Samsung to replace Galaxy Watch 'Vascular Load' feature with blood pressure trend tracking
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Ben Schoon
Summary
Samsung is discontinuing the "Vascular Load" feature on Galaxy Watch devices with the upcoming One UI 9 Watch (Wear OS 7) and Samsung Health 7.0 update. The feature, which measured vascular load during sleep using photoplethysmography, will be replaced by a new metric focused on blood pressure trends. The change affects US Galaxy Watch users, and previous Vascular Load data will be removed.
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bskySamsung to replace Galaxy Watch 'Vascular Load' feature with blood pressure trend tracking9to5google.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledSamsung explains that it will shut down support for measuring a user's 'Vascular Load' on Galaxy Watch starting with the next major update One UI 9 Watch (Wear OS 7) and Samsung Health 7.0.
While you sleep, [Galaxy Watch] reads Photoplethysmog...
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