Samsung has launched Galaxy Time watch faces that display live data of planets in the solar system.
Samsung partnered with the European Space Agency to develop the Galaxy Time watch faces.
On March 31, Samsung unveiled new watch faces for its Galaxy Watch lineup, allowing users to view the current time on various planets in the solar system. Named Galaxy Time, these watch faces were developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA). There are a total of eight watch faces, each corresponding to one of the eight planets. In addition to displaying the current time on these planets, the watch faces also provide other relevant data about them.
Mario Winter, Vice President of Marketing at Samsung Electronics Germany, announced the launch of the new watch faces in a post on the company’s German newsroom. He stated, “In this project, ‘Galaxy’ truly encompasses everything. In collaboration with ESA, one of the largest partners in space exploration, we have created a watch face that offers Samsung Galaxy users a fresh and unique way to explore our solar system. With the scientific data provided by ESA to Samsung developers, Galaxy Time users will effortlessly be able to peer beyond our home planet to the planetary neighborhood on their Samsung Galaxy Watch.”
ESA scientist Melanie Heil explained that despite orbiting the same star, the Sun, each planet in the solar system revolves around it and rotates on its own axis at varying speeds compared to Earth. Consequently, the passage of time—days, hours, and seconds—differs significantly for each of the seven other planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Samsung utilized ESA’s data on the rotational speed and orbit of the eight planets around the Sun to create the Galaxy Time watch faces. The displayed time does not necessarily correspond to the precise time on these planets but rather represents their time relative to Earth’s. In addition to displaying the time, the watch faces provide intriguing details about the solar system, including the distance of neighboring planets from the Sun and Earth, the number of moons they have, their precise positions at any given moment, and the planetary seasons.
Samsung disclosed that the concept for the watch face originated from the creative agency Leo Burnett Germany, while the creative brand consultancy Metadesign in Berlin spearheaded the development of Galaxy Time. These watch faces are compatible with all Galaxy Watch devices running on Wear OS, starting from Galaxy Watch 4.
