The Samsung Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro arrived in August 2022 with a malfunctioning infrared sensor for measuring skin temperature.
The company certified the feature in February and today, more than eight months after launch, enabled skin temperature measurements. The sensor also allows for cycle tracking based on skin temperature, which until now users had to do manually.
The biggest hurdle ahead of Samsung was regulatory approval, but now it has got the CE mark for Europe, FDA approval for the US, and the blessing of MFDS in its home market.
The roll-out has officially started in South Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom and 29 other European markets: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland , Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
The cycle tracking feature was developed in conjunction with Natural Cycles, a company that has an approved birth control app and provides more detailed information about users’ menstrual cycles. There’s also the normal skin measurement, although the wrist-based temperature isn’t directly comparable to the readings we get from medical thermometers.
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