2026 Smartwatch Releases: Launch Dates, Prices and What’s Next

Confirmed and rumoured

1. Overdue

   Garmin Enduro 4

   Rumored
   • Did not launch: Play Harder passed with no mention of the line
   • The two-year cadence pointed squarely at August 2026
   • The Fenix 9 took that slot instead
   • Garmin cited stronger second-half Outdoor revenue without naming a device
   • One clue: Indonesian certification A05197, filed the same day as the Fenix 9

   Expected

   No date given

   Replaces

   Enduro 3, August 2024

   Overdue by

   Two-year cadence missed

2. Unannounced

   Garmin CIRQA Smart Ring

   Rumored
   • Model name appeared in Indonesia’s certification database on 12 August
   • The certificate was gone from public search by the next morning
   • Garmin has never announced a smart ring
   • Executives previously said the company would not make one
   • Filed under the same product family as the CIRQA band

   Evidence

   Certification filing only

   Predecessor

   None

   Family

   CIRQA

   Confidence

   Low

3. 2026, no date

   Fitbit hardware

   Rumored
   • Google confirmed new Fitbit hardware for 2026 during the Fitbit Coach preview
   • No device and no date have followed
   • The last mainline tracker was the Charge 6 in September 2023
   • The Versa 4 and Sense 2 date to 2022 and never got successors
   • Expected to be a tracker rather than a smartwatch

   Expected

   2026, unspecified

   Last release

   Charge 6, September 2023

   Drought

   36 months

4. Unannounced

   Samsung Galaxy Fit 4

   Rumored
   • FCC filing confirms model number SM-R391
   • REV2.0 hardware was tested in July
   • Bluetooth 5.4 and production charging components documented
   • Samsung has not announced it
   • A screenless band, which is the year’s busiest category

   Evidence

   FCC filing, SM-R391

   Predecessor

   Galaxy Fit 3

   Confidence

   Moderate

   Category

   Screenless band

5. Late 2026 or early 2027

   Garmin Tactix 9

   Rumored
   • The tactical version of the Fenix, historically following it by about three months
   • That cadence puts it around November 2026 or early 2027
   • Will be built on the Fenix 9 platform, so expect 64 GB and the brighter AMOLED
   • The Quatix 9, Garmin’s marine variant, usually arrives in the same window
   • No filing, no teaser, no date from Garmin

   Expected

   Late 2026 / early 2027

   Predecessor

   Tactix 8

   Platform

   Fenix 9

   Confidence

   Moderate, cadence-based

6. Ruled out for 2026

   Apple Watch SE 4

   Ruled out
   • Settled on 9 September: Apple showed no SE at the Surprise and Shine event
   • The SE 3 continues unchanged as the entry model
   • The SE line has never followed an annual cycle the way the Series does
   • The SE 3 only arrived in September 2025, so it is one year old
   • It gained 5G, an always-on display and fast charging in that update

   Status

   Confirmed absent from the 2026 line-up

   Current model

   Apple Watch SE 3, September 2025

   Age

   12 months

7. Unannounced

   Polar Pacer X

   Rumored
   • The name appeared as a new string in Polar Flow version 7.35.0
   • No regulatory filings have followed, which usually precede a launch by months
   • Polar has released no new watch at all in 2026
   • The year’s effort went into the Polar Loop band and a rebuild of the Flow app
   • Treat this as the earliest possible stage of evidence

   Evidence

   App string only

   Predecessor

   Polar Pacer Pro

   Polar in 2026

   No watch released

   Confidence

   Low

8. Unannounced

   COROS VERTIX 4 and Suunto Race 3

   Rumored
   • Neither brand has shipped anything in 2026
   • COROS spent 2025 on the PACE 4, APEX 4 and NOMAD
   • The VERTIX 4 is widely expected to add LTE calling
   • Unpublished Suunto copy names both a Race 3 and a Race 3 S
   • The smaller Race 3 S is expected first

   Evidence

   Leaked copy, expectation

   COROS last

   PACE 4, Nov 2025

   Suunto last

   Race 2, 2025

   Confidence

   Low