The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra is a beast of a smartwatch. The build quality is excellent, it’s packed with outdoor-focused features, and promises to be great for casual adventurers and serious Samsung fans alike. However, it's too big, perhaps too expensive, and battery life remains frustrating. It’s unlike any Samsung Galaxy Watch before it, but very much like a certain other watch with Ultra in the name.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra is, to be clear, Samsung’s best smartwatch ever from a technical standpoint. It's bigger. It's tougher. It lasts longer. It takes Samsung’s usual design and flips it on its head, adding an endurance-watch twist – even more so than the adventure-focused Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro did when it debuted a couple of years ago.