First Galaxy Watch 3 update adds blood oxygen monitoring and more

Terminal updated: August seventh, 2020 at 11:23 UTC+01:00

The first software update for the Milky way Sentinel 3 is at present out, with Samsung beginning its rollout merely a day afterward releasing its latest and greatest lineup of wearables. This over-the-air release was actually even mentioned at this week'due south Milky way Unpacked 2020 where Samsung officially announced the Galaxy Spotter 3.

More specifically, information technology includes back up for blood oxygen monitoring, VO2max, slumber ratings, and avant-garde running analytics, all of which were touted as some of the central Galaxy Watch 3 features at this week's launch event. The OTA update is 80MB in size and can be installed from the Milky way Wearable app, assuming information technology's already available for download in your territory.

Selective feature availability

Every bit Samsung already noted on Midweek, claret oxygen analytics are meant to provide informative insights into one's wellness and aren't accurate enough to be classified as medical data. What legally constitutes "medical data" varies past country, which is presumably why this functionality isn't available in every single marketplace in which the Galaxy Spotter 3 serial was released. In an alphabetical lodge: Algeria, Angola, Canada, French republic, Iran, Nihon, Great socialist people's libyan arab jamahiriya, S Africa, and Thailand won't be getting access to this feature.

The first Galaxy Watch 3 update volition presumably accept at least several days to exist fully deployed. This won't be the last major wave of feature additions to the new wearable lineup, either. For example, Samsung is still ironing out ECG support for the Galaxy Watch 3. This software strategy appears to mimick that seen terminal year with the Galaxy Watch Active 2, which likewise lacked day-ane ECG monitoring.