Although the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 offers many health and fitness tracking features, some of them are not available to all users. Features like ECG and blood pressure monitoring are limited to certain areas, and you can’t use them if your watch is paired with a non-Samsung device. Fortunately, there is a simple solution to enable ECG and blood pressure monitoring on the Galaxy Watch 4.
The workaround is to use a modified version of the Samsung Health Monitor app from an XDA Senior Member Dante 63. It bypasses regional restrictions on ECG and blood pressure monitoring features and enables these features even if you’re using a Galaxy Watch 4 with a non-Samsung device. Unfortunately, it has a major drawback. If you are using the modified Samsung Health Monitor app to enable blood pressure monitoring on the Galaxy Watch 4, you will not be able to sync your blood pressure data with the Samsung Health app on your phone. Fortunately, Dante63 offers a solution for that as well. Follow the instructions below to enable BP sync on Galaxy Watch 4.
How to enable BP Sync on Samsung Galaxy Watch 4
To enable BP syncing on Galaxy Watch 4, you will need to download the file called SamsungHealth.zip from the Google Drive link given below.
Download the SamsungHealth.zip file
Extract the folder called SamsungHealth from within the ZIP file and copy it to the download folder on your phone. Check the extracted folder and its contents on your phone. Its path should look like “/Internal Storage/Download/SamsungHealth/FeatureManagerOn” or “/storage/emulated/0/Download/SamsungHealth/FeatureManagerOn.”
NB: Make sure not to delete this folder, or else the BP sync feature will stop working.
Once this is done, you will have to force stop the Samsung Health app on your phone. To do this, open the application information page and click on File forced stop button. tap on forced stop In the next popup to force stop the app.
Now open the Samsung Health app again and go to its settings by tapping on the three-dotted menu button in the top-right corner and then tapping Settings Selection.
On the Samsung Health app settings page, scroll down to File About Samsung Health section and click on it. On the next page, tap the version until File Set Features And the developer mode popup buttons.
Click on Set Features button and select file Health Analytics option on the next page. Switch to a file DEV option in the Health Analytics server menu and scroll down to File Data platform Selection.
In the Data platform menu, click the switch under File developer mode option to turn it on.
Now, close the Samsung Health app from the recent apps screen, force stop it again by following the steps above and then clear its cache.
Ensure that data permissions for the modified Samsung Health Monitor app are enabled by tapping on the hamburger menu icon on the app’s home page, and selecting data option in the next menu, then enable data permission for Samsung Health app.
BP sync should now work as intended, and your watch will now be able to sync your blood pressure data with the Samsung Health app.
Note that the blood pressure feature on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 should only be used as an indicator of blood pressure trends between regular checkups by a healthcare professional. It is not a substitute for traditional blood pressure monitoring methods. You should not take any clinical action based on the readings provided by the Galaxy Watch 4 without consulting a qualified healthcare professional.
The Galaxy Watch 4 is currently the best smartwatch you can buy on Wear OS. It offers all the health and fitness tracking features you need, including ECG and blood pressure monitoring.
Galaxy Watch 4 Classic is a slightly more premium version of the Galaxy Watch 4. It offers the same health and fitness tracking features in an even better looking package.
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