Samsung seems to be looking for new ways to attract its fans. After it was revealed that it is preparing wireless headphones with a completely different design, which are to be called Galaxy Buds Able, information has been released to the public that he is also working on a completely different smartwatch. The device is referred to as Galaxy The Aero should be roughly halfway between the planned fitness bracelet Galaxy Fit4 and more affordable smartwatches Galaxy Watch.
The new feature appeared in the application code Galaxy Wearable, where it is listed as "galaxy_rtos_watch”This indicates the use of the system RTOS extension (Real-Time Operating System), a platform that is known primarily for simpler and more economical devices. Samsung uses a similar approach, for example, with some fitness products, where it is not the main priority maxminimum performance, but long battery life. In other words – the device will not run on the system Wear OS.
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Battery life as the main attraction
Although it is not yet clear how they will hodinky Galaxy Aero look, the marking in the application indicates that it will be a device with a classic displaySamsung has not yet revealed whether it will choose the round design typical of the series. Galaxy Watch, or another shape similar to fitness bracelets.
If the new product really ranks above the price Galaxy Fit4, better equipment can be expected. It will probably offer various health and movement functions such as heart rate measurement, accelerometer or gyroscope. But the biggest advantage could be the endurance, which is usually significantly longer for watches with RTOS than for models with a full-fledged operating system Wear OS.
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For similar devices, it is not unusual for the battery life to be around one week or longer on a single charge. For users who want to track activity, sleep, and basic health data but don't want to charge their watch every day, this would be Galaxy Aero could have been an interesting alternative.
It is likely, that Galaxy Aero is just an internal name and the final product will hit the market under a different name. Samsung does this quite often and the working names of the devices can change before launch. However, it is not clear when we could expect to see the fitness bracelet-smartwatch hybrid.
