What you must know

• The Galaxy Watch 5 launched in August 2022 with a brand new infrared temperature sensor.
• Samsung has introduced a partnership with Pure Cycles to permit the smartwatch to trace cycles.
• The brand new Cycle Monitoring characteristic will make the most of the temperature sensor and can launch within the Samsung Well being app in Q2.

Samsung is placing the temperature sensor on the Galaxy Watch 5 to good use, due to its new partnership with Pure Cycles.

The 2 firms introduced (opens in new tab) their collaboration on a brand new characteristic coming to the smartwatch later this 12 months that can permit customers to trace their menstrual cycles. Cycle Monitoring will make the most of the infrared temperature sensor on the Galaxy Watch 5 — a characteristic we’re seeing on extra Android smartwatches — and Pure Cycles’ proprietary algorithm to assist customers decide fertility standing.

That is the primary time Pure Cycles has introduced its algorithm to a smartwatch — a serious step in permitting extra customers to raised monitor menstrual cycles and fertility, which is crucial for customers seeking to both plan or stop being pregnant. The corporate additionally partnered with Oura in 2022 to carry the algorithm to the Oura Ring, which additionally makes use of a temperature sensor.