Future displays from Samsung may finally allow for extended health monitoring capabilities similar to those of connected watches. The manufacturer recently showed off some of the promising findings of its all-in-one OLED Sensor, including features like blood pressure monitoring and full-screen fingerprint scanning.
While Apple is still figuring out how to integrate accurate blood pressure sensors into its Apple Watch, Samsung has shown that it already has an edge. Samsung Display CEO JS Choi has revealed that the company is working on a next-generation display, dubbed OLED 2.0. This screen could be ready in 2025 with revolutionary features.
The Samsung official specifically mentioned an organic photodiode sensor. Basically, it should allow the entire screen surface to scan multiple fingerprints at once. According to the company, this will significantly improve the level of security by 2.5 billion times compared to registering a single finger profile.
Samsung’s next generation OLED display with integrated biosensors to monitor blood and sugar levels / © Samsung Display
Improvements for upcoming Galaxy smartphones
But above all it has been said that the next screens will allow the addition of biosensors to measure data on the health of users, such as blood pressure and blood sugar (glucose) levels. At the same time, these screens could house 5G antennas, further improving connectivity and reducing smartphone clutter.
Samsung has not disclosed all the technical details such as the accompanying methodology or how to produce accurate readings. As a reminder, the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro can read blood pressure by first requesting an external monitor for calibration. The Ultrahuman Cyborg M1 glucose monitor that my colleague Stefan tested uses a noninvasive needle to monitor the user’s metabolism.
Apple is also expected to launch a watch that can read blood pressure. The two recent patents indicate the various ways in which Cupertino could implement these technologies.
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