The upgrade provides customized support based on healthcare industry partners’ priorities and gives them greater flexibility to pioneer innovative solutions.
Samsung Electronics today announced the new Samsung Health Software Development Kit (SDK) suite. Designed to better support developers and researchers creating innovative healthcare solutions, the SDK suite leverages Samsung’s advanced sensor technology and comprehensive Samsung Health platform. The new complete package of sensors, data, accessories and research stack components is now easily accessible to a broader range of partners, developers and researchers.
Sensor SDK: Accelerating the development of healthcare services with advanced sensor technology
The Sensor SDK provides developers with Samsung’s powerful BioActive Sensor algorithms on the Galaxy Watch, enabling them to explore new areas of health services and create advanced new solutions. BioActive Sensor measures a range of health metrics, including heart rate, skin temperature, electrocardiogram (ECG), and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). Notable updates include continuous access to photoplethysmography (PPG), infrared (IR), and red LED sensor data for the first time. This advancement will help enhance health services related to blood oxygenation (SpO2), improve sleep quality, and more. The upgraded BIA expands on the existing eight metrics, including skeletal muscle mass and body fat mass, to provide additional measurements such as size and degree, providing more accurate body composition analysis and providing deeper insights into overall physical health.
Data SDK: Bringing new value to healthcare services with comprehensive health information
Starting in October, the newly added Data SDK will enable developers to create innovative digital health solutions by leveraging integrated health data collected from various devices, including Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Ring, smartphones, and even third-party devices. The Data SDK provides access to health metrics in the Samsung Health app, including sleep, exercise, blood pressure, food intake, and blood glucose levels, analyzed with advanced algorithms. These streamlined insights generated by Samsung Health will enable developers to be more productive when developing healthcare services.
Accessory SDK: Aggregating comprehensive health information from a variety of health devices in one place
The Accessory SDK allows developers to integrate compatible third-party health devices such as blood pressure monitors, fitness devices like bike sensors, heart rate monitors, and even glucose monitors through the Samsung Health app, making it easier to view health status information in one place without having to launch separate third-party apps, facilitating a seamless and simplified experience and expanding the end-to-end health management ecosystem.
Research Stack: Supporting research organizations to further support the healthcare industry
Research Stack is an open source project that aims to expand the digital health research ecosystem. By providing mobile and wearable app SDKs as well as web portals and backend services, Research Stack creates a flexible and versatile research environment, supporting all stages of the research process, from recruitment and surveys to tracking progress and monitoring results. The recently updated Research Stack boasts a comprehensive toolset developed based on valuable feedback from research institutions and experience in conducting complex, large-scale studies. In addition, the upcoming 2.0 version will directly integrate Sensor SDK and Data SDK from Health SDK Suite. Research Stack is already being used as part of the research and discovery process at leading research institutions, confirming Samsung’s active support of the healthcare industry, providing researchers with more efficient research and meaningful results.
For more information on the new Samsung Health SDK Suite, visit https://developer.samsung.com/health.
