Settings > Download personal data. Samsung is replacing Vascular Load with a new feature called Blood pressure trend, which will be available on « the upcoming Galaxy Watch », the company says. This will check your blood pressure periodically to show you a trend over time. It will also give you tips to « support healthy habits ». Before you start tracking your Blood pressure trend, you’ll need to use a blood pressure cuff to set up your Galaxy Watch. Source
What you need to knowSamsung Health app has posted a notice, informing Galaxy Watch users in the U.S. that Vascular Load will disappear with v7.0 of the app and One UI 9 Watch in July.The company says it will replace this with « Blood Pressure Trends, » which « periodically » checks your blood pressure to show your (potentially) changing trends.Vascular Load was a part of the Galaxy Watch 8’s Preventative Care features and would measure your blood flow and vascular stiffness while you slept.Samsung is reportedly informing Galaxy Watch users that they will lose a heart wellness feature in the next major update.Samsung rolled out a notice in its Health app this week titled « Vascular Load labs feature to be discontinued. » A user on Reddit brought awareness to this notification as it’s likely to affect Galaxy Watch users soon (via 9to5Google). The company states that, starting with v7.0 of the Samsung Health app and One UI 9 Watch, Vascular Load will disappear for U.S. users.Samsung states One UI 9 Watch is expected to debut this month (July). Users have started wondering when older devices (Watch 8, Watch 7, etc.) could see this patch. There hasn’t been a beta for the watch software yet, despite Samsung’s confirmed July release for One UI 9 Watch.Latest Videos FromReplacing Vascular Load will be Samsung’s « Blood Pressure Trends » feature. The notice says this feature will « check your blood pressure periodically to show you a trend over time. It will also give you tips to help support healthy habits. » Samsung adds that these trends will be available on the next series, the Galaxy Watch 9. It stresses, as always, that Blood Pressure Trends is simply a « wellness-only » feature, and any concerns should be discussed with your doctor.Preventative Care (Image credit: Samsung)Vascular Load was one of Samsung’s Preventative Care features it highlighted for the Galaxy Watch 8. Many features under this umbrella focused mainly on the user’s heart, and Vascular Load was no different. Its focus was to help highlight the strain on your heart. Samsung said the Galaxy Watch 8 used PPG waveforms to measure « your blood flow and vascular stiffness throughout the night. » You may like A person’s stress, diet, and sleep primarily affect this statistic. It states that, if left unchecked, consistent « high » Vascular Load could lead to more severe health problems. It’s unfortunate to see this go; however, Blood Pressure Trends seems to piggyback off the main Blood Pressure monitoring feature. After months of talking about it and working to clear regulatory hurdles, Samsung rolled out Blood Pressure monitoring in March.Users are required to use an upper arm cuff to calibrate their Galaxy Watch for the first time and then every 28 days after. window.sliceComponents = window.sliceComponents || {}; externalsScriptLoaded.then(() => { window.reliablePageLoad.then(() => { var componentContainer = document.querySelector(« #slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-2ezNNxDtSFcFsGVQBMnHef »); if (componentContainer) { var data = {« layout »: »inbodyContent », »header »: »Be an expert in 5 minutes », »tagline »: »Get the latest news from Android Central, your trusted companion in the world of Android », »formFooterText »: »By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. », »usDisclaimerFooterText »: »By signing up, you agree to our Terms of services and acknowledge that you have read our Privacy Notice. You also agree to receive marketing emails from us that may include promotions from our trusted partners and sponsors, which you can unsubscribe from at any time. », »successMessage »:{« body »: »Thank you for signing up. You will receive a confirmation email shortly. »}, »failureMessage »: »There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. », »method »: »POST », »inputs »:[{« type »: »hidden », »name »: »NAME »},{« type »: »email », »name »: »MAIL », »placeholder »: »Your Email Address », »required »:true},{« type »: »hidden », »name »: »NEWSLETTER_CODE », »value »: »XAC-X »},{« type »: »hidden », »name »: »LANG », »value »: »EN »},{« type »: »hidden », »name »: »SOURCE », »value »: »60″},{« type »: »hidden », »name »: »COUNTRY »},{« type »: »checkbox », »name »: »CONTACT_OTHER_BRANDS », »label »:{« text »: »Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands »}},{« type »: »checkbox », »name »: »CONTACT_PARTNERS », »label »:{« text »: »Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors »}},{« type »: »submit », »value »: »Sign me up », »required »:true}], »endpoint »: »https://www.androidcentral.com/.newsletter-subscribe/v2/submission/submit », »analytics »:[{« analyticsType »: »widgetViewed »}], »ariaLabels »:{}}; var triggerHydrate = function() { window.sliceComponents.newsletterForm.hy
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