Older Galaxy Watch models could get Ultra-exclusive watch faces with a future update

The Ultra Analog and Simple Ultra watch faces are currently limited to Samsung's flagship smartwatch.

Older Galaxy Watch models could get Ultra-exclusive watch faces with a future update
The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra worn on a wrist, showing the side buttons.
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  • The Galaxy Watch Ultra comes with two exclusive watch faces that have a unique feature.
  • Samsung does not offer these watch faces on the Galaxy Watch 7, and they’re not bundled in the One UI 6 Watch beta builds for older models either.
  • However, the Ultra-exclusive watch faces could make it to all compatible models with a future update.

Samsung’s new smartwatches may differ in terms of hardware, but the Galaxy Watch Ultra and Watch 7 offer the same suite of health and fitness tracking features. These features will also make it to older Galaxy smartwatches with the Wear OS 5 update in the coming weeks, but the update won’t bring all the new watch faces that Samsung is offering with its latest smartwatches.

The Galaxy Watch Ultra comes with two exclusive watch faces: Ultra Analog and Simple Ultra. These watch faces have a unique feature that gives the watch hands, hour markers, and a few other UI elements a traditional watch-style photoluminescent glow in the dark. Samsung does not offer these watch faces on the Galaxy Watch 7, and it hasn’t bundled them in the One UI 6 Watch Beta builds for the older models either.