Is Galaxy watch 3 ECG feature working on Malaysia?

[tij]

Hi, 

I'd like to know is the ECG function working on the Galaxy watch 3 that bought from Malaysia. 

Thanks.

[Visva11]

not yet. but when I contacted samsung customer service they said it is yet to be announced. I dont really know what that means whether if it will arrive in malaysia soon or not.

[Gchan]

Here's a workaround. Pls let me know if it works. Would like to buy is it does.

https://youtu.be/HkkqmRkUVK0

[Samsung_kvVbb1f]

The lin you give doesn't work. Use this one. It works for me on Active 2.

[Samsung_kvVbb1f]

The link you give doesn't work. Use this one. It works for me on Active 2.

https://youtu.be/11lvEJWdzMY

[MNMY]

But its a bit strange when I went to one of the Samsung retail store, the salesperson claim that the function (BP reader) is available though he did not demonstrate it to me as they do not have a demo unit available. I tried to confirm if his understanding of the BP reader is not the same as Heart Rate reader and he insist that the function is available. I will try to go to another reseller and seemif I can get same feedback 😊

[kris-khaira]

Heart monitoring in smartwatch devices could mean many things:

- EKG feature (the one talked about here)

- PPG (optical heart sensor)

- SpO2 (often comes along with the optical heart sensor)

Manufacturers like Samsung can ship devices with PPG and SpO2 features enabled, but EKG requires gov approval. Same goes with Apple Watch too—still no EKG approval until today.

[CodeGix]

For your information ECG for Apple is already approved by government 6 days before your post here: (KKM) https://soyacincau.com/2021/02/09/apple-watch-malaysia-ecg-feature-approved-medical-device-authority...

And I wonder why haven't samsung got the same status? Money issue? Apple might have paid lot of money to get this approval.

[tij]

sensor is already there, its about software

[kris-khaira]

It's not really the software, but gov approval (see my other comment). All EKG devices usually require some sort of approval from a gov as they will have to follow guidelines. For example, here are the US FDA guidelines for EKG devices.

https://www.fda.gov/files/medical%20devices/published/Guidance-for-Industry--Diagnostic-ECG-Guidance...

I have no idea what the local guidelines are, and AFAIK the AliveCor KardiaMobile is probably the most portable EKG device approved by our gov. The problem is it's not a watch.

https://biodmedica.com/products/alivecor-kardiamobile-6l