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When the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 launched it wasn’t joined by the Watch Active 4, as we’d expected, but rather the Watch 4 Classic, which uses the same software as its sibling, but has a more premium design, and a higher price. The main reason you’d choose this watch over the non-Classic version is its rotating physical bezel, which you can use to scroll smoothly through menus to navigate the watch; the standard-issue Watch 4 has a haptic version of this feature which doesn’t work nearly as well. The Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic also debut a new version of Wear OS, Google’s smartwatch operating system, which Samsung had a hand in designing. This means you’re getting access to the Play Store, and to both Google’s and Samsung’s fitness apps. It’s not a perfect watch though, and it has the same issues as many similar wearables. The design is big and bulky, and it didn’t sit snugly on our wrist, due to some band issues we’ll explore further on. As a result the Watch 4 Classic jig...

When the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 launched it wasn’t joined by the Watch Active 4, as we’d expected, but rather the Watch 4 Classic, which uses the same software as its sibling, but has a more premium design, and a higher price. The main reason you’d choose this watch over the non-Classic version is its rotating physical bezel, which you can use to scroll smoothly through menus to navigate the watch; the standard-issue Watch 4 has a haptic version of this feature which doesn’t work nearly as well. The Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic also debut a new version of Wear OS, Google’s smartwatch operating system, which Samsung had a hand in designing. This means you’re getting access to the Play Store, and to both Google’s and Samsung’s fitness apps. It’s not a perfect watch though, and it has the same issues as many similar wearables. The design is big and bulky, and it didn’t sit snugly on our wrist, due to some band issues we’ll explore further on. As a result the Watch 4 Classic jig...