{"id":779927,"date":"2026-07-04T14:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/779927\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T14:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:22:13","slug":"galaxy-watch-owners-just-lost-a-key-health-feature-and-samsung-isnt-saying-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/779927\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy Watch owners just lost a key health feature, and Samsung isn&#8217;t saying why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung Galaxy Watch owners are reporting that Samsung has sent them a notification that the Vascular Load feature is being discontinued in the US. <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/samsung-health-understand-your-body-better-than-you-do\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img width=\"440\" height=\"248\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a phone in hand displaying the samsung health app home screen with bushes in the background\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dsc02283.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dsc02283.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Related<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/samsung-health-understand-your-body-better-than-you-do\/\" title=\"Samsung Health is about to understand your body better than you do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tSamsung Health is about to understand your body better than you do<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">Samsung Health\u2019s biggest overhaul yet is all about AI<\/p>\n<p>                    Posts<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a class=\"total-info-number icon i-thread\" title=\"Total Posts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/samsung-health-understand-your-body-better-than-you-do\/#threads\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"meta_txt article-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/author\/rajesh-pandey\/\" title=\"Posts by Rajesh Pandey\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rajesh Pandey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        Change takes effect this month<\/p>\n<p>Redditors have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GalaxyWatch\/comments\/1uknsoz\/vascular_load_feature_being_removed_in_the_us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted the message<\/a>, which has the subject line: \u201cVascular load Labs feature to be discontinued.\u201d It will be removed in \u201clate July\u201d with the One UI 9 watch update. <\/p>\n<p>The feature was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/new-health-features-coming-with-one-ui-8-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">introduced in One UI 8<\/a>. It measured circulatory system stress and made suggestions for taking control of heart health. <\/p>\n<p>In the message sent to users, Samsung said the existing data will no longer appear in Samsung Health, but can be downloaded by going to More options &gt; Settings &gt; Download personal data. <\/p>\n<p>                        No reason given, but regulations could be to blame<\/p>\n<p>Samsung did not give a reason for the removal of the Vascular Load feature. <\/p>\n<p>Some smartwatch features in the United States require FDA approval because it <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/fda-medical-device-rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">moves them into the medical device category<\/a>. It\u2019s likely that a regulatory issue is what led to the removal. AP has reached out to Samsung for an answer, and we will update this story if we hear back.<\/p>\n<p>Many Redditors have come to the same conclusion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GalaxyWatch\/comments\/1uknsoz\/comment\/oux7e3m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Probably worried about FDA compliance. Kind of irritating how we can&#8217;t have features because the FDA drags their feet on approvals. Look how long it took for blood pressure measurements to be approved&#8230; all to say &#8220;not for medical use&#8221; and must calibrate monthly with a real blood pressure cuff or machine. How about just let us have the feature and give a warning or something that it&#8217;s &#8220;at your own risk and not for medical use&#8221;. Should be sufficient but we can&#8217;t have nice things because of some people.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Reddit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">u\/Reddit<\/a> from discussion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GalaxyWatch\/comments\/1uknsoz\/comment\/oux7e3m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in GalaxyWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And some were upset about the removal of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GalaxyWatch\/comments\/1uknsoz\/comment\/oux6vhp\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">feature that they found useful<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>                        A new heart health measurement<\/p>\n<p>As one feature leaves, though another comes in to take its place.<\/p>\n<p>A Blood Pressure Trend feature will be available in US with the upcoming Galaxy Watch, which is expected to be announced at a Galaxy Unpacked event later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung said Blood Pressure Trend will do exactly what it sounds like: track and analyze blood pressure over time. Setup will require the use of a blood pressure cuff. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GalaxyWatch\/comments\/1uknsoz\/comment\/ouxppcj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Some on Reddit suspect<\/a> that this new feature is meant to compete with future capabilities in the Apple Watch, which is in line with rumors about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/05\/18\/apple-watch-ultra-4-redesign-and-blood-pressure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple Watch Ultra 4<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy Watch owners are reporting that Samsung has sent them a notification that the Vascular Load feature&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[49,48,195,61],"class_list":["post-779927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-gadgets","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}