University of Michigan study finds Galaxy Watch health measurements impressively accurate

03 September 2024
The study tested the watches against clinical-grade equipment when measuring heart rate, body fat percentage, sweat loss and VO2 max.

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  • Anonymous
  • 0U7
  • 03 Sep 2024

90% HR and 82% VO2max accuracy is actually bad.

Goddam marketing trying to polish a turd.

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    • joney
    • IbI
    • 03 Sep 2024

    Unfortunately, these devices are not accurate at all. The nature of measuring what it claims is 100% fake. It only does an educated guess. A freaking GUESS, because its not drawing blood and measuring the molecular content change over the passage of time. I thought gsmarena was better than this, c'mon guys!

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      • Anonymous
      • Tsr
      • 03 Sep 2024

      I9300, 03 Sep 2024Samsung gave money to University of Michigan, we know how t... moreI trust The Quantified Scientist more than this "research".

      I have a GW6 because I got it with my phone and because, as a smartwatch (no health stuff) it does everything I want.

      But I don't care about healthtracking, luckily because Samsung theird wearables never did that part good to begin with.

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        • I9300
        • 0p}
        • 03 Sep 2024

        Samsung gave money to University of Michigan, we know how these studies work ...

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          • Anonymous
          • Y2{
          • 03 Sep 2024

          The study was probably sponsored by Samsung. That's why they didn't compare them with any other smartwatch brand. Lol. Nice try.

            lewein, 03 Sep 2024Nice try, i will not buy it because the battery is trashIt's WearOS, what did you expect.

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              • Anonymous
              • fCC
              • 03 Sep 2024

              They're definitely not paid by samsung 😺

                Yes, but Apple, Huawei and esp. Polar are 98 to 98% accurate.

                Samsung Galaxy Watch has already been tested against these by The Quantified Scientist and it fails miserably, esp. with HIIT-training, weight-lifting. Also, it's sleep tracking is really bad, worse than many devices 3 years older.

                Really, Samsung can't do sensor accuracy. They keep trying and failing every year.

                  Yes but which galaxy watch model did they test?

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                    • zoro6
                    • MWI
                    • 03 Sep 2024

                    which models exactly were tested?

                      Nice try, i will not buy it because the battery is trash

                        Still the user and your personal doctor knows best how you feel.
                        No smart watches needed.

                          alski10, 03 Sep 2024The Galaxy watches are still significantly less accurate th... moreEven Apple watches are not near 1.0 of correlation in terms of accuracy

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                            • Luke
                            • AZd
                            • 03 Sep 2024

                            we wholeheartedly believe any US study, especially those asked/purchased by producers. Never had issues with those, especially in last 5 years..

                              The Galaxy watches are still significantly less accurate than the Apple watches in terms of HR and sleep tracking according to the tests done by "The Quantified Scientist" (great youtube channel to see how well each smartwatch is doing in this department)

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                                • Rob2
                                • AAr
                                • 03 Sep 2024

                                Health study sponsored by.......Samsung.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • U@6
                                  • 03 Sep 2024

                                  Blood glucose tracking in smartwatches would be the next big leap

                                    I still don't get why the Watch Ultra is a thing, just slap more battery on the base Watches, add a cool new rotating bezel and that should make it worthy of being the best watch already. The only cool thing is that it has 10 ATM rating compared to 5 ATM.

                                    If all the Watches are similarly accurate, why bother getting an Apple clone for more?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Sn8
                                      • 03 Sep 2024

                                      Too bad that it looks like a child's toy

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • ntJ
                                        • 03 Sep 2024

                                        Keyword: "Samsung partnered".