Samsung Health Users, Please Pay Attention! App No Longer Supports Android 9 And Longer

Illustration of the Samsung Health application display (photo: x @ GoodFatROI)

JAKARTA - Samsung users with old devices such as the Galaxy S8 or the Galaxy Note 8 receive bad news regarding the Samsung Health update. According to messages found, the app no longer supports devices running Android 9 or older versions.

Although affected users can still run the old version of the app, they can only access "constrained services and features" without the official support of Samsung. Samsung Health, first known as S Health in 2012, has been an integral part of the company's digital health ecosystem for more than a decade.

Messages in the APK teasedown discovered by the Android Authority and app expert AssembleDebug show that version 6.27 of Samsung Health is no longer available for devices running Android 9 or older. This change came into effect on June 24.

"You can still use Samsung Health without upgrading the Android operating system, but can only use limited services and features without further support," the notification said.

Confirmation of the APKMirror shows that the 6.27 version of Samsung Health does set Android 10 or higher as the minimum required version. Meanwhile, older versions of the app require Android 8.0 Oreo or higher.

In other words, users with devices such as the Galaxy S8 series and older ones, the Galaxy Note 8, as well as a number of older A and J series devices will not get new versions of this application. They must choose to keep using the old version of the app or consider upgrading to newer Android devices.

This isn't the first time Samsung Health has stopped supporting for a longer version of Android. Previously, the same thing happened in 2021 when Samsung discontinued support for Marshmallow and Nougat Android devices for the sake of the Android 8.0 Oreo and a newer version.