Aside from heart rate, Samsung's new chip can measure body fat, skeletal muscle mass, heart rhythm, skin temperature, and stress level. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing ...

Health and fitness has emerged as a key part of the wearables market. Whether it's a dedicated fitness band or a smartwatch, common features include a heartrate monitor, sleep tracking, and other ...

When people hear the name, Samsung, smartphones immediately come to mind, and rightly so as they are the world’s largest manufacturer of the devices. However, with waning sales and profits in the ...

Samsung Electronics already has a share in the health and fitness wearable tracker market with its Samsung Gear S2, but the Korean company announced on Dec. 29 that it is going even further than its ...

Samsung hopes to pave the way for smaller, more-efficient wearables with more capability than ever by shipping the industry's first integrated bio-processor. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

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eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Samsung Electronics is rolling out a tiny chip packed with ...

There’s no shortage of wearable fitness tracking devices which can monitor steps, distance traveled, elevation, heart rate, sleep quality, and other stats. But there’s always room for improvement, so ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Samsung thinks it’s about time that fitness trackers did more than monitor your ...

Samsung makes a lot of technology on the consumer side, but it also has a semiconductor division that makes chips comparable to Qualcomm. Their new Bio-Processor is meant for health wearables and can ...

Samsung wants to make an impact in the quantified health space. That's why the South Korean technology conglomerate has announced its Bio-Processor all-in-one logic chip aimed to pair with ...