Galaxy Watch 8 (2025)

Samsung

Galaxy Watch 8 (2025)

101 positive 1 neutral 95 negative

Based on 197 Reddit mentions

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Not Even One Week

Besides watch 8 classic, samsung watches have soft metal and corners since watch 7. My watch 4 classic was my last war tank.

Kshatriya8 in r/GalaxyWatch

August 10, 2026 2:38 PM

8

One UI 8 please come to Watch 7 πŸ™πŸ»πŸ™πŸ»πŸ˜­

It will. Probably in December. Don't want to hurt sales of the "new" Gw8. Samsung always does this. Since the new watches are barely different from the old ones.

Centralredditfan in r/GalaxyWatch

July 26, 2025 11:03 AM

38

Latest One UI 8.0 update for the Watch 7. New charging screen

I'm sad that Samsung is abandoning the round shape for their watches in favor of the squircle (Ultra and now GW8). GW7 for the <3

Frozen_Red_Fox in r/GalaxyWatch

October 16, 2025 5:22 PM

8

Regarding the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic

I couldn't ever get past the squircle, ugly bottle cap bezel and smaller screen. Also sticking to my GW6C 47mm. If Samsung had just stuffed the GW8 internals into a GW6C style body, they would have sold out. Instead, they have one of the lowest selling watch models they have put out in 5 years, and

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Ka0s420 in r/GalaxyWatch

November 10, 2025 11:47 PM

8

Watch 7 update out

Eff up my GW4s twice with untested updates, shame on Samsung. Eff up my GW8 with an untested update once, shame on me.

topmagoo in r/GalaxyWatch

July 15, 2026 2:08 PM

3

Galaxy watch 6C Longer use review and some concerns

Same exact issue with Play Services battery consumption on Galaxy Watch 8, and think of it, the GW8 is the top of the line right now. It's incredible and disappointing that Samsung does such awful things to it's users that pay the premium price for their phones, watches, buds, and all their other pr

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YetTooCurious in r/GalaxyWatch

May 14, 2026 6:28 PM

3

Galaxy Watch 8, Ultra, or wait

I was planning to buy GW8 but Samsung confirms the next Galaxy Watch will jump to Qualcomm’s SoC, so will wait now for the next one in july https://share.google/LLjmS1WbHWLRWeqcb

KillerPhoenix92 in r/GalaxyWatch

March 2, 2026 5:00 PM

3

Not Even One Week

I had no idea the 6 was like that. Watch 8 Classic i need to reboot once in awhile because screen stops responding. I might either go cheaper next time with amazfit or move to IOs. Besides a coherent ecosystem, samsung isn't delivering quality. Paying a premium price for that is depressing. Bad earb

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Kshatriya8 in r/GalaxyWatch

August 10, 2026 4:14 PM

2

WTF is samsung smoking with the new watch designs

I did think the same coming from a GW4 Classic to a GW8 Classic. It has grown on me. But it seems to me that Samsung have started taking design cues off of Apple. Both for the GW8 and Ultra designs too. Side-by-side comparisons cos I do still use my Watch 4 for the gym at the moment

ash_ninetyone in r/GalaxyWatch

July 24, 2026 11:07 AM

2

Galaxy Watch6 44 mm to Watch9 44 mm β€” is it actually worth upgrading?

Based on my experience, i have upgraded each year until this year. Tired of wasting money on only a couple of new features just to not even use them. They sound nice but some are useless unless you buy other health devices. Coming from the GW4, GW5, GW6 & Classic, GW7, to GW8. Save your money. Now I

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Fresh-Night-6992 in r/GalaxyWatch

July 25, 2026 6:50 PM

2

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