New Samsung Health Update Creates Competitive Feature With Users Going Up Against Themselves

With several new features, Samsung Health's latest version encourages users to take a competitive approach to their fitness. Users can now strive to beat their prior running times by competing with them, according to reports.

Thanks to one of the new features, users can crop the workout after it's completed, cutting down on any excess time that could have been spent at the start or completion. The user can now create custom moods if the pre-set ones don't suit their current mood.

Users now have additional options for determining their daily exercise goals. For users who also track their menstrual cycles, the most often-used options will be displayed at the top of the screen.

With these options, which display settings users have previously used, it will be much easier to log things. Users can now download the most recent update to use the new features.

Samsung Galaxy Ring

Samsung Health's update comes just a few months after the tech giant revealed its latest wearable technology, the Samsung Galaxy Ring, back in January during the Galaxy Unpacked Event.

With this new wearable, Samsung is expanding its Galaxy Watch collection to include a health and fitness tracking option, competing with devices such as the Oura Ring, RingConn, etc.

Because of its compact form factor, it's a great addition to the many gadgets individuals own for various purposes, including fitness and health. It provides a device that adds technology to a person while matching their style.

Nevertheless, purchasing the Galaxy Ring would not be enough. According to reports, Samsung will demand a membership to access and utilize extra features related to health tracking.

Using a health and fitness monitoring application offers many advantages, most especially when it offers ways of tracking various health parameters and fitness goals.

Health Monitoring Technology Advantages

Studies even suggest that a new approach to monitoring the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) is possible through everyday wearable technology. Researchers from several universities showed how activity trackers and cell phones may be used to collect reliable, long-term data on the health indicators of MS patients.

The immune system attacking nerve fibers is a hallmark of multiple sclerosis, a dangerous condition that affects motor function and sensory perception in various ways. In traditional clinical examinations, patients frequently struggle to adequately describe their symptoms to doctors, which results in insufficient or erroneous data gathering.

The research, published in the NPJ Digital Medicine journal, included 24 control participants and 55 MS patients. Every participant received a fitness tracking armband, and over two weeks, data was gathered using their smartphone.

The collected data was analyzed with an emphasis on motor function, heart rate variability, physical activity, and smartphone usage trends.

The study's findings showed a strong relationship between a few characteristics and the severity of the illness. Lower levels of physical activity and heart rate variability were seen in participants who were more fatigued and had more severe illnesses. In addition, MS patients showed lower daily step counts and overall physical activity compared to the control group.

Surprisingly, smartphone usage patterns also revealed important information on the degree of weariness and the severity of the disease. Less frequent phone users had higher levels of impairment and extreme exhaustion.