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April 22, 2020 09:38 pm

Samsungs blood pressure measurement on smartwatches still a have long way to go





Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active 2 has taken another big step toward offering blood pressure monitoring, a feature Samsung has been promising since the original Galaxy Watch Active was released in 2019. This week saw Samsung’s Health Monitor app get regulatory approval from South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), the first government agency to do so — but there’s a whole lot of caveats that bring to question how useful Samsung’s measuring will really be.


The first hurdle is that the app has only been approved in South Korea, meaning that users in other countries will still have to wait for it to be approved by their own governmental agencies. And even in South Korea, Samsung says that the app won’t be available until the...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/22/21229314/samsung-smartwatches-galaxy-active-2-blood-pressure-app-south-korea-regulatory-approval

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