Galaxy Watch Active 2 in the US today A software update has been released for the and it makes an important change: After the update is installed the touch bezel on the watch will be turned on by default. Galaxy Watch Active 2 key features the virtual touch bezel comes disabled out of the box and requires the user to take a trip into the Galaxy Wearable app on their connected smartphone to manually enable it.
While fairly small, at under 14MB, the over-the-air goodie pack brings to the table a number of important changes and improvements. Unfortunately, the two life-saving features inspired by Apple are still set to remain disabled until sometime in early 2020.
If you fondly remember the rotating bezel of 2018’s “regular” Galaxy Watch and its Gear-branded forerunners, you probably know the first Galaxy Watch Active edition killed that handy interaction method, while the second generation marked a revival… of sorts. The Galaxy Watch Active 2 rocks a touch bezel that enables intuitive UI navigation without sacrificing any precious screen real estate.
For some reason though the touch bezel initially came disabled out of the box requiring you to manually activate the feature on your handset’s Galaxy Wearable app. That felt wholly unnecessary, but after you install this first software update, the touch bezel setting will be turned on by default. If you don’t want to be able to switch between apps by “turning” the digital bezel both in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction, you can still switch off the feature but the assumption now is that more people will find this useful than not.