Starting with the Galaxy Watch Active 2, Samsung has added sensors to measure your blood pressure and take an ECG reading. These features are also available on the company’s latest Galaxy Watch 4 series and last year’s Galaxy Watch 3. But due to regulatory requirements, the functionality has many restrictions.
To record your blood pressure or take an ECG with your new Galaxy Watch 4, you need to download the Samsung Health Monitor app. The Samsung Health Monitor app runs on both the phone and the watch and syncs data between the two, but before you can use it, you need to meet a few requirements.
For starters, you can only use Samsung Health Monitor with an unmodified Samsung phone. Other brand device or rooted Samsung device will not be able to run it normally. There is also an age limit, which only allows you to take action if you are at least 22 years old. These restrictions are probably related to regulation. Fortunately, it is possible to bypass these restrictions so that you can activate ECG and blood pressure readings on your Galaxy Watch 4, regardless of the device it is paired with, your age, or your region.
A workaround of these restrictions has already been discovered for the Galaxy Watch Active 2 and Galaxy Watch 3 via a modified version of the Samsung Health Monitor app for phone and watch. And now the same is true for the new Galaxy Watch 4 series. However, you cannot use the same modified app as before to bypass the restrictions of the Galaxy Watch 4 because the Galaxy Watch 4 is running Wear OS instead. from Tizen, as do older Samsung watches. Fortunately, the installation process for this modified Samsung Health Monitor app is similar to what was done before (although it is much easier on the watch side).
Installing the modified Samsung Health Monitor app
Installing the modified Samsung Health Monitor app is pretty straightforward. All you need is a specific app, an Android phone, and the modified APKs.
The basic process is to install the modified phone app, followed by the modified watch app. Then you should be able to open Samsung Health Monitor to configure and run things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_ZYKtenRuY
For full instructions, including troubleshooting steps and download links, be sure to check out the forum thread.
Characteristics and limitations
Since this is an unofficial modification of the Samsung Health Monitor app, not everything is working properly. Although root checks, country restrictions, age limits, and update prompts have been removed, some functionality is currently discontinued.
At this time, you cannot sync Samsung Health data between your phone and Galaxy Watch 4. You will need to copy this data manually. It is also possible that the application crashes during the first launch or after installation. While these issues are being addressed, there is no guarantee that all of this will be fixed – the developer behind this mod, XDA Senior Member Dante63, is a volunteer doing this in their spare time.
Use Galaxy Watch 4’s ECG and Blood Pressure Monitoring with Non-Samsung Phones
It’s pretty awesome to see a mod to unlock Samsung Health Monitor for (almost) everyone. While you shouldn’t be using the Galaxy Watch 4’s ECG or blood pressure meter for anything for medical purposes (even with the restrictions in place), they are still a useful metric for condition comparisons. physical.
If you already have your Galaxy Watch 4 and couldn’t set up Samsung Health Monitor, try this mod.
