How Smartwatches Work Measuring Blood Pressure, Here's How To Use It

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YOGYAKARTA - Smartwatch is currently a favorite watch because it offers advanced features to support daily activities. One of them is advanced technology installed on smartwatches is a feature to measure blood pressure. So how do smartwatches work to measure blood pressure?

A number of smartwatch products have now been equipped with a feature to detect blood pressure. The presence of this feature is intended to further support the comfort of its users, especially for people with hypertension. Not only for people with high blood pressure, this watch is also suitable for everyone to pay attention to their health.

Some smartwatch products are equipped with blood pressure detection features, namely Galaxy Watch 3, Galaxy Watch Active 2, Huawei Watch D, and others. So how does smartwatch work to measure blood pressure?

How the Galaxy Watch 3 smartwatch works in measuring blood pressure is using pulse wave analysis. Blood pressure detection data is obtained through an onboard sensor used to calculate heart rate data.

From the data obtained, the Galaxy Watch 3 smartwatch will analyze the relationship between the value taken from the calibration reading and changes in blood pressure to determine the level of your blood pressure.

The blood pressure detection feature is attached to a smartwatch compatible with Samsung's Electrocardiogram (EKG) feature, which has been released in many countries.

The use of blood pressure detection features cannot be done directly. First you have to calibrate with special blood pressure supplements. So you can't just put the smartwatch on your wrist to see the results of blood pressure measurements.

The first step you have to do is calibrate with blood pressure monitoring. Put the watch on your upper arm in order to get an ideal or accurate result.

Then open the Samsung Health Monitor application on your phone, then tap tap blood pressure. You will be asked to calibrate your watch with permission-based blood pressure monitor. While sitting relaxed with a heart-aligned arm position, put window on your arm to measure blood pressure.

Install a smartwatch on the opposite wrist from where you plug it in. If there is an instruction in the application, start monitoring the blood pressure then the smartwatch will make its own measurements within a few seconds. The process of reading blood pressure data takes about 30 seconds.

After the reading process is complete, you will be asked to add data manually from the blood pressure monitor to the Samsung Health Monitor application. When the calibration process is complete, you can open the application on a smartwatch or use a special widget to measure blood pressure.

With the blood pressure detection feature in several smartwatch products, it will make it easier for you to monitor your health. Wearing a smartwatch will support your needs in implementing a healthy lifestyle.

That's a review of how smartwatches work to measure blood pressure. Although it can present data from the results of blood pressure measurements of its users, smartwatches cannot diagnose hypertension or other urgent conditions. But at least smartwatches can help you to maintain and monitor your health more easily.

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