lineup. Reddit users spotted the update via SamLover and collectively agreed that the new feature it adds is absolutely pointless. Honestly, it’s hard not to agree with the popular opinion.

The update with version numbers ending with “AXB7” is now rolling out to the Bluetooth variants of the Galaxy Watch 6 and Galaxy Watch 6 Classic. The software is only available in South Korea for now but should reach other regions soon. While it brings a crucial March 2024 security patch, it also adds a pointless ability to display exercise data from the watch on a TV.

If you've been looking for deals on Samsung's best smartwatches, you've come to the right place, with incredible discounts on the Galaxy Watch 6 and Watch 6 Classic. The Discover Samsung Early Access event is knocking up to $80 off, with added incentives and savings with trade-in and financing deals, along with additional discounts on accessories. So if you've been looking to buy a new smartwatch, now's going to be the perfect time. And be quick, because this exclusive sale is only going to be around for the weekend.

Samsung announced its Discover Spring Sale 2024 event last week. Officially, the event starts this Monday and ends Sunday, March 10. However, we have some good news for Samsung fans who might want to start doing discount shopping this weekend. The Early Access Discover Spring Sale event is already underway until March 3.

These exclusive Early Access deals are available when you use the links below. You can save on watches, tablets, smartphones, and monitors. Here's all you need to know:

• Save up to $70 on the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic.
• Save up to $120 on the Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra.
• Get up to $1,000 enhanced trade-in credit on the Galaxy S24 Ultra or S24+, in addition to $100 extra credit. Available for AT&T and T-Mobile variants.
• Save up to $600 on the 49-inch Odyssey OLED G9 curved gaming monitor.

As usual, the deals work whether you buy these devices outright or through a monthly installment plan via Samsung Financing. Do keep in mind that these exclusive deals are available only throughout the weekend, and make sure you use the links above.

In case you miss out on these exclusive discounts, fret not. Samsung will launch new ones for other products throughout the week. We will highlight the best deals every day, so stay tuned.

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