Samsung’s latest sports watch, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2, receives an update that improves various aspects of the software, such as the introduction of the Samsung Health group competition and automatic handwashing detection. In addition, the location of the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 is improved thanks to SmartThings Find.
Yesterday was Samsung’s big day, a day with a family of phones that have just been completely renovated: the Samsung Galaxy S21. They also presented the Galaxy Buds Pro and a few tags for locating objects, the Galaxy SmartTags. Not only that, Samsung introduced software innovations, such as the precise indoor location of objects recorded with SmartThings. And the new update of the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 has a lot to do with it.
85MB update with notable changes, first in Canada
Image by Fernando. Via SamMobile Samsung Watch Updates they are not distributed at the same time in all the territories or with the same changesTherefore, we cannot guarantee that all the news brought by the latest Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 update, currently in Canada, will reach the rest of the devices soon. As with previous updates, you have to wait.
As SamMobile points out after users updated their watches, Samsung has improved synchronization with SmartThings. That’s all he reports:
- Samsung Health improvements. Galaxy Watch Active 2 receives group competitions, includes a new sleep score, reduces automatic sport recognition time, and adds new workouts at home.
- Location improvements with SmartThings Find. The update is expected to improve the accuracy with which the watch is positioned on the map.
- Automatic detection of hand washing. Once the Hand Wash app is installed, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 automatically detects when each user washes their hands and how much time they spend on the task.
The update weighs 84.9 megabytes, has like version number R820XXU1DUA3 / R820GFC1DUA3 and right now it’s circulating in Canada.
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