Samsung Health Monitor app update

[kide#WN]

This morning the Samsung Health Monitor app was updated on my Galaxy Watch 8 Classic with support for High Blood Pressure monitoring in the US. Finally after so may years of promising.
But when I try to use it, the watch app needs the phone app to enable Blood Pressure monitoring as well and the phone app does not have the is update. I tried to reinstall it, still not available.
Any one got it working (not a hacked version, but an official version).

 

[SpookDroid]

Just wait for BOTH apps to update (the rollout is still happening, but for whatever reason, updates aren't hitting users at the same time). We've waited 4+ years, we can wait a few days more.

 

[Talderon]

Is this only coming to the Watch 8's?

 

[BerryBubbles]

Is this only coming to the Watch 8's?

I have the blood pressure monitoring working on my Watch 6 Classic and the updated Samsung Health Monitor on my phone. The release should cover watches from the Watch 4 & forward.

 

[SpookDroid]

Is this only coming to the Watch 8's?

Anything from the Watch 4 and newer...eventually.

 

[kide#WN]

Got the phone app update today.

 

[Talderon]

Just verified that I got the app/watch update and can now monitor Blood Pressure on my Watch 4!! I need to calibrate it still, but wife and I are excited!!

 

[notforhire]

I'm all loaded up on my phone (S24U) and watch (GW7). Now, I just have to convince myself that calibrating the thing with my regular BP monitor is worth the admittedly minor aggravation.

 

[SpookDroid]

Same here, phone app updated this morning. Just calibrated it and tested a couple times to compare with cuff. Pretty good match (last time I tried it was with the beta study with the Watch 4!). Now give me glucose measurements on the 9 and I'm in! (Just don't take 4 years to enable it in the US again )

 

[Talderon]

For those of you that have already calibrated and tested, how do you feel about the accuracy and reliability of this?

 

[BerryBubbles]

For those of you that have already calibrated and tested, how do you feel about the accuracy and reliability of this?

I've been using the BP function on my Watch 6 for over 2 years thanks to Dante63's companion app that enabled usage on the US watches. On my Watch 6 Samsung's BP feature isn't 100% accurate but it usually is within reason. (In my case, a few points) You'd probably have to decide what's reasonable for you personally.

The feature is marketed as a tool & is not intended to replace the 'real thing', which I'm sure you already know. Last year my Watch BP readings shot up from the (120s / 70s) range to (140s / 90s) range. When I checked on my commercial grade machine, my BP actually had shot up that much. So I trust it enough to let me know when something is wrong.

 

[BerryBubbles]

I'm all loaded up on my phone (S24U) and watch (GW7). Now, I just have to convince myself that calibrating the thing with my regular BP monitor is worth the admittedly minor aggravation.

Well my friend, if you decided to go with it, be prepared to be mildly aggravated when you have to re-calibrate it every 28 days.

 

[Talderon]

I've been using the BP function on my Watch 6 for over 2 years thanks to Dante63's companion app that enabled usage on the US watches. On my Watch 6 Samsung's BP feature isn't 100% accurate but it usually is within reason. (In my case, a few points) You'd probably have to decide what's reasonable for you personally.

The feature is marketed as a tool & is not intended to replace the 'real thing', which I'm sure you already know. Last year my Watch BP readings shot up from the (120s / 70s) range to (140s / 90s) range. When I checked on my commercial grade machine, my BP actually had shot up that much. So I trust it enough to let me know when something is wrong.

Yeah, I knew it would not be a replacement, but would allow me to have more reads for data than doing it with a cuff. I thought of using it more for trending than actual. If I am worried, then I would break out the ciff.

Thanks!

 

[notforhire]

Well my friend, if you decided to go with it, be prepared to be mildly aggravated when you have to re-calibrate it every 28 days.

I went ahead and did it. And I was correct, it was aggravating to calibrate it. We'll see what kind of mileage I get out of the feature.

 

[BerryBubbles]

I went ahead and did it. And I was correct, it was aggravating to calibrate it. We'll see what kind of mileage I get out of the feature.

It's amazing how quick 28 days comes around when it comes calibrating the watch. I have to calibrate my husbands also. He just sticks his wrist out...

 

[BerryBubbles]

Yeah, I knew it would not be a replacement, but would allow me to have more reads for data than doing it with a cuff. I thought of using it more for trending than actual. If I am worried, then I would break out the ciff.

Thanks!

That sounds perfect.

I think my BP shot up because my house had flooded & the stress kept coming. I had to make adjustments & eventually it returned to normal. But if I hadn't had the feature on my watch, I probably wouldn't have caught the issue.

 

[SpookDroid]

My BP started going up a couple years ago, no idea why (sips on his 5th coffee cup of the day while planning for his 45th bday this year). No idea.

 

[BerryBubbles]

My BP started going up a couple years ago, no idea why (sips on his 5th coffee cup of the day while planning for his 45th bday this year). No idea.

Yeah, caffeine was one of the adjustments I had to make!

Happy upcoming birthday!

 

[BijouVixen]

My BP started going up a couple years ago, no idea why (sips on his 5th coffee cup of the day while planning for his 45th bday this year). No idea.

I drink a lot of caffine. The baristas at my local Starbucks all know on a first name basis haaaaaa.

Blood pressure is normal despite the caffine but then again I also go to the gym 4, 5 even 6 times a week with light weight workouts and oh lots and lots of cardios ofc

 

[dwade62]

My Watch 4 got the update a couple days ago.