Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 could have an expandable screen and camera

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 could have an expandable screen and camera You might be perfectly satisfied with your current smartwatch, if its screen could unfold and expand to get bigger? What if it also had a small camera to take pictures of your wrist? Interested? Samsung patent petitions spotted by LetsGoDigital suggest these quirks are in the worksProbably in time for the Galaxy Watch 5, though it may be a little early for this technology to go from the drawing board to an actual product. The Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic both broke coverage in August, signaling a return to Google's Wear OS software instead of Samsung's Tizen operating system, so we hope each and every devices appear in the month of August two thousand twenty-two. A Samsung smartwatch patent showing a watch with an expandable display. A Samsung smartwatch patent showing a watch with an expandable display. (Image credit: Samsung/LetsGoDigital)

More screen space

As you can see from the images provided by LetsGoDigital, future smartwatch users would use a pinch and pinch gesture to unfold the screen on their wrists, giving 40% more screen space according to the document sent. By Samsung (it's 96 pages, by the way). The crown of the watch can also be used to manipulate the screen it resembles, while the frame between the 2 halves of the screen can optionally contain a small camera and flash, so you can take photos and videos without distancing yourself from your old smartphone. As is always the case with patents, this signals something Samsung is thinking about, not necessarily something it's never going to release. Still, it's an intriguing prospect that could help future Galaxy Watch devices stand out from the competition.

Analysis: Connected watches are growing

Apple watch vs wachth 6 with fitness elements activated Apple Watch 7 and Apple Watch 6. (Image credit: TechRadar) Smartwatches have been around for years now, but it's fair to say they haven't evolved much since their inception; actually, it's pretty hard to see how they might evolve other than include more sensors and improve performance year after year. Display innovations could be one way smartwatches move forward, like this recently discovered patent from Samsung. Devices like the Nubia Watch have proven how curved and wraparound displays can work on these wearables, though these alternative designs are only available on a small number of devices now. It's obviously not easy to achieve a curved piece of glass this small, and if Samsung does bring its expandable smartwatch face to market, it will have to overcome serious engineering challenges to make it work that way. . That's an indication of where the smartwatch industry is headed, though: and we love the direction. As manufacturers continue to improve the manufacturing of foldable phones and miniaturized internal components, we expect to see more and more breakthrough smartwatches in the near future.