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Future Samsung smartwatches might keep tabs on glucose levels without any needles


Samsung's next watch trick? Reading your blood sugar without breaking the skin.

Hon Pak, Samsung's digital health chief, confirmed the company's active push for glucose monitoring technology, potentially eliminating the need for invasive blood tests. "If we can do continuous blood pressure and glucose, we're in a whole different ballgame," Hon Pak, Samsung's mobile digital health chief, said in an interview. The South Korean tech giant recently teased the Galaxy Ring, boasting activity and sleep-tracking functionalities, with more health features likely to arrive in the future.

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