Galaxy Watch5 to offer BP and ECG monitoring

Galaxy Watch5

Given recent incidents at sporting events that involve emergency medical attention, it just got more essential to have ready made features that can better detect our health state.

Samsung has already made headway into this through their latest update on their Galaxy Watch5 Series, which now includes mechanisms to monitor your blood pressure and heart rate via the BioActive sensor.

Available through the Watch5 as well as the Watch5 Pro, one will be able to monitor your blood pressure through the Samsung Health Monitor, which one would need to install onto their Samsung Galaxy smartphone and then connect it and calibrate onto your Galaxy Watch. Once calibrated, it can make measurements anywhere with the device.

The device will be able to make reads through pulse wave analysis, made possible through Heart Rate Monitoring sensors. These would record the relationship between the calibration value and blood pressure changes. The readings would then be made available for users, and can even be exported into a PDF.

Users also would be able to get an electrocardiogram reading as well with their Galaxy Watch, as the device has a sensor that can record the heart's electrical activity. Reading is as simple as opening the Samsung Health Monitor app once one is seated comfortably and the Galaxy Watch is fitted firmly on one's wrist. The user can then have his forearm rested onto a flat surface, followed by lightly placing a fingertip from the opposite hand onto the top button on the device for thirty seconds.

Data would then be produce out of one's heart rate and rhythm, which would then be displayed as either a Sinus Rhythm if normal or AFib if there is a irregular heartbeat. This information can be converted into a PDF as well.

Aside from these two features, the update on the Galaxy Watch5 series includes improved sleep tracking technology. Users are now able to not just play one's bedtime, but it can also detect snoring, track and understand one's sleep stages. It can also produce nightly sleep reports.

Fitness enthusiasts would relish the Watch5 Series' ability to count steps, calories, and even one's fitness routines. That last feature includes supporting over ninety exercises that can be tracked from the watch. The Watch5 Pro has the added feature of GPS route tracking, which cyclists and hikers would appreciate.

Aside from all of these, the Galaxy Watch5 Series is the most durable and powerful compared to its predecessors. A 15% bigger battery provides room for 20% faster charging, taking it more or less about thirty minutes to go from 0% to 45% charge. The Pro version takes it a step further by having the biggest battery capacity in the series, able to last a full day even with continuous GPS use and eighty hours on standby. Premium Sapphire crystal allows the watch to take some hard knocks, and a splash won't do any harm with its water resistance. Also, the Watch Pro comes with a titanium body case.

Style will not be a problem for those who love wearing the Watch5 Series. A variety of watch faces is available to tailor whatever look one wants with their watch, whether analog or digital, vintage or modern. The 40mm version comes in either Composite Gray, Iconic Gold and Silver, with straps in either Gray, Pink Gold, or Lavender. The 44mm version comes in either Composite Gray, Navy Blue and Silver, with straps in either Gray, New Blue, and White. As for the Galaxy Watch5 Pro, it either comes in Black Titanium or Gray Titanium, both of which can fit with any kind of outdoor ensemble.

The 40mm version of the Galaxy Watch5 is already available locally at the price of PhP 16,990, with the Galaxy Watch5 Pro coming in at PhP 26,990. A 30% discount from either device is available if one purchases a Galaxy S23 Series smartphone.

For more details, one can check out https://www.samsung.com/ph/watches/galaxy-watch/.