Galaxy Watch 7 may finally bring blood sugar monitoring

It's been known for a while now that Samsung wants to enable its wearable devices to provide noninvasive blood sugar monitoring to users. The company has been working on this technology for a while now and it appears that Samsung's next wearable device may finally get this feature.

According to a new report out of South Korea, Samsung is going to introduce blood sugar monitoring with the Galaxy Watch 7 this year. We've exclusively reported yesterday that the Galaxy Watch 7 is set to be unveiled on July 10, 2024.

Galaxy Watch 7 to arrive in the second half of this year

Hon Pak, vice president and head of digital healthcare at Samsung Electronics, highlighted the company's work on achieving noninvasive blood sugar monitoring through its wearable devices back in January this year. He pointed out that was Samsung was putting in "significant investment" to make that happen.

Pak recently met with the advisory board members of the Samsung Health platform at the Samsung Medical Center in Seoul. The discussions focused on blood sugar monitoring, diabetes, and the application of AI to Samsung Health.

The expectation now is that Samsung will add blood sugar monitoring to the upcoming Galaxy Watch 7 series. However, the company may choose to classify the smartwatch as an electronic device instead of a medical device, largely due to regulatory considerations.

There's also the possibility that this feature may be made available on the Samsung Galaxy Ring as well, the company's first smart ring, that's also expected to be launched later this year. Whether that happens with the first iteration product remains to be seen. It's possible that Samsung may retain some advanced functionality for the second iteration of its smart ring.