Samsung is finally bringing blood pressure monitoring to Galaxy Watch owners in the US… sort of. Starting Tuesday, the feature, already available in other countries, is rolling out to older models as well as the current Galaxy Watch 8 series. But it won’t be as simple as updating your smartwatch and pressing a button.
For starters, you’ll need to own (or buy) a traditional upper-arm blood pressure cuff to calibrate the feature on the smartwatch. And you’ll have to download a separate app, the Samsung Health Monitor app, on your smartphone. Then you’ll have to recalibrate with the cuff every 28 days to ensure accurate readings.
In other words — the blood pressure monitor requires a blood pressure monitor to function.
Samsung first introduced blood pressure monitoring on its watches in 2020, gradually rolling it out in other countries, but regulatory holdups kept it from being usable in the US.
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