Suppose the story from today’s South Korean website Pulse does hold any truth. In that case, Samsung may become the first player in the race to put the holy grail of glucose monitoring in smartwatches with all the functionality they host. All the same, for instance, Galaxy watches can take blood pressure readings, having performed this for several generations, some of which require calibration with a typical cuff device to ensure that proper measurements ensue.
Samsung’s glucose monitoring race
Blood pressure measuring, available in the Galaxy Watch series but not known in the Apple Watch series until now, benefits Samsung users. It seems that the Apple Watch X series, which is probably to be released in the fall, will be able to detect high blood pressure for the first time, which is quite breaking news for Apple users. Measuring blood sugar is impossible in smartwatches of reliable quality; a while ago, we discovered that cheap Chinese smartwatches, which advertise so much for nothing, all, in fact, do is work as a leak to your health.
The only way to prevent the iHeal 6 watches from becoming more dangerous is to withdraw them from the market. Another candidate, the Orange Pi Watch D, promises more reliable results. But back to Samsung: just recently, Hon Pak, Samsung’s Vice President for Digital Healthcare, said in January that the company is putting more effort and higher budgets into developing non-invasive blood sugar monitoring technology using wearables.
AI-powered healthcare wearables
According to the Samsung press release in the Korean newsroom, Samsung has begun applying AI to create other convenient household solutions for sugar patients and those with high blood pressure or arrhythmia. We will not evaluate here how realistic a blood sugar monitor on the Galaxy Watch 7 could be in the upcoming year from May 2024 as the longer may come with a version of Galaxy Watch 7 Ultra; however, the information conveyed from sources in South Korea already indicates that this watch may not qualify an authorized medical website, meaning that readings from the blood glucose sensor will not be relied on by medical personnel.
This article originally appeared in Notebookcheck.
