Samsung’s expanded selection of developer tools enables more accurate health monitoring, preventative driving safety, medical research and deeper health insights
Samsung Electronics unveiled a series of new tools ahead of the Samsung Developers Conference 2022 (SDC2022) that will help developers and communities shape health, wellness and safety habits for consumers around the world. These tools include the Samsung Privileged Health SDK program for select partners, the Fall Detection API to support user safety, Samsung’s new comprehensive research solution for health, clinical and education developers, as well as ongoing partnership opportunities with HealthConnect.
“Samsung’s health foundation is rooted in our advanced hardware and sensor technology, and enhanced by our open ecosystem and collaborative approach,” said TaeJong Jay Yang, executive vice president and head of the Mobile eXperience Business Health R&D team at Samsung Electronics. “That’s why I’m excited to announce expanded development tools, APIs and partner offerings that enable third-party experts, think tanks and universities to advance monitoring and surveillance capabilities. insight wearables for broader health, well-being and safety.”
Samsung Privileged Health SDK: advances in preventive driving safety
Samsung collaborates with selected industry leaders to develop personalized health services. With safety as one of Samsung’s focus areas, these joint efforts will provide brand new preventative tools that will make the roads safer by identifying early signs of driver fatigue and stress.
Samsung’s work with Tobii, a world leader in eye tracking and attention computing that develops software to monitor sleepiness, is one example. If users want it, Samsung’s Privileged Health SDK allows Tobii to detect the real-time heart rate recorded by the Galaxy Watch’s sensors and process it to determine the user’s sleepiness level. In addition, Harman, a leader in connected car technology, audio innovation and IoT solutions, recently introduced Ready Care, a fully automotive and personalized in-cabin sensor solution for driver safety and comfort. In addition to recognizing signs of distraction, fatigue and vital signs, users can enable Ready Care to measure cognitive load and stress levels, and can provide alternative route suggestions to reduce driver stress.
New crash detection API for improved security capabilities
Health Services provides APIs that allow developers and third parties to leverage the Galaxy Watch’s powerful sensors and algorithms for more accurate and advanced health offerings. Samsung is introducing a new API to the ecosystem that offers adjustable fall detection sensitivity, strengthens preventative security and sets the stage for even more potential offerings.
Developers can now create services using the Galaxy Watch’s fall detection algorithms that capture and process a user’s trip or fall by combining various sensors, including the accelerometer and gyroscope. This API enables the development of applications for users who may experience unexpected accidents. Plus, Galaxy users can even adjust sensitivity levels whether they’re standing, moving or exercising via the Galaxy Wearable app. Like sleep tracking that detects restless movements or falling out of bed to get a more complete picture of the user’s sleep, this API opens up new possibilities for developers and users.
A comprehensive research solution: Accelerating research and medical services
Samsung also presents an open source project that provides end-to-end solutions that combine SDK, system back-end and a portal for various health applications. This comprehensive set of healthcare tools powers research and clinical experiences, starting at the developer level, delivering advanced insights through Galaxy watches and wearables to support medical research in institutions, hospitals, wellness centers and more.
Researchers can use this open source project to create modules that allow participants to join the study in an informed and seamless way, simplifying the onboarding process. In addition, there are flexible survey templates that meet the changing needs of organizations. From there, data insights relevant information is more easily collected from wearable devices, while participants are guided with insights practical throughout the process. Then the encrypted data of these people is transferred to the system back-end where the medical and health communities monitor and analyze insights collected to inform patient treatment plans, upcoming research, and more. Sebastian Seung, president and head of Samsung Research, will announce more details about the new project at the SDC22 keynote.
Health Connect: más insights and data control
Health Connect, announced in collaboration with Google in 2022, offers developers a unique set of APIs that enable the continuous creation of new health and fitness experiences. Currently available in beta, Health Connect offers users centralized privacy controls that make it easy to grant permission to the health and fitness apps they want to share their data with on the device. Now Samsung Health and Fitbit, along with leading health and fitness apps including Leap Fitness, MyFitnessPal and Withings, have embraced Health Connect to enable a more immersive and holistic wellness experience. With users’ permission, app developers can leverage certain data shared through Health Connect for use in their own apps to provide users with a more complete record and characterization of their health.
Samsung is committed to providing improved tools and resources to its community, including users, third parties, developers and others, to build and leverage connected and more diverse healthcare services. As part of the company’s overall wellness initiatives, it will continue to provide an expansive ecosystem, which the Samsung community will hear more about during SDC22 – empowering users with more insights and health and wellness information.