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The new collaboration will let users track food and water intake, and monitor their activity.
According to the company, the device can still operate normally even if elongated up to 30% and stretched a thousand times.
The program focuses on the cardiology space and helps to send rhythm data back to the provider.
The electronics giant has been repurposing older Galaxy model smartphones for medical uses.
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The Samsung Health Monitor app will be updated to enable these features on the Galaxy Watch3 and Galaxy Watch Active2 beginning on February 4 for certain markets.
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While its Galaxy Watch3 device is available now, a launch date for the Samsung Health Monitor app that will enable ECG, blood pressure and blood oxygen saturation tracking is still up in the air.
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Seeking to cut down an individual's risk of infection, the app encourages frequent washing with appropriate technique.