Samsung doesn’t let smartwatch owners down
A huge change is about to occur with Samsung smartwatches: the switch to a new operating system. Older smartwatches from the South Koreans go away empty-handed – but the Galaxy Watch 3 proves that the electronics company won’t let its owners down.
It was a bomb that Samsung and Google dropped as part of the I / O 2021 developer conference: Both IT giants are now working together on smartwatches. Wear, the simple name for the jointly developed new operating system, is to become the basis for all future smartwatches from Android manufacturers. Older Samsung smartwatches do not receive the update. But that doesn’t mean that Samsung leaves the watches out in the rain.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: Update improves blood pressure measurement in the smartwatch
The electronics company has now distributed a new update for the Galaxy Watch 3 that brings a number of improvements (source: TizenHelp). Perhaps the most important innovation concerns the Blood pressure measurement of the smartwatch, which according to Samsung should now work better. However, the changelog does not reveal what exactly the manufacturer has improved. In the test by Stiftung Warentest, the blood pressure measurement performed surprisingly well despite some pitfalls. The fact that Samsung is further improving the function is only to be welcomed.
The update also brings improvements in system performance and stability, among other things. The measurement of the blood oxygen value is also said to have been optimized. The update is around 78 MB in size and has the firmware number R845FXXU1DUE4. Initially the rollout will take place in India, later other markets are likely to – including Germany – consequences.
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Samsung keeps promises
During the announcement of the switch to Wear, Samsung assured that it would provide current smartwatches with updates for three years. The software update for the Galaxy Watch 3 shows that Samsung is keeping its promise. Of course, it remains to be seen whether and to what extent older Samsung smartwatches will receive updates in a year or two. At least for the moment, Samsung leaves its But words also follow deeds.
