The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 will get Apple Watch-style AFib notifications.
Samsung has confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 will offer irregular heart rhythm notifications when it launches later this year. What’s more, the feature will also arrive on older Samsung watches – but there’s a catch.
In an official press release, Samsung states that irregular heart rhythm notifications will be available in 13 countries, including the US and Samsung’s native Korea. Irregular heart rhythm notifications use your watch’s heart rate monitor to look for signs of atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that can cause an abnormally fast heart rate.
This can be done using an electrocardiogram scan, or ECG, which is often activated manually, but the best smartwatches, including the best Apple Watch models, can also run checks in the background and notify you for potential signs of atrial fibrillation, or AFib, without you needing to run ECGs on a regular basis – instead, the notification will prompt you to take a manual ECG for a more accurate reading.
