If you are a woman and have a Galaxy Watch5, or you plan to buy it soon, this interests you. It turns out that the family of this watch of samsung It has just been updated with a very interesting feature that can help us keep better track of our menstrual cycle. And no, it is not about entering manual data with which to calculate statistics: here a sensor is used that measures the temperature of the skin. There is nothing.
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch5
The latest generation of Samsung smartwatches have been updated to offer exciting new functionality. In case you don’t know it, within this range are the Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro, two models hit the market several months ago betting on the WearOS operating system, an attractive design and a more generous battery than in previous generations.
With AMOLED screen Whose size ranges between 1.2 and 1.4 inches, both models mount an Exynos W920 processor along with 1.5 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. The battery can reach up to 590 mAh (in the case of the Pro), everyone enjoying a fast charge that ensures that they can count on it in a very short time.
It does not forget the NFC, the Bluetooth 5.2 or the integrated GPS and they have an endless number of sensors, including one of body temperature. Well, that is exactly what now becomes the protagonist of the latest update of the Watch, allowing a new function that is very relevant to women’s health to be carried out.
Cycle control through Galaxy Watch5
The South Korean firm has confirmed that the measurement of the skin temperature that its watches make through infrared now also applies to the Cycle Tracking function calendar based. In this way, a more detailed follow-up can be obtained to control women’s menstrual cycles and their health in general.
In case you don’t know, the tbasal body temperature (TCB) varies depending on the phases of the menstrual cycle. The ideal, if you want to carry out a more exhaustive control (for example, for reproductive purposes) is to measure your temperature immediately after waking up, but of course, this is often uncomfortable or can even be forgotten.
With the Watch5 this will no longer happen: the watch will take care of doing it for you and integrating it into «Monitoring the cycle«, thus allowing to help correctly monitor the ovulation and to better predict when the next menstruation will begin.
For activate it too easy:
- Go to the Samsung Health app
- Inside, select the “Cycle Tracking” function
- Add the latest information of your cycle in the calendar
- After that, activate “Predict period with skin temperature” in the settings
Of course, first the update will have to be operational, which today has already begun to be distributed in more than 30 countries, including Spain. We imagine, therefore, that it will be a matter of nothing for it to appear calling your watch. attentive.
