https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/14/samsung_galaxy_watch_handson/

Hands On Platform rivals to the Apple’s WatchOS have been stagnating for years, with no new silicon from Qualcomm with which to take on the (now) all-conquering Apple smartwatch since 2016. Samsung isn’t dependent on San Diego for silicon though, and it has put the latest it can into its new wearables – and seriously revived the race.

Judging from the pre-release models I tried, Samsung is at last taking its own scattergun wearables portfolio much more seriously.