So, the rumors started…
High expectations and probably small changes.
Time will tell.
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I have too many watches already, so if the GW8 doesn’t move mountains, I’m not buying.
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Not for me. They ruin it with the last bit. I do not want my watch to be my assistant, nor more conversational. That I have my phone for. I do not want to debate with my watch, I want to look at it and see what I need. The watch has to be tool packed with body and environment sensors, not wasting the tiny resources on some shady AI.
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Whenever I get a new phone or watch, I always turn off the assistant. I have a wife, I don’t need my watch and phone to tell me what to do! 
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I’ve never used voice activation but I do use speech recog in ChatGPT and long press watch button to set timers.
My echo is there for timers, alarms and music.
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Talking of Google Assistant . It is often running when I pull my GW5 off charge . I have switched all the permissions I can . It can not be uninstalled . I think the Microphone can not be switched off . It uses a little power , not too much . It is obviously just listening but I find it very annoying that it can not be terminated . As the others have mention , I am actually still Married which is always a surprise .
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Hi @mrantisocialguy
Mhhh, allow me to doubt. You said the same thing for the other 7 and…you bought them all.
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I couldn’t agree more.
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I said the same for watch 7 Ultra… no way I’ll buy it… but here we are, it’s on my hand…
Resistance is futile.
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That is true, but now I have the original Galaxy Watch, the Pro 5, the 6 Classic and the 7 Ultra of which the first three are Facer compatible. I don’t need another incompatible watch, and I don’t want to trade in any of my others.
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At least I’m not the only one!
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Absolutely!
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Will Facer run on it?
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You never know by then. It will if Facer come to an agreement with Google over the 7.
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Probably not since Google is in the middle of forcing out all their competition.
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That’s what antitrust suits are for.
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The only reason I would consider a new watch as long as the old one is running, is if I could get my Dexcom G7 readings on it.
I only got the Galaxy 4 watch because the battery on my Gear 3 couldn’t hold a charge and I couldn’t find a way to replace it. I miss that watch.
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I’m waiting on blood sugar levels by LED & sensors. Samsung is “supposed” to be working on that for the 7 series, but didn’t make enough progress. Now they are looking at series 8 if they can get it working reliably.
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Im not sure but I think Samsung are working on using a sensor to determine blood sugar levels in a similar way blood pressure is measured. Like @wsilbers mentioned communication with Dexcom (I’m Medtronic) would be ideal.
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