Samsung held a virtual event today for this year’s edition of MWC during which it revealed new details about the new operating system for smartwatches borne from the merger of Wear OS and Tizen. While there is a lot to look forward to with the new OS, Samsung also revealed key info about older smartwatches, one that is a mix of good and bad news.

It was revealed that users with Tizen-based smartwatches will receive software updates and Galaxy Store support for up to 3 years from launch. While this is good news, it also indirectly confirms that these watches will not get updated to the new operating system.

A small text at the bottom of the screen adds that software updates will be available to the following devices:

• Galaxy Watch
• Galaxy Watch Active
• Galaxy Watch3
• Galaxy Watch Active2

This means the Galaxy Watch which was announced in 2018 will have its software support come to an end this year. The Galaxy Watch Active and Galaxy Watch Active2 both announced in 2019 still have one more year of updates while the Galaxy Watch3 has two years of software support left.

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The Galaxy Watch3 is just a few days ago and it has already received an update. The update brings some of the features that were announced at launch including blood oxygen monitoring.

First reported by SamMobile, the 80MB update brings blood oxygen monitoring so users can see how well their respiratory system carries oxygen around their body. Samsung states in the changelog that the feature is not available in Algeria, Angola, Canada, France, Iran, Japan, Libya, South Africa, and Thailand.

Another feature that the update brings is Advanced Running Analysis which provides a detailed insight into how you run and how to improve.

There is also support for VO2 max and Sleep Score. The former will provide a reading for the amount of oxygen used during exercise to improve your endurance while sleep score will provide a new way to understand your sleep pattern.

ECG Monitoring is not live yet in a lot of countries including the US. However, the FDA has granted Samsung approval for it.

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