Samsung is going to great lengths to promote how the Galaxy Z Fold 8’s design fits into everyday life. I like how easily the smaller foldable fits into my pocket, but what about everything else it does? You can add dual recording to that list, because I think the Z Fold 8 makes using the front and rear cameras easier than ever.
Samsung’s phones have supported dual recording for a while, but the way it works on the upcoming foldable range feels more intuitive. With both a front and back camera perspective, you can easily preview both views across the main inner display, while letting the subject see the preview on the front screen.
Most helpful is the addition of a split-screen view that lets you see a full view of each camera side-by-side on the main screen. Here, you can also arrange the perspective to be picture-in-picture or one on top of the other. I think it’s pretty neat, and you can see how it looks on GadgetGuy‘s Instagram account.
Valens Quinn attended Galaxy Unpacked in London as a guest of Samsung Australia.
Many Australians can now get three hours of free power in the middle of the day, but don’t assume that it’s always a good deal.
Thanks to the federal Solar Sharer Offer for NSW, South Australia and South East Queensland, along with Victoria’s upcoming Midday Power Saver offer, most Australian households with a smart meter can opt for an electricity plan providing free power between 11 am and 2 pm every day.
The reason they’re prepared to give away free electricity is that, thanks to renewable energy sources, we now have more power than we know what to do with in the middle of the day. Solar feed-in tariffs continue to fall, and instead people are investing in batteries to save their solar energy and spend it after dark.
Is three hours of free power a good deal?
Everybody loves getting something for free, but free electricity actually comes at a high cost, so it’s important to crunch the numbers.
Plans with a free power window charge more for power at other times of day. They also slug you with a higher daily supply charge, while further reducing the paltry solar feed-in tariffs.
There’s concern that the power network will continue to hike daily supply fees over the coming years, wiping out the significant savings that battery early adopters are relying on to make it a worthwhile long-term investment, even with the solar battery rebate.
All of this means that you need to be sure that three hours of free power actually saves you more money than all the extra charges on your electricity bill. It certainly won’t stack up for some homes.
Websites like Energy Made Easy and Victorian Energy Compare are great for comparing electricity deals, with the ability to feed in your usage data over the last 12 months. Make sure you also look for the best gas deals.
Independent government comparison sites make it easy to shop around for a good deal on gas and electricity.
Unfortunately, looking at your recent usage data is of limited use if you’re thinking of switching to an electricity plan with free power, because your daily habits will change. Relying on last year’s data can make a plan with free power seem more expensive, assuming in future you’ll be able to shift some power usage to the middle of the day.
If your spreadsheet kung fu excels, you can probably pull down 12 months of raw data from your electricity distributor and estimate your shifts in demand to make more accurate predictions.
How I saved money with three hours of free power
I’ve had three hours of free power for two and a half years, so that’s been plenty of time to change my power usage habits and reduce my bills.
For my household, a free power window is a no-brainer. I work from home, plus I use a lot of electricity in the middle of the day to charge my Tesla Model Y and top up my Sigenergy home battery.
Of course, many homes are empty during the day as people head off to work or study, perhaps taking their EV. That makes free power much less attractive.
If the best you can do is schedule your dishwasher and dryer to run at lunchtime, then a free power window is probably not worth it. Looking up the power consumption of those appliances should give you a rough estimate of what they cost to run.
The numbers improve if you can also schedule your electric hot water service and swimming pool heater to run in the middle of the day.
I switched to a plan with three hours of free power when I got my Tesla more than two years ago. Even though the car is away from home most weekdays, big free weekend top-ups are enough to ensure I pay very little to charge it.
Free power is very attractive when you have an EV in the driveway and a home charger. Image: Adam Turner.
When I got my Signenergy battery last year, I changed to an electricity plan with both a free power window in the middle of the day and a cheap EV window between midnight and 6 am.
This allows me to top up the battery overnight on the cheap, so I don’t risk paying top dollar for power if the battery runs flat before 11 am. I can also top up the car if it doesn’t have enough for the next day.
I also manually run the dryer and dishwasher in the middle of the day to help the battery last longer overnight. My south-facing backyard gets absolutely no sun in winter, so there’s no choice but to put sheets and towels in the dryer. I don’t feel guilty about it because I pay extra for 100% GreenPower from renewable sources, which includes my free power window.
Switching to a plan with both free and cheap power windows drove up my peak and daily usage charges even further, but I ran the numbers, and it was still the best deal for my home.
It was such a great deal for battery owners that, not long after, my power retailer scrapped that plan. My deal expires next month, and unsurprisingly, it seems no one offers those plans any more, so you need to choose between a free midday window or a cheap overnight window.
A cheap overnight charging window is great for topping up your battery in winter. Image: Adam Turner.
Make sure you choose wisely. I’m sticking with a free window, but the new plan will still drive up my power bills by about 50%. Not just in higher charges, but also because there’s no point topping up the battery overnight in winter if power remains the same price until 11 am.
I’m actually opting for a plan with four hours of free power, which sounds amazing but again comes with higher charges elsewhere.
Also keep in mind that many plans limit your three hours of free power to 24 kWh, after which they start charging. That’s a challenge when most homes can pull down at least 14 kW per hour, which is easy to do if you’re charging a battery and car at the same time.
Are you already getting three hours of free power?
Of course, the elephant in the room is that, if you have solar panels on your roof, you’re probably already getting free power in the middle of the day. There’s no point in changing plans unless you will consume/store more power in the middle of the day than your panels produce – so you need some insights not just into your usage but also how your solar performs during the year.
Rooftop solar already offers free midday power for many homes. Image: Markus Spiske on Unsplash.
Once again, it’s a no-brainer for me, because I live at the bottom of a valley with a narrow, mostly east-west roof. This limits how many panels I can squeeze on the roof and how much power I can squeeze out of them.
My solar panels can cover the air conditioning in the middle of summer, but not the heating in the middle of winter. They’d never be enough to fill my mid-sized 24 kWh home battery, so its return on investment is reliant on a free power window to top it up.
Then of course there’s charging the Tesla. My solar system can pump out 5 kW at best, while the car wants to pull down 7 kW by default when charging at home – so a free power window really comes in handy.
Looking to the future
Just as I’m losing my cheap early-morning top-up window, I’m also losing access to the great Charge HQ app that I’ve been using to schedule my car charging. It’s been acquired by energy retailer Amber, which is rudely shutting it down for non-Amber customers.
Charge HQ is much more advanced than Tesla’s built-in scheduling, for example letting me set different charge limits for different times of day. This means I can top up to 30% overnight when it’s cheap, but then aim for 100% in the middle of the day when it’s free.
At this point, I wish I’d known enough to buy a smart EV charger for home, rather than opting for a dumb Tesla Gen 3 wall charger.
Without Charge HQ, my best option for complex charging schedules seemed to be combining Home Assistant for home automation with EVCC for smart car charging. It’s a steep learning curve, even for a techie like me, and I’ve already run into challenges. (If you’re looking for something less complex, Tessie might do the trick for US$6.99 p/m, but I haven’t used it).
For example, I wanted to use TeslaBleHttpProxy running on a Raspberry Pi to wake the car via Bluetooth for charging from EVCC, but Teslas will only connect to three BLE devices simultaneously. That’s fine during the day, but a problem at night when we have three smartphones at home which all run the Tesla app and talk to the car via BLE for keyless access.
Instead, I’ll need to use Tesla’s Fleet API to wake the car over the internet. After a lot of messing around trying to cobble this together, I decided it was easiest to pay $45 a year to link Home Assistant to Teslemetry (which simplifies using Tesla’s Fleet API), and then optimise my automations to ensure I don’t spend too much on API credits when sending commands to the car and checking its status.
Home Assistant has a loyal following but gets quite complicated.
I’ve been putting off setting up a Home Assistant server for a few years. Partly because I didn’t want to overcomplicate things, and partly because it plays into my OCD tendencies to get a bit too enthusiastic about optimising things.
That said, more integrated and granular home automation will let me claw back some of my rising power bills. For example, I can slow down the car charging if it looks like the house battery won’t fill up in the free window. I can also optimise overnight car top-ups from the battery in autumn and spring, when I have a little power to spare.
A four-hour free window will also reduce the need to slow car charging in favour of the battery. Plus it will ensure the battery lasts an hour longer before running flat in winter, whilst buying me more time to power-hungry appliances like the dryer.
Remember, free power sounds too good to be true, but you need to do your homework to ensure you’re not spending more than you’re saving.
Australia’s new emergency alerts system will get a workout next Monday, ahead of the official launch of AusAlert.
Scheduled for Monday 27 July 2026 at 2:00 PM AEST, AusAlert will send a test “Critical Alert” to every mobile device in the country. Devices — including phones, tablets, and smartwatches — will vibrate and play a siren-like sound for 10 seconds. Because it’s only a test, it won’t require any further action.
Designed to warn Australians during times of emergency, like a natural disaster, AusAlert will officially launch in October 2026 as the new national warning system. Monday’s test is part of ensuring it’s ready to go in a few months’ time.
Once fully operational, AusAlert will serve multiple purposes. As the national test will demonstrate, it can be used by the Australian government to warn people about national emergencies. For location-specific dangers, state and territory emergency services can also send an alert.
Alerts under the new system fall under two categories: Critical and Priority. Critical, the type being tested next Monday, indicates that immediate action is needed, like evacuating during a bushfire. Priority still refers to a high level of potential danger, but is intended as a “watch and act” warning to prepare for danger. Priority alerts can be disabled, but not Critical alerts.
Here’s what Monday’s Critical Alert test will look like. Image: Australian Government.
If Monday’s alert may impact someone’s safety, the AusAlert website states that they can either turn off their mobile device or enable aeroplane mode.
Schedule for the AusAlert test per state and territory
According to the official advice, some people will receive the test alert immediately, while others may get it later. Here’s when the test Critical Alert is scheduled for each Australian state and territory:
Australian Capital Territory: 2 PM AEST
New South Wales: 2 PM AEST
Queensland: 2 PM AEST
Tasmania: 2 PM AEST
Victoria: 2 PM AEST
Northern Territory: 1:30 PM ACST
South Australia (including Broken Hill): 1.30 PM ACST
Western Australia: 12 PM AWST
Christmas Island: 11 AM CXT
Due to the nature of the test, some people may not receive the alert. This may stem from factors such as location, device, or not running the latest software.
As the government’s website explains, “the purpose of testing is to understand these real-world differences, confirm the system is working as intended, and improve public information before AusAlert is used in real emergencies”. There’s also a feedback form for those who encounter any issues with the test.
Have I mentioned that I love Donkey Kong? In case this is your first time reading my work, I’m a big fan of Nintendo’s lovable ape. On an entirely, completely, and utterly unrelated note, Lego has officially revealed a set depicting the original Donkey Kong arcade game.
Launching on 1 August, the $279.99 set includes 1,371 pieces that construct a mini replica of the 1981 arcade classic. It’s a fairly sophisticated-looking bit of kit; the joystick and buttons actually move Jumpman across the ‘screen’ as barrels roll down the girders in a loop.
Lego enlisted the help of Steve Wiebe, former Donkey Kong world champion, to star in a reveal video for the set. If you’ve watched The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, you’ll recognise Wiebe as the main rival to Billy Mitchell in what was a contentious time for the competitive arcade scene.
While I never strove to compete for high scores, Donkey Kong holds a strong place in my heart. When growing up in regional South Australia, my dad would use his lunch breaks to take me to the local arcade to play the game, plus all manner of pinball machines I was too young to be any good at.
Those early years instilled a love of gaming that persists to this day. Every time I see Donkey Kong in any form, I’m reminded of how involved my parents were (and still are) in my life.
Is it silly to feel sentimental over a nicely assembled collection of small toy bricks? Nah, I think it’s human nature to enjoy charms and trinkets that ascribe meaning to our lives.
Taking its South Korean heritage to a new level, Samsung’s My FanCam feature is one of the more fun additions to the Galaxy Z lineup shipping with the One UI 9 software update.
Inspired by K-pop fandom culture, My FanCam lets you record videos and then choose what to focus on afterwards. For example, if you record a group of people dancing, you can select a person via the Galaxy AI menu, and it will then automatically centre them in the frame, regardless of where they move.
I can also see My FanCam being handy for school concerts or sports, when you want to easily keep your child the centre of attention in videos to send to friends and family. Within the setting, there are options for different aspect ratios, too, automatically reframing the video in 9:16 or any other common orientation you want. You can see my efforts via GadgetGuy‘s YouTube channel — just don’t judge my moves too harshly!
Valens Quinn attended Galaxy Unpacked in London as a guest of Samsung Australia.
Well-built and packed with grunt, the Honor Magic V6 folding phone stacks up well against the foldable heavyweights, yet it suffers from a painful Achilles Heel.
While they still generate plenty of interest, foldable smartphones are no longer the ‘Next Big Thing’. It’s eight years since the debut of the Royole FlexPai, seven since the first Samsung Galaxy Fold took foldables mainstream and four since Honor threw its hat in the ring.
As with all new gadgets, the first few foldable iterations saw rapid innovation, but revolution has settled into evolution as the form factor has matured.
As it is with the $2,999 Honor Magic V6, which bumps up the price on last year’s $2,599 Honor Magic V5. In the process, it makes a few strategic improvements that might win over those prepared to look beyond the usual suspects when spending top dollar on a foldable.
While Honor tends to ape Apple’s design principles, the Honor Magic V6 doesn’t attempt to mimic how you’d imagine a folding iPhone might look.
At first glance, there are certainly similarities to the Honor Pro 600’s Apple-esque unibody aluminium matte frame with sharp edges. The Honor Magic V6 has the power and volume buttons on the right but, surprisingly for a flagship, you miss out on the Pro 600’s programmable Apple-esque touch-sensitive Quick Button.
With a 6.52-inch display when closed, and only 8.75 mm thick, the Magic V6 is barely larger than the Pro 600 and still fits very comfortably in your hand. It’s great to see the fingerprint reader built into the power button, so you don’t need to reach down for an onscreen reader and risk the phone toppling out of your hand.
From the side, the Honor Magic V6 sticks with a standard button layout. Image: Adam Turner.
Fire up the Honor Magic V6, and you’re faced with a bright and vivid 2420 x 1080 pixel external display, at the standard 20:9 aspect ratio. Stepping up to LTPO 2.0 OLED, the screen offers 10-bit colour and an adaptive 120 Hz refresh rate for smooth scrolling.
With Global Peak Brightness of 2,000 nits and HDR Peak Brightness of 6,000 nits, it’s designed to do justice to High Dynamic Range content including HDR10, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. Plus you’ve got the advantage of an anti-reflective coating.
Folded closed, the Honor Magic V6 fits nicely in your hand like a standard smartphone. Image: Adam Turner.
At the bottom of the handset, you’ll find got a USB-C port, alongside a dual nano-SIM port with the benefit of eSIM, but no microSD card support. The handset features dual speakers for stereo, but you miss out on an old-school headphone jack.
Turn the handset over, and you’re presented with a very prominent triple camera array that certainly doesn’t look like it was borrowed from an iPhone. If anything, it’s actually more reminiscent of the Oppo Find N6.
The Magic V6’s back is also very distinctive, relying on different materials depending on the colour you choose: the Red model pictured features vegan leather with a suede-like feel, the White is built from an aerospace-grade special fibre, and the Black and Gold variants feature a durable fibreglass. Keep in mind, Gold isn’t available in Australia.
Open or closed, the Honor Magic V6’s back certainly won’t be mistaken for an iGadget. Image: Adam Turner.
The phone also comes with a protective case with a ring around the camera array that folds out to act as a stand.
Of course, the split around the edges of the handset alludes to the fact that there’s more to the Magic V6 than meets the eye. The front screen folds open to the left like a book, quickly awakening the 7.95-inch screen within, with a barely visible fold.
Thanks to magnets, the hinge has enough resistance that it won’t fold open by accident. You can’t simply flick it open with your thumb, but it’s not too difficult to pry apart with two thumbs. A slight indentation to help your thumbs get purchase would be appreciated.
The inner screen is a squarish 9.75:9 aspect ratio, apart from which it retains the same impressive specs as the external screen. When folded open, the phone is about the same size as Samsung and Oppo’s foldables.
Folded open, the Honor Magic V6 offers a generous amount of screen real estate. Image: Adam Turner.
The open device is thin and light enough that it’s still comfortable to hold in one hand, although you’ll want a steady grip considering the hefty price tag. Again, at 219 gm about the same weight as Oppo and Samsung’s alternatives.
Unfortunately, it has significant wobble when you lay it flat on the table, due to the rear camera array. To be fair, that’s obviously difficult to eliminate on such a form factor.
Viewed side-on, the Magic V6 is an impressive bit of engineering – currently the thinnest foldable on the market at 4.0/4.1 mm (depending on which colour you buy). It’s about as thin as a device can be while still retaining a USB-C port, so we’ve probably reached the limit unless a competitor is brave/foolish enough to opt for wireless-only charging. It will be interesting to see how they respond.
You’d struggle to make a foldable much thinner. Image: Adam Turner.
Honor Magic V6 specifications and price
Display size
External screen: 6.52 inches, 20:9 aspect ratio, 406 ppi Inner screen: 7.95 inches, 9.75:9 aspect ratio, 403 ppi
Display resolution
External screen: 2420 x 1080 pixels Inner screen: 2352 x 2172 pixels
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform Octa-core: 2×Prime 4.6 GHz + 6×Performance 3.62 GHz
GPU
Adreno 840
Rear cameras
50MP Ultra Wide Camera (f/2.2)
50MP Ultra Wide Camera (f/2.2)
64MP telephoto Lens Camera (f/2.5, OIS)3x optical zoom, 100x Digital zoom
Front cameras
20MP Wide Camera (f/2.2) (Interior screen)
20MP Wide Camera (f/2.2) (Exterior screen)
RAM
16 GB
Onboard storage
512 GB
Connector
USB Type-C, DP1.2 and USB 3.2 GEN1
SIM
Dual Nano SIM + eSIM
Charging
80W wired HONOR SuperCharge fast charging up to 20V/4A SuperCharge 66W wireless HONOR SuperCharge fast charging
Battery
6660 mAh (typical value), 6510 mAh (rated value)
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be 2.4GHz/5GHz/6GHz2x2 MIMOSupport WLAN Hotspot and WLAN Direct RF Enhanced Chip HONOR C1+
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.0, Bluetooth Low Energy, LE Audio, Auracast, SBC, AAC, LDAC, aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, LC3, LHDC5.0/4.0/3.0, ASHA, LE Audio Hearing Aid
Operating system
MagicOS 10 (Based on Android 16)
Security
Fingerprint reader, Face Unlock
Ruggedness
IP68, IP69
Dimensions
Height 156.7 mm
Width folded: 74.5 mm Width unfolded: 145.6 mm
Depth folded (White): 8.75 mm Depth unfolded (White): 4.0 mm
Depth folded (Other): 9.0 mm Depth unfolded (Other): 4.1 mm
Weight
White: Approx. 219 g (including the battery) Other: Approx. 224 g (including the battery)
The Honor Magic V6 runs Android 16, customised with Honor’s very iOS-esque MagicOS 10 that includes the brand’s take on ‘Liquid Glass’.
Here’s the potential deal-breaker: Honor says the Magic V6 will only receive two major Android OS updates and three years of security patches in Australia. That’s outrageous considering that Europeans get six years of coverage for the exact same device.
It’s bad enough that the $1,499 Honor 600 Pro only gets three years of security updates, but it’s absolutely unforgivable on a $2,999 flagship device. Especially when Google, Samsung and Motorola offer an industry-leading seven years of updates for flagship devices like their foldables. Oppo makes it six years.
It’s bad enough that Motorola skimps on updates for its budget phones, without Honor selling Australians short on its $2,999 flagship.
When pushed for a justification for treating Australians as second-class citizens, Honor says it is “continuing to evaluate based on market and consumer needs”.
Looking back, the Magic V5 got the same rough deal in Australia, so I guess Honor has decided it can get away with it. It would be a damn shame if Magic V6 sales flop in Australia over this issue, forcing Honor to be a bit more generous in future.
The Honor Magic V6’s hinge is subtle when the handset is folded closed. Image: Adam Turner.
Moving on, a look under the bonnet reveals the Magic V6 packs Qualcomm’s flagship octa-core Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform and Adreno 840 GPU. You’ll also find a generous 512 GB of storage and 12 GB of RAM.
As you’d expect at these prices, the Magic V6 also boasts a decent triple-lens rear camera array. There’s a 50 MP main shooter, 50 MP ultrawide and 64 MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom, 100x digital zoom and the benefit of optical image stabilisation.
Around the front are 20 MP wide lenses on the inner and external screens, both lacking autofocus. They stick with an old-school punch-hole design rather than a notch, although MagicOS still replicates Apple’s Dynamic Island with Magic Capsule.
When it comes to the main shooter, the Magic V6 falls short of the 600 Pro, just as Samsung and Google’s foldables can’t quite match the photographic credentials of their non-folding flagships.
As for connectivity, it’s a sub-6 5G phone with the benefit of dual nano-SIM and eSIM. You can take advantage of Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6, with an impressive spread of audio codecs, including aptX Lossless, thanks to the Qualcomm silicon within.
The phone packs a reasonably generous 6660 mAh battery, which should be good for 24 hours even if you’re using the large inner display. As for charging, it can take advantage of 80-watt wired and 66-watt wireless (no Qi2), but there’s no AC charger in the box.
Quality
Sporting the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the Honor Magic V6 should easily outgun the Honor 600 Pro, which relies on the previous Snapdragon 8 Elite. The benchmarks tell a different story, but you need to dig deeper to unlock the Magic V6’s true potential.
Out of the box, the Magic V6 returns underwhelming Geekbench 6 scores of 1,582 single-core, 6,013 multi-core and 16,057 OpenCL. Interestingly, performance is set to Balanced by default under the battery menus.
Switching to Performance mode unleashes the 8 Elite Gen 5’s real potential, with Geekbench 6 results leaping to 3,604 single-core, 8,132 multi-core and 23,208 OpenCL.
When it comes to photography, the 50 MP primary shooter does an excellent job, delivering sharp and vivid images that don’t look too overblown or overprocessed – although it doesn’t quite match the contrast of the Pro 600 (thanks to its improved sensor). It’s great to see no drop in quality when switching across to the 50 MP ultrawide.
1x zoom on the 50 MP main shooter produces decent results in complex lighting, but doesn’t quite match the Honor Pro 600. Image: Adam Turner.
The 100x super zoom with 3x optical zoom is also impressive, basically matching the results from the 120x super zoom 3.5x optical on the Honor Pro 600. The Honor Pro 600 might be able to zoom in a bit further, but here the Magic V6 matches it on detail and contrast.
A semi-open doorway roughly 150 metres away looks quite detailed with 100x zoom. Image: Adam Turner.
Like the Honor Pro 600, the Magic V6’s low light capabilities are impressive but work a bit too hard in some situations.
The photo below was taken at 10:30 pm mid-winter. The clear sky should be black; thankfully, at least one star is visible (at least on my MacBook Pro if not here). The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra handles this challenge better, but not as well as the iPhone 17.
The sky should be black. Image: Adam Turner.
When it comes to selfies, the results are respectable, but by default you still see tell-tale signs of beautification if you open the image on your computer.
The selfie camera bucks the trend of ironing out wrinkles, but zooming in reveals a slight touch-up compared to the 600 Pro. Image: Adam Turner.
Who is the Honor Magic V6 for?
Not that you’d be in a rush to upgrade, but the folding Honor Magic V6 is a decent upgrade from Magic V5 in terms of performance, battery life and durability. It also stacks up well against foldable heavyweights from Samsung, Google, Motorola and Oppo, although we’re waiting to see what they all do next.
The Honor Magic V6 is a worthy contender, right until you remember that you’ll stop getting software updates in only three years (including two years of OS upgrades), simply because you live in Australia. Meanwhile, Samsung, Google, and Motorola have Aussies covered for seven years. This alone makes it hard to recommend the Honor Magic V6 to Australians, and is why an otherwise decent foldable gets such a low value for money score.
Honor Magic V6
The ultra-thin Honor Magic V6 is a worthy foldable contender, but questionable value for money when Australians are denied extended software and security updates.
Features
8.5
Value for money
4
Performance
9
Ease of use
9
Design
9
Positives
Slender design
Barely visible fold
Plenty of grunt
Rugged
Negatives
Australians only get three years of updates instead of six
Apple is on notice. I’ve been testing Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, which is quite the upgrade.
5,000 nits of brightness, compared to the 3,000 of the first Galaxy Watch Ultra and Apple Watch Ultra 3, makes a big difference in daily use. Even when just walking outside, I no longer have to shield the watch face with my hand to see the display clearly in broad daylight.
Samsung also made the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 thinner, more comfortable, and more powerful, courtesy of the new Snapdragon wearable processor. But for day-to-day use, it’s the changes Samsung has made to its health ecosystem that make things a lot easier. It’s now quicker to access helpful data that you can act on to improve your wellbeing.
