The Galaxy Watch Ultra aims to take Samsung’s existing watch, and make it more ‘everything’. More battery, bigger size, more buttons, and more features. It added multiband/dual-frequency GNSS, an improved optical heart rate sensor, an emergency siren, and worth the extra cost over the much cheaper Galaxy Watch 7.

The Galaxy Watch Ultra has gained a much more brilliant/brighter display, at 3,000nits. I had no problems seeing it on the beaches of the Mediterranean Sea, or the tops of mountains in the Italian Alps. In addition to the brighter display, the watch has gained a new button – the ‘Quick’ button. This can be customized to open a specific app/function; by default, it’ll open up the Workout menu to select a sport to start. It’s the round orange button seen here: