From this week, Samsung Galaxy Watch users in the USA can monitor and track their blood pressure from their wrist.

However, it will require a third-party blood pressure cuff sold separately for initial and further calibrations every 28 days.

In 2025, 119.9 million adults in the USA – or nearly half of all adults in the country – suffered from high blood pressure, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. When not managed properly, high blood pressure puts people at risk for heart disease and stroke, which are leading causes of death in the USA.

By giving them the tools to measure and track their blood pressure, wearers can receive more insight into their health and wellness, enabling them to make more informed decisions and lead a healthy lifestyle. It is not intended to prevent or diagnose high blood pressure.

Blood pressure monitoring adds to a growing list of health and wellness tools available to Galaxy users, including Samsung’s sleep apnoea feature, a first of its kind to be authorised by the FDA, which detects signs of moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnoea as well as electrocardiogram (ECG) readings and irregular heart rhythm notifications, which has also been cleared by the FDA.

Samsung’s blood pressure technology calibrates values and blood pressure changes to estimate blood pressure. To ensure accuracy, users are required to calibrate their Galaxy watch using an upper arm cuff every 28 days. Compatible Galaxy Watches measure systolic and diastolic blood pressure along with heart rate using the internal heart rate monitoring sensors.

The blood pressure feature is available on the  Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic, available for purchase now on Samsung.com.

Together with health tracking and motivational tools on Samsung Health, Galaxy users have access to an end-to-end health and wellness platform that delivers personalised insights and tailored health experiences, empowering them to take control of their wellbeing. This holistic approach to wellness includes sleep tracking, round-the-clock monitoring of key metrics such as heart rate, notifications for irregular heartbeats and ectopic beat detection. Later this year, that will also include the introduction of passive monitoring to show blood pressure trends over time.