{"id":6385,"date":"2020-04-23T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2527401"},"modified":"2020-04-23T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T16:35:00","slug":"samsungs-smartwatches-get-closer-to-offering-blood-pressure-measurements-but-theres-still-a-long-way-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/23\/samsungs-smartwatches-get-closer-to-offering-blood-pressure-measurements-but-theres-still-a-long-way-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung\u2019s smartwatches get closer to offering blood pressure measurements, but there\u2019s still a long way to go"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Galaxy Active 2 has gotten approval in South Korea for a blood pressure measuring app<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/1WGTftm_IEU<\/a><\/p>\n

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Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active 2 has taken another big step toward offering blood pressure monitoring, a feature Samsung has been promising since the original Galaxy Watch Active<\/a> was released in 2019. This week saw Samsung’s Health Monitor app get regulatory approval<\/a> from South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), the first government agency to do so — but there’s a whole lot of caveats that bring to question how useful Samsung’s measuring will really be<\/a>.<\/p>\n