Best way to access sensor data locally

Samsung Health
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Hey!

Can someone help me understand what is the best way to access raw sensor data locally on a Samsung Watch 4?

We’re going to need to develop an app that won’t have access to the internet and will need to fetch the sensor/health data and send it to another device either via bluetooth or wi-fi so that further processing can be done on it.

Some APIs I’ve seen seem to need the app/device be connected and synchronized with some external service, like the samsung health. And some doesn’t seem to provide access to all health sensor available on the watch.

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Check out Wear Health Services and it points you to a repository on GitHub

Ron
Samsung Developer Relations

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Hi Ron! Thank you for the quick response.

I’ve taken a look at this documentation before, but it seems that this API doesn’t provide access to some health sensors, like Blood Pressure and Oxygen Saturation.

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I don’t think you can do blood pressure from a watch doesn’t that require the restriction of blood flow?

The O2 level is a proprietary algorithm no a sensor data you would need to create your own. I don’t know if that is shared with a Health Privileged Partner or not but it may be. If you are in the US or most of Europe you can apply for tath.

Ron
Samsung Developer Relations

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Will look into that. Thanks!