Samsung Galaxy Watches Can Measure AGES For Your Metabolic Health

Galaxy Watch 7 series will have the AGES feature (photo: x @FreeAI141808)

JAKARTA - Samsung is reportedly developing an Advanced Glycation Endproducts feature that can help measure the user's biological aging process. AGES is known as a marker that can predict the risk of diabetes, heart attacks, and strokes, so monitoring AGES can be very useful.

AGES is also known as a type of molecule formed when a protein or fat is related to sugar in a process called glycacy. This process occurs naturally in the body but can be accelerated by high diets of sugar or fat, smoking, and other factors. AGES has been associated with premature aging and various chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and neurodegenerative disorders

In the latest version of the Samsung Health app, an interface display was found for a new feature called the AGES index, which is still in the experimental stage. This feature will provide a way for users to track their AGES over time by creating an index from existing readouts, helping users understand metabolic health and their biological aging process.

The new Samsung Galaxy Watches are expected to launch at the Samsung Unpacked event on July 10, 2024. Although this feature may be present on the Galaxy Watch 7 series, Samsung is also famous for updating new features to their old smartwatches that are still able to support the technology.

AGES is a final product of advanced glycities that play an important role in the development of age-related chronic diseases such as diabetes, kidney failure, and cardiovascular disease. AGES accumulates with age, and substantial physical exercise is associated with lower AGES levels. Many AGES have fluorescence characteristics, which allow these measurements to be carried out non-invasively.

Based on the screenshots found, it is possible that the upcoming Galaxy Watch 7 series can measure AGES optically and non-invasively. This reading may then become the basis of the AGES index, allowing users to monitor their risk of certain diseases such as diabetes without the need to provide an active measurement value.

Previous rumors mentioned that the Galaxy Watch 7 series may appear with blood glucose monitoring features. While this may be true or not, we found other clues about how Samsung can provide some kind of cardiovascular and diabetes risk tracking through the implementation of the AGES index.

However, it's unclear whether older Galaxy Watches can also measure AGES, although Samsung doesn't explicitly mention the Galaxy Watch 7 series in the feature interface at Samsung Health.

This feature is in line with rumors about non-invasive blood glucose monitoring which is expected to come in about five years. This AGES feature could be Samsung's first step in in integrating data from other blood glucose monitoring devices into Samsung Health, providing a more comprehensive picture of user metabolic health.

Samsung has discussed blood glucose monitoring and metabolic health before, so there are several points that might be able to be connected here. We look forward to learning more as Samsung Unpacked gets closer