Samsung introduced its Galaxy AI suite in January with the Galaxy S24 series. Since then, the South Korean brand's on-device and cloud AI model has made its way to previous-generation flagship smartphones and tablets in recent months. Now, Samsung is adding Galaxy AI to its wearables. Galaxy AI features will be added to the Samsung Health app and Galaxy Watches later this year. It will bring various features to monitor and analyze health metrics.
On Wednesday (May 29), Samsung announced that it will bring Galaxy AI features to its smartwatches via its Wear OS-based One UI 6 Watch software later this year. A limited number of Galaxy Watches will get the beta in June. Galaxy Watch 6, Galaxy Watch 6 Classic, Galaxy Watch 5, Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic users in the US and Canada will be able to try out Galaxy AI features through the Samsung Members app this month coming .
This is what Galaxy AI brings to Galaxy Watch
Samsung claims that combining Galaxy AI with Samsung Health will provide a more comprehensive view of health and motivate users to achieve daily wellness. The brand offers a glimpse of the AI-powered features targeted at the Galaxy Watch and include energy score, wellness tips, sleep information, aerobic threshold heart rate zone (AT) / anaerobic threshold (AnT), functional threshold power (FTP), Training routine, race and more. These advanced features will work together with the Samsung Health app.
Energy Score will show the user's daily status through a combined analysis of personal health metrics, including average sleep time, sleep time consistency, sleep/wake time consistency, time of sleep, previous day's activity, heart rate during sleep and heart rate variability. Wellness Tips provide information based on specific health goals, while Sleep Insights provides detailed analysis of sleep quality by measuring sleep latency, heart rate, respiratory rate during sleep, snoring and more to understand the sleep patterns and build better habits.
One UI 6 Watch update will bring AT/AnT Heart Rate Zone metrics to Galaxy Watches to show running performance. Meanwhile, the new Functional Threshold Power (FTP) metric will benefit cyclists. There's also Training Routine which combines various exercises for a personalized workout, while Race will help you track current and past progress when running or cycling.
