Overview
- In late May reporters found three new strings in Google’s Wear OS app — “Fresh 9,” “Wise 9,” and “Project X2” — that multiple outlets have linked to Galaxy Watch 9, Watch 9 Classic, and a Watch Ultra 2.
- Code references include a raise-to-talk entry that suggests Samsung watches could let users raise their wrist and speak commands without saying a wake word, though this feature is not confirmed.
- Some coverage says the standard Watch 9 and Watch 9 Classic may keep Samsung’s Exynos W1000 while the Ultra 2 could adopt Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Wear Elite, but those chipset reports remain speculative.
- Leaked strings also point to One UI 9 Watch running on Wear OS 7 as the software baseline for the family, a detail that has not been verified by Samsung.
- Samsung used Fresh/Wise codenames for the Watch 8 series and released three watch models in 2025, which makes the current mapping plausible and means consumers should await official specs, pricing, and release timing from Samsung.