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Galaxy Wearable app reveals exclusive HMG Edition watch faces for Galaxy Watch 9 and Ultra 2
Nov 10, 2026 — 3:28 AM ET
- Galaxy Wearable app contains code references to exclusive “HMG Edition” versions of the Ultra Performance and Analog Balance watch faces for the Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2.
- “HMG” likely refers to Hyundai Motor Group, aligning with a recent summit where Samsung gifted custom-packaged devices to attending Hyundai executives.
- Unlike commercial collaborations like Thom Browne, these custom faces and devices were built for corporate gifts and are unlikely to see a public commercial release.
Samsung is no stranger to rolling out special-edition variants of its devices, but a new code finding suggests the company has cooked up something that might be a bit too rare for ordinary consumers to get their hands on. Code within the Galaxy Wearable app reveals that Samsung has prepped exclusive “HMG Edition” watch faces for the Galaxy Watch 9 and the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, likely to complement HMG Edition variants of those watches and other devices.
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The Galaxy Wearable companion app now references dedicated HMG Edition variants of existing watch faces. Specifically, strings for “Ultra Performance HMG Edition” and “Analog Balance HMG Edition” sit directly alongside their standard counterparts:
<string name="watchface_ultra">Ultra Performance</string>
<string name="watchface_ultra_hmg">Ultra Performance HMG Edition</string>
<string name="watchface_base_clock">Analog Balance</string>
<string name="watchface_base_clock_hmg">Analog Balance HMG Edition</string>We do not know what “HMG Edition” means in this context, but if we’re allowed to speculate, HMG likely stands for Hyundai Motor Group.
A recent report from South Korea’s The Chosun Daily notes that Samsung Electronics recently held a high-level summit to forge a “One Team” technology partnership with Hyundai Motor Group. As part of the proceedings, Samsung reportedly presented gifts to attending Hyundai executives, including custom-packaged Galaxy Z Fold 8, Galaxy Buds 4, and Galaxy Watch units.
The timing and branding strongly suggest these two custom watch faces were developed specifically to preload on those executive gift bundles. Unlike Samsung’s previous Thom Browne or Maison Margiela editions, which eventually made their way to stores, these HMG-branded faces appear intended for a much narrower audience.
While some of these employees could eventually put these custom HMG-packaged devices up for resale, there is currently no indication that Samsung plans to release the HMG Edition of these devices (or even just the watch faces) to the general public. For now, users will have to settle for the regular Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 with the standard Ultra Performance and Analog Balance designs already available on One UI Watch.
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