He Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 It is a sports smartwatch with an AMOLED screen, Exynos 9110 and Tizen that stands out for having an electrocardiogram. Now, about a year after it was unveiled, Samsung has announced a package of software enhancements coming soon to watches in an update.
These changes cover almost all use cases and range from more information on sports activities, fall detection, replies to chat messages, music playback and scrolling screenshots.
Improvements for athletes
In the sports field, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 receive two novelties. The first one is a Running Analysis, which shows you useful information about your last session including symmetry, regularity, vertical oscillation or contact time with the ground. The idea is to use this information to help reduce the chances of injury.
On the other hand, a indicative of VO2 max, the maximum amount of oxygen a person can use during an intensive exercise session. This information will be easily accessible from the clock screen.
Fall detection
With the next update, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 will be able to detect falls and send a distress notification contacts that have been preselected. When the watch detects a possible fall, a warning is displayed in which you can confirm if you need help or not. If yes, the message is sent to up to four predefined contacts.
Communication enhancements
In each group of images, on the left the previous behavior and on the right the new In communication, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 will receive several improvements. For one thing, the chat messages view includes the history with the last messages in your bubbles, just like in a chat app. In addition, automatic intelligent responses are included for both messages and photos.
On the other hand, it will be possible to send AR Emoji or Bitmoji stickers from the watch in response to chat messages. You create the stickers on your mobile, but you can easily send them from your smartwatch.
Scrolling screenshots and more
The improvements do not stop there, but the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 will allow you access the music playlist from your watch easily, being able to control multimedia playback easily.
On the other hand, the support for take scrolling screenshots. These snapshots include the rest of the information in a long snapshot and are automatically sent to the mobile as soon as they are taken. Samsung has not announced exactly when this update will arrive, other than that it will be “soon.”
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