We all need sleep. When we don't get enough of it, we wake up feeling extra grumpy and our minds don't work as fast and efficiently as they normally do. Good sleep has such a positive impact on general health too, so it is no surprise that the interest in sleep health has risen substantially recently.
Sleep tracking is a big feature on wearable devices. Smartwatches and smart rings, two wearable categories that Samsung is involved in, focus on improving and monitoring your sleep health. Samsung wants to make you sleep well, and the company believes AI might be the key to nailing that.
The First Stage Is Accurate Collection Of Sleep-Related Health Data
Samsung has been in the wearable space for a very long time, and the Galaxy Watch lineup of smartwatches is the most popular of their models. Using advanced sensors, a Galaxy Watch 6 can record health metrics like your ECG, blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, and many sleep metrics.
With Samsung having announced the Samsung Galaxy Ring at the end of the Unpacked event earlier this year, we learned that the company is set to jump into the smart ring space, becoming the first household name to delve into that segment. The South Korean company has spoken about how they plan for the Galaxy Ring to be a 24/7 wearable, opening it up to the potential of providing consistent data related to your sleep.
Using the data collected, you can see how long you slept, how well you slept, track the phases of sleep, and so on. However, what excites Samsung is the potential of developing more accurate and helpful insights from these metrics, and that's where AI comes in.
The Second Stage Is Using AI Insights To Improve Sleep Quality
Artificial Intelligence is not a new concept but it has never been a bigger trend than it is at the moment, especially because this might be the first time where its capabilities are impossible to sneer at. It makes sense that newer smartphones like the Galaxy S24 series and the Google Pixel 8 lineup have made AI a focal point.
Using the information picked up by all your devices that you have connected to the Samsung Health app, the company aims to leverage the quick-thinking potential of AI to pull out insights based on your personal health data. This way, the advice you get for better sleep isn't just based on pre-programmed lines but takes your unique experiences and health profile into account.
For instance, the power of AI might make it easier to realize that you sleep better on days when you exercised in the evening as opposed to days when you didn't exercise at all, and using this, the app can make suggestions to you so that you can consistently have high-quality nights.
When Can We Expect The Galaxy Ring To Launch?
The Galaxy Ring is a big part of Samsung's vision in wearables and the current belief is that the smart ring will launch in the summertime, at Samsung's second Unpacked event for the year. We'll be waiting to hear something more concrete, and you can expect to see it here as soon as we do.
