{"id":61571,"date":"2023-07-19T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=61571"},"modified":"2024-07-01T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:15:30","slug":"samsung-wallet-thermo-check-and-whatsapp-are-coming-to-the-galaxy-watch-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/samsung-wallet-thermo-check-whatsapp-coming-to-galaxy-watch-series","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Wallet, Thermo Check and WhatsApp Are Coming to the Galaxy Watch Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A range of new apps for its<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/watches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Galaxy Watch series<\/a> will bring more responsive, adaptable and multi-functional smartwatch experiences for Galaxy users. With <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-wallet-available-8-new-markets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung Wallet<\/a>, Thermo Check, and WhatsApp, users can do more than ever straight from their wrist.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Samsung Wallet<\/strong>: Last year, Samsung Wallet combined Samsung Pay with Samsung Pass to consolidate more of users\u2019 wallets on their smartphones. Now, Samsung Wallet will come to the new Galaxy Watch series too. With the all-in-one Samsung Wallet app, users can easily make payments, provide IDs, and pull up show tickets<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a> right on their smartwatch.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thermo Check<\/strong>: Thanks to the new Skin Temperature API \u2013 a part of Samsung\u2019s Privileged Health software development kit (SDK) \u2013 partners can now take full advantage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/watches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Watch\u2019s<\/a> advanced infrared technology for temperature measurements. The new Thermo Check app allows users to easily measure the temperature of their surroundings, from meals they are about to eat to water they are about to swim in, all without any physical contact required. It\u2019ll be available first on the upcoming Galaxy Watch devices and later expanded to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-galaxy-watch5-pro-health-innovation-unpacked-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Watch5 series.<\/a><a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>WhatsApp<\/strong>: In a new expansion of the unified Wear OS ecosystem, Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch4 users can now use WhatsApp\u2019s first-ever smartwatch app. The app will let users continue conversations, reply to messages by voice, and even answer calls, all without needing to take out their phones.<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"embedded recommended recommended-post\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"embedded-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-badge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recommended News<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"recommended-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-brings-irregular-heart-rhythm-notification-galaxy-watch-13-markets\/?r=true&#038;referrer=usnewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"recommended-news\" aria-label=\"Samsung Brings Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification to Galaxy Watch in 13 Markets \u2013 Read more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/13103459\/samsung-irregular-heart-rhythm-notification-feature.png\" alt=\"Read more: Samsung Brings Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification to Galaxy Watch in 13 Markets\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Samsung Brings Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification to Galaxy Watch in 13 Markets<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Read more<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"article-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Through the introduction of these new features, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/watches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung Galaxy Watch series<\/a> will gain more versatile functions and a more streamlined usability. With still more to be unveiled at <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-galaxy-unpacked-july-2023-join-flip-side-invitation-livestream-replay-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Unpacked<\/a> on July 26 at 7 a.m. EST\/8 p.m. KST, Samsung continues to make more of the wider app ecosystem available on its Galaxy Watch series and maximize users\u2019 experience.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a> Coming to Galaxy Watch devices later this summer with limited feature availability. Availability may vary market and\u00a0 requires a paired smartphone running Android 9 or later.<\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a> Requires Samsung Wallet-enabled Galaxy phones running Android 9 or later. For the full list of compatible devices, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samsung.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.samsung.com<\/a>. Available on select types of identifications, institutions, and schools; details of the services may vary by market and are subject to change.<\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/a> Download app through Google Play and pair with the compatible Galaxy Watch.<\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/a> Download app through Google Play and pair with the Galaxy Watch4 or Watch5 series. The app will be progressively released from today.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A range of new apps for its Galaxy Watch series will bring more responsive, adaptable and multi-functional smartwatch experiences for Galaxy users. 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