It seems that every other fitness product wants to be your next health coach. It started with fitness products like Whoop, Oura ring, and UltraHuman. Recently, Google joined the bandwagon with its latest Fitbit Air, and now it seems Samsung is also joining the party.
The South Korean tech giant is rolling out a major Samsung Health update on June 8 that will debut alongside its next Galaxy Watch. The update is designed to turn the watch into a proactive health companion, one that actively interprets your biometric data and tells you what to do with it.
What’s actually new in this update?
The biggest addition is the Vitals feature. Every morning, it analyses five overnight bio-signals, including heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate, skin temperature, and blood oxygen levels, and compares them to your personal baseline. You get a notification when something is meaningfully off, so it won’t buzz you every time your heart rate blinks the wrong way.
Samsung is also replacing its existing Vascular Load feature with a new Heart Health Score, which combines sleep, stress, activity, and body composition data into a single daily metric. The idea is to give you one clear number that reflects your long-term heart health, instead of making you piece it together yourself.
For those who exercise, Daily Cardio Load will track your accumulated cardiovascular strain and recommend how hard to push and when to rest. The Fitness Index builds on this by measuring your VO2 max and daily steps against your peers, identifying your strengths and weaknesses, and tailoring your fitness goals accordingly.
What else is new?
Samsung Health’s home screen is also getting a cleaner layout built around five categories: Sleep, Activity, Nutrition, Mindfulness, and Vitals. Your daily wellness tips and Energy Score now sit front and center.
The update also adds Hearing Health monitoring, which tracks ambient noise levels throughout your day and gives you personalized analytics to help protect your hearing.
Samsung says all of these features will be fully realized with its next generation of Galaxy Watches, which will be announced soon.