- Two new Samsung Galaxy Watch models are on the way
- Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic have appeared this time in regulatory archives
- A battery listed is slightly larger than last year’s model but it’s not a massive upgrade
Details of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 setup have appeared for the second time in a few days, this time with our first tip for the battery capacity for one of the models.
At the end of March, Firmware for the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic Stained, pointing to four new Galaxy Watch models, came in 2025-two classic and two regular models, each with a Wi-Fi and an LTE (Cellular Connectivity) version.
Now, archives have been uncovered in South Korea’s security Korea certification database, one of the countless global regulatory bodies that unit manufacturers must record upcoming new products, including the best Android smartwatches before they can be sold.
As reported by Xpertpick, they see batteries that will be in the new Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 and 8 classic, appeared in the database. Outlet matches these with the aforementioned firmwares, which indicates a battery each for the Galaxy Watch 8 and 8 Classic respectively.
This would strengthen the idea that two new models are on the way, but also gives us a small tip about battery life.
Galaxy Watch 8 battery leaks
According to the report, only one of these battery archives has a listed capacity, the Galaxy Watch 8. The battery is built to 435mAh, a much smaller bump over the Galaxy Watch 7. While it’s technical Larger is nothing to write home about and probably does not produce any concrete results with regard to battery life performance.
And if Samsung has added more power-hungry features to the new model, battery life may only match last year’s model, and in that case you can expect Samsung’s rating in about 22 hours. This is the larger 44 mm model without information out there about the smaller version yet.
It certainly won’t be enough to challenge the best Android watch for the life of the battery right now, OnePlus Watch 3, but it tells us that both of these smartwatch models are definitely found and will probably launch in the early summer of the US and UK.
The absence of the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 in database lists could indicate that the company will not release an Ultra model this year and can switch between the classic and Ultra on an annual basis.
