Samsung Helps Prevent Heat-Related Illnesses with Galaxy Watch

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Samsung is using its Galaxy Watch to help businesses protect workers from heat-related illnesses. The company has improved its AI workplace safety solution to enable proactive heat-stress management in line with the Ministry of Employment and Labor’s guidelines.

Samsung improves its heat stress management system

In September 2025, Samsung launched its SmartThings Pro Safety Management solution. The platform combines the Galaxy Watch LTE and SmartThings Pro. It collects workers’ biometric data, including heart rate and activity levels, to assess heat-stress risks in real time.

The improved solution follows the Ministry of Employment and Labor’s heatwave response guidelines and industrial safety policy directions. The manager receives alerts on a dashboard when heat criteria reach official levels. These include heatwave advisories for 33 degrees or higher, a heatwave warning for 35 degrees or higher, and a severe heatwave warning for 38 degrees or higher.

The system measures workers’ perceived temperature using real-time temperature and humidity data from the site. Several personal physical information, such as height, weight, gender, and age, is taken into consideration. Simply put, it can predict core body temperature in real time.

As a result, the manager can send timely warnings and rest recommendations to workers wearing a supported Galaxy Watch. The solution is currently being used at the construction site of its Pyeongtaek Campus in South Korea.

Samsung collaborated with a research team from Incheon National University to improve the heat stress prediction and detection algorithm. This helped review how the body’s response to heat stress matched the algorithm’s predictions. As such, the company improved the solution’s reliability.

Basically, Samsung wants to develop a wearable industrial safety model to support worker safety at sites during the summer. “We will continue to develop our safety management solutions based on an information security management system that complies with international standards,” said Park Chan-woo, Vice President of Samsung Electronics’ B2B Integrated Offering Center.

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Binay Konwar

Binay Konwar started his blogging journey in 2014 and has since written plenty of tech articles. At present, he is working as a News Writer at SammyGuru, covering everything about Samsung. He holds a Master's degree in Mathematics, but his real passion lies in tech and writing. In his free time, he enjoys playing chess and watching movies.

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