Last Updated: August 30, 2026 — Garmin’s Fenix 9 and Fenix 9 Pro launched August 25 and are available to order now. The Enduro 4 did not launch alongside it as expected — see the “Unclear Timing” section below. We’ve also added four newly leaked devices to this tracker: Samsung Galaxy Fit 4, Samsung Galaxy Aero, Fitbit Charge 7, and Coros Pace 4 Pro.
Bookmark this page. This is a living tracker, not a one-time article. We update this tracker promptly after major official announcements and revisit unclear launches regularly as new evidence emerges. Next scheduled check: early September, around Apple’s event.
This page tracks every major 2026 smartwatch launch in one place — what’s already out, what’s strongly expected, and what’s still unclear, with our best honest estimate of timing and evidence wherever we have one.
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Prices marked with an asterisk () are estimates based on leaks, previous-generation pricing, or industry reporting — not official figures.*
| Watch | Status | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garmin Cirqa | ✅ Launched | Jul 21, 2026 | $199.99 |
| Samsung Galaxy Watch 9 | ✅ Launched | Jul 22, 2026 | $379.99+ |
| Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 | ✅ Launched | Jul 22, 2026 | $699.99 |
| Google Pixel Watch 5 | ✅ Launched | Aug 12, 2026 | ~$349+ |
| Garmin Fenix 9 | ✅ Launched | Aug 25, 2026 | $999.99+ |
| Garmin Fenix 9 Pro | ✅ Launched | Aug 25, 2026 | $1,099+ |
| Apple Watch Series 12 | 🔵 Expected soon | Expected Sept 8–9, 2026 | ~$399* most likely, ~$429* possible |
| Apple Watch Ultra 4 | 🔵 Expected soon | Expected Sept 8–9, 2026 | ~$799–$899* |
| Suunto Race 3 / 3S | 🔵 Expected soon | No confirmed date | Not yet announced |
| Garmin Enduro 4 | 🟡 Unclear | Best guess: Oct–Dec 2026* | ~$899–$949* expected |
| Garmin Vivosmart 6 | 🟡 Unclear | Best guess: Q4 2026*, low confidence | ~$150–$180* expected |
| Samsung Galaxy Fit 4 | 🟡 Unclear | FCC-approved Aug 4; best guess: Sept–Dec 2026* | Below Fitbit Air’s price point — exact figure unconfirmed* |
| Samsung Galaxy Aero | 🟡 Unclear | No confirmed date — early-stage app code leak | Not yet announced |
| Fitbit Charge 7 | 🟡 Unclear | No confirmed date — appeared in Google’s own Pixel 11 ads | Under €150 plausible — unconfirmed* |
| Coros Pace 4 Pro | 🟡 Unclear | Certified in Indonesia Aug 5; best guess: weeks to ~2 months out | Not yet announced |
| Coros Vertix successor | 📅 Long-range | No leak signal — name unconfirmed | Not yet announced |
| Garmin Instinct 4 | 📅 Long-range | Best guess: 2027–2028, pattern only* | Not yet announced |
How We Classify Launches
✅ Launched — Officially announced and available, or officially scheduled for sale.
🔵 Expected Soon — Strong evidence the product is coming, but the manufacturer hasn’t officially confirmed a date. This covers two different kinds of certainty: sometimes we’re confident about timing but not the official date (Apple’s Series 12 and Ultra 4 — a fall event is essentially certain, just not yet dated), and sometimes we’re confident the product exists but have no timing signal at all (Suunto’s Race 3/3S — confirmed real via regulatory filings, but no launch window to point to).
🟡 Unclear or Rumored — There’s real, direct evidence the product is coming (an APK reference, a regulatory filing tied to the device) but timing, specs, or even the final name remain genuinely uncertain. Where we can, we give you our reasoning and a best-guess window instead of just shrugging — but treat these as informed guesses, not promises.
📅 Long-Range Outlook — No direct leak evidence at all: no APK reference, no regulatory filing, nothing tied specifically to the device. What we have instead is a company’s historical release cadence, which we use to estimate a rough window years out. This is a meaningfully weaker basis than the 🟡 tier above it, which is why we separate the two — treat these as “here’s the pattern” rather than “here’s what we’ve found.”
We don’t currently have anything on this page that would count as pure speculation (evidence-free rumor with no cadence basis either) — if we did, we’d label it separately and keep it clearly apart from every tier above.
Already Launched — Available to Order Now ✅
Garmin Cirqa — July 21
$199.99 / £179.99 / €199.99. 24/7 recovery band (not a full watch), 10-day battery, Elevate Gen 4 sensor with skin temp and SpO2, 4 colors, no mandatory subscription for core features.
Read next:
- Is Garmin Cirqa Worth It for Non-Athletes? (2026 Honest Take)
- Garmin CIRQA vs Whoop 5: Official Launch Verdict ($199.99) (2026)
- Garmin Cirqa vs Fitbit Air (2026): Which Screenless Tracker to Buy?
Samsung Galaxy Watch 9 — July 22
$379.99 (40mm) / ~$409 (44mm). Snapdragon Wear Elite chip (a correction from our earlier Exynos guess), 390–445mAh battery, Wear OS 7 + One UI 9 Watch.
Read next: –Samsung Galaxy Watch 9: The Chip Surprise, Full Specs & Ultra 2 Comparison (2026)
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 — July 22
$699.99. 800mAh battery, 5,000-nit display, IP69K + dive certification. No 5G — despite earlier leak reports (including ours) suggesting it would have US/Korea support.
Read next:
Google Pixel Watch 5 — August 12
Starting ~$349. Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 chip (not the custom Tensor chip that was rumored), Gorilla Glass 5 (not sapphire), 3GB RAM, 64GB storage, Breathing Emergency Detection.
Read next: Google Pixel Watch 5: Price, Design, Display, Health & Everything You Need to Know
Garmin Fenix 9 & Fenix 9 Pro — August 25
$999.99 (43mm/47mm base) to $1,199 (51mm Pro). Over 2x brighter than Fenix 8, 64GB storage, Garmin Epic feature, same launch price as Fenix 8.
Battery: 10–29 days depending on size, up to 291 days power-saving on the 51mm Pro Solar. No new heart rate sensor or GPS hardware this generation — the Elevate 5 sensor and multi-band GNSS both carry over from Fenix 8.
Read next:
- Fenix 9 Size & Tier Guide: Which One Should You Actually Buy?
- Garmin Fenix 9 vs Fenix 8 (2026) Now Official : Is the Upgrade Worth It?
Expected Soon — Not Yet Officially Confirmed 🔵
Apple Watch Series 12 — Expected September 8–9
New S11 chip, blood pressure monitoring as a strong rumor, watchOS 27. Apple hasn’t announced an event date yet, but a September fall event is close to certain based on the company’s consistent yearly pattern — what’s genuinely unconfirmed is the exact date and the final specs.
On price: most leak sources still point to $399, matching Series 11 with no increase — that’s the more likely figure. One detailed report has pegged it closer to $429, tied to a rumored microLED display and new sensor array. We’d bet on $399 if we had to pick one, but budget for $429 so you’re not surprised.
Apple Watch Ultra 4 — Expected September 8–9
New S11 chip, upgraded 8-sensor ring array, real-time blood pressure alerts under FDA review, ~$799–$899. One thing to know before you wait for it: the widely reported “15% thinner redesign” is now genuinely disputed.
DigiTimes called it a major redesign; Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported on August 6 that he doesn’t expect major design changes to either Apple Watch this year. If a thinner Ultra was your reason to wait, that’s no longer a safe bet.
Read next:
- Apple Watch Series 12 Release Date & Price : What’s Confirmed
- Apple Watch Ultra 4: Redesign Now Contested
- Garmin Fenix 9 vs Apple Watch Ultra 4 (2026): Which One Should Serious Athletes Buy?
Suunto Race 3 / Race 3 S — Existence Confirmed, No Date
This one’s a different kind of “expected soon” than Apple above — we’re confident the product is real, less confident about when. Model codes tied to official retail names are on file with regulators in Singapore and Malaysia, which is a step beyond a typical leak: it means the hardware physically exists and is moving toward launch, even without a Suunto announcement yet.
Price, processor, and battery figures are still unconfirmed, and we’re intentionally not giving a launch-window guess here, unlike the Enduro 4 or Vivosmart 6 below — there isn’t yet a comparable signal (like a CEO earnings comment or a certification-to-launch pattern) to anchor a window to.
Read next: Suunto Race 3 vs Race 2: What the Leak Actually Changes
Unclear or Rumored — Best Guess, Backed by Real Leak Evidence 🟡
Garmin Enduro 4 — Best Guess: October–December 2026, If It Lands in 2026 at All
This page previously expected the Enduro 4 to launch alongside the Fenix 9, based on both names surfacing in the same Garmin Connect app code. That didn’t happen.
The August 25 event launched only the Fenix 9 and Fenix 9 Pro, and Garmin still hasn’t officially confirmed the Enduro 4 by name — the evidence for it remains a code reference and a regulatory filing, not a company statement.
Here’s our honest reasoning for the timing guess above: Garmin’s CEO repeated “a very active H2 2026 for outdoor” guidance on two consecutive earnings calls, and the Outdoor segment’s revenue actually declined 2% in Q2 — which gives Garmin a real business reason to still want an Enduro 4 out before year-end rather than letting it slip. That’s a case for October–December.
But a joint-launch pattern breaking after three straight generations is also a real signal that something changed internally, which is a case for a slip into 2027. We’re genuinely split on this, which is why this is a guess, not a confident prediction.
Read next: Garmin Enduro 4: Full Breakdown
Garmin Vivosmart 6 — Best Guess: Q4 2026, Low Confidence
Regulatory filings cleared months ago, and a watch doesn’t usually sit in that state indefinitely — it’s either close, or been quietly deprioritized in favor of other launches.
Given Garmin’s attention this year has clearly gone to Fenix 9 and (potentially) Enduro 4 first, a Q4 2026 window for the Vivosmart 6 is plausible, but we have meaningfully less confidence in this one than in the Enduro 4 guess above. Expected ~$150–$180 whenever it lands.
Read next: Garmin Vivosmart 6: Repair Database Leak Confirms Launch Is Very Close
Samsung Galaxy Fit 4 — FCC-Approved, Best Guess: September–December 2026
The Galaxy Fit 4 (model SM-R391) cleared FCC certification on August 4, 2026, confirming real hardware is in regulatory testing. Bluetooth 5.4 is confirmed; battery, GPS, and price remain unknown. Reporting points to a September–December 2026 window, possibly alongside the Galaxy S26 FE — not yet confirmed by Samsung.
Read next: Samsung Galaxy Fit 4: Bluetooth 5.4 Confirmed, GPS Still the Question
Samsung Galaxy Aero — Early-Stage Code Leak, No Date
Spotted by SamMobile in the Galaxy Wearable app’s code, “Galaxy Aero” appears alongside the identifier galaxy_rtos_watch — meaning it would run on a real-time OS instead of Wear OS, likely slotting between the Galaxy Fit line and the Watch FE. This is genuinely early-stage: a codename and an OS reference, no filing, no render, no specs yet.
Read next: Samsung Galaxy Aero Leak: A New RTOS Watch Beyond Wear OS
Fitbit Charge 7 — Spotted in Google’s Own Pixel 11 Ads, No Date
An unannounced, pill-shaped wearable showed up in Google’s own Pixel 11 marketing images in mid-August 2026 — an apparent unintentional reveal, not a regulatory leak. No name, price, or date is confirmed, and some outlets question whether the image is even genuine.
Read next: Fitbit Charge 7: Release Date, Specs & Will It Replace Fitbit Air?
Coros Pace 4 Pro — Certified in Indonesia, Likely Weeks Out
Model number W337 cleared Indonesia’s SDPPI e-Sertifikasi database on August 5, 2026, filed by Coros’s local distributor PT Denka Pratama Indonesia — the same category of regulatory filing that’s been the leading indicator across this whole page.
Regulatory certifications of this type typically precede a commercial announcement by a few weeks to about two months, which puts a plausible window in the September–October 2026 range, though Coros hasn’t confirmed anything publicly.
No spec sheet has leaked yet. Reporting has speculated about offline topographic maps, a sapphire or titanium build, and improved GNSS accuracy as reasonable “Pro” upgrades over the current Pace 4, based on how Coros treated the earlier Pace Pro relative to the standard Pace 3 — but none of that is confirmed by the filing itself, which only establishes the device is real and in late-stage testing.
Long-Range Outlook — Pattern-Based Only, No Leak Evidence 📅
These two are different in kind from the 🟡 tier above, not just in degree. Neither has an APK reference, a regulatory filing, or an executive comment tied to it specifically — everything here is inferred purely from how often each company has historically released a new model. Treat these as “if the pattern holds,” not “here’s what we found.”
Coros Vertix Successor — No Confirmed Name, No Estimate
If you’ve seen “Vertix 3” mentioned online, treat it with caution — Coros hasn’t confirmed a watch by that name as of this update.
Reporting suggests Coros may skip straight to “Vertix 4” to match its Pace and Apex lines, both already at generation 4. We don’t have enough signal to estimate timing here at all — the current, actually-shipping flagship is the Vertix 2S.
Garmin Instinct 4 — Best Guess: 2027–2028
Active community wishlist discussion, but no real leak signal behind it — no APK reference, no FCC filing, unlike the Fenix 9 and Enduro 4 leaks that did have those.
Historical Instinct cadence (roughly 3+ years between generations, with Instinct 3 launching January 2025) points to 2027–2028, not this year. This is our highest-confidence “far away” estimate on this page, precisely because there’s no active leak signal pulling it earlier.
Looking Further Ahead — What’s NOT on the Radar Yet
Nothing above covers every brand, because not every brand has something imminent. Here’s the longer view, so you’re not left wondering why Samsung, Google, or a second Garmin flagship cycle aren’t mentioned above:
Samsung: Galaxy Watch has followed an annual release pattern in recent years (Unpacked each July). Having just launched the Watch 9 and Ultra 2 in July 2026, the next Galaxy Watch — likely a Watch 10, possibly with a Classic model returning after skipping 2026 — isn’t expected until summer 2027 if that pattern holds. Nothing to watch for here before then.
Google: Pixel Watch has also followed a yearly rhythm, tied to the Pixel phone launch each August. Having just launched the Watch 5, the next Pixel Watch would realistically land around August 2027 on the same pattern.
Garmin (Fenix line specifically): The Fenix line has run on a roughly 2-year cadence historically. Having just launched Fenix 9, the next mainline Fenix isn’t realistically expected before 2028 if that cadence continues. The Enduro 4 and Instinct 4 above are separate, shorter-cycle product lines within Garmin’s outdoor range, which is why they can move independently of Fenix.
Apple: After Series 12 and Ultra 4 ship in September, Apple’s next Watch cycle would typically begin around September 2027, following its usual annual pattern.
Worth remembering: every one of these is a pattern-based estimate, not a guarantee — the same category of guess as our 📅 Long-Range Outlook tier above, not the leak-backed 🟡 tier. Companies do change release schedules — Garmin just did exactly that with the Enduro 4 this year.
What smartwatches are expected in 2027?
It’s early to say with confidence, but based on the annual and multi-year patterns covered above: Samsung’s next Galaxy Watch (~summer 2027), Google’s next Pixel Watch (~August 2027), Apple’s next Watch cycle (~September 2027), and potentially the Garmin Instinct 4 (2027–2028 window) are the names most likely to surface first.
We’ll track 2027 launches in more detail as real evidence — APK references, regulatory filings, credible leaks — starts to appear, the same way we did for the Fenix 9 and Enduro 4 this year.
Sources
Samsung official Unpacked, July 22, 2026 Garmin official Cirqa press release, July 21, 2026 Garmin official Fenix 9 and Fenix 9 Pro product pages, confirmed August 25, 2026 Google Made by Google event, August 12, 2026 Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Power On newsletter, August 6, 2026 — Apple Watch Ultra 4/Series 12 design reporting Garmin Q2 2026 earnings call, July 29, 2026 — Outdoor segment revenue and H2 guidance Android Authority / Gadgets & Wearables — Samsung Galaxy Fit 4 FCC filing, August 4, 2026 SamMobile / Android Authority — Samsung Galaxy Aero app-code leak, August 5, 2026 Gadgets & Wearables — Fitbit Charge 7 sighting in Pixel 11 ads, mid-August 2026 the5krunner / Chinese Smartwatches — Coros Pace 4 Pro Indonesian SDPPI filing, August 5, 2026
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Last updated: August 30, 2026 · Next scheduled check: early September 2026
