Samsung has unveiled a new suite of health-focused features for its upcoming Galaxy Watch 2025, aiming to support users in developing healthy habits through data-driven insights. Rolling out this month via a beta program for select users in South Korea and the United States, the new features are part of the One UI 8 Watch update. These include Bedtime Guidance, Vascular Load, a Running Coach, and an Antioxidant Index all working together to promote physical and mental well-being through daily routines.
According to Dr. Hon Pak, Senior Vice President and Head of Samsung’s Digital Health Team, the goal is to deliver holistic health insights centered around sleep, empowering users to take control of their health proactively.
Better Sleep Starts with Bedtime Guidance
Samsung’s Bedtime Guidance takes your sleep experience over three days into account, and suggests a bedtime for you – it use’s your circadian rhythm and sleep pressure to base it’s calculations. It gives you the option to set reminders to help you keep the recommended schedule, which applies to anybody with inconsistent sleep habits during the week and weekend. This tool builds upon Samsung’s other sleep tools, which includes sleep coaching, optimizing environments, and even detecting sleep apnea, a serious disorder characterized by breathing interruptions during sleep.
Note: Bedtime Guidance requires Android 11 or later, and Samsung Health app version 6.30.2 or above. It is designed for general wellness and not for medical diagnosis.
Vascular Load: A New Insight Into Heart Health
The New Running Coach provides real time training plans that are calibrated to your fitness level. All you have to do is run for 12 minutes and the watch will rate that run on a 1 – 10 scale. Then it will create a personalized programming to get you to finish a 5 kilometre, 10 kilometre, half marathon or standard marathon while managing overtraining and injury.
Available on Galaxy Watch7 Series or newer, users must complete a running level test to activate the coaching system.
Running Coach: Smarter Training, Safer Running
The updated Running Coach provides real-time training plans tailored to your fitness level. All it takes is a 12-minute run, after which the watch evaluates your performance on a scale from 1 to 10. Based on that, it builds a personal program to help you train for a 5K, 10K, half, or full marathon while avoiding overtraining or injury.
Available on Galaxy Watch7 Series or newer, users must complete a running level test to activate the coaching system.
Antioxidant Index: Track Your Nutrition at the Cellular Level
Samsung is launching a new feature called the Antioxidant Index, which is the first of its kind in the industry and allows you to measure carotenoids in your skin carotenoids are antioxidants that combat harmful free radicals. They are nutrients found in green and orange fruits and vegetables, and help fight the effects of aging. Alcohol, smoking, exposure to UV light, stress, and sleep deprivation can contribute to lower antioxidant levels, so this feature could function as a useful tracker.
To use it, simply place your thumb on the back of the Galaxy Watch Ultra’s BioActive sensor for 5 seconds. Variations in measurement can occur due to skin texture, so multiple readings may be needed.
Samsung’s Vision: A Healthier Tomorrow Through Small Daily Habits
Samsung’s message is a straightforward one: healthy change happens not all at once, usually, it happens by making small improvements and steady improvements. These new products work together to offer real-time health feedback, incentives for good habits, and alerts for being off track. Whether you are sleeping, exercising, or simply trying to grow old gracefully, the Galaxy Watch 2025 is a digital coach designed to help you along the way.
