Months after its launch, owners will finally be able to use the temperature sensor on the Galaxy Watch 5, but it won’t be available in all regions.
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Samsung announced that the Galaxy Watch 5’s temperature sensor will finally be functional. The manufacturer is partnering with Natural Cycles, a company that is known for its FDA-cleared fertility app of the same name. By combining the temperature sensor of the Galaxy Watch 5 with Natural Cycles’ algorithm, Samsung says users will be able to access advanced cycle tracking through the Cycle Tracking feature on the watch. Analyzed data will provide users with more accurate details of their menstrual cycle.
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However, like the Galaxy Watch 5’s other health-tracking features like ECG and blood pressure monitoring, cycle tracking will only be available in select regions, including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K., and the U.S. Samsung will likely activate the hardware and roll out the software feature once it receives regional approval.
While this is the first time Natural Cycles will partner directly with a smartwatch maker, it is not the first wearable to offer the feature. The Oura Ring, which also has a temperature sensor, uses Natural Cycles’ algorithm to provide users with skin temperature-based cycle tracking. The Galaxy Watch 5’s temperature-based cycle tracking is also not unique, since other smartwatches, like the Apple Watch Series 8, offer a similar feature.
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