With Samsung’s latest innovation in wearables, Galaxy Fit3 complemented by some small daily habits, better sleep health is now possible. And based on individual sleep patterns, Samsung Galaxy Fit3 is now able to provide users with personalised Sleep Coaching ^[1], offering meaningful insights that can help you to more intuitively understand your sleep, leading you to make positive changes.

Recent studies by Samsung have shown that users’ interest in personal sleep health has been skyrocketing; however, the quality of sleep people get each night is declining. Another concerning aspect is the increase in awake time during sleep, leading to a decline in sleep efficiency, a key factor in sleep quality that is tracked by calculating the ratio of actual time asleep to the total time spent in bed each night. Inconsistent sleep patterns can also impact sleep quality.

Galaxy Fit3 is therefore able to help users discover details on their sleep stages and track ^[2] their sleeping patterns so that they can gain some helpful insights. This latest innovative design in smartwatch technology is able to rest snugly on your wrist, while silently monitoring your sleep patterns throughout the night. You can now comfortably wear your Galaxy Fit3, allowing it to detect your snoring ^[3] and monitor your blood oxygen levels ^[4] right through the night, so that it can find your sleep score and provide you with more detailed measurements.

Justin Hume, Vice President of MX Business at Samsung South Africa said: “As Samsung, we are committed to leveraging both our technology and the Galaxy ecosystem to give everyone the insights they need to achieve their lifelong wellness goals. Our innovative fitness tracker, the Galaxy Fit3 that comes with advanced health monitoring technology, will help you manage your overall wellness and that includes both your health and physical activity by providing you with more reliable and accurate data.”

And furthermore, the sleep analysis and sleep coaching functionality ^[5] in the latest Galaxy Fit3 is able to compare data to previous days, so that you can track how your daily routine improvements influence your sleep quality.

So, by monitoring your body movement throughout the night, Galaxy Fit3 is providing you with the ability to see how you are doing over days or years so that you can make healthier choices each day. Samsung is also in the process of expanding its tech capabilities and evolving product portfolio to include other heart health monitoring features during sleep.

In an effort to provide an even deeper understanding of your overall health, this new wearable technology is now able to deliver health metrics that include heart rate ^[6], stress levels and even cycle tracking ^[7].

And furthermore, Samsung Health ^[8] now provides daily goals and coaching programs to help you achieve healthy sleeping habits. This free application serves to track various aspects of daily life contributing to well-being such as physical activity, diet and sleep. Samsung Health together with this latest fitness tracker allows users to achieve healthier sleep with a better understanding of their own sleep patterns, personalised motivations and coaching.

Availability

So, if you want to keep track of your daily health and wellness, discover your sleep score and have the good night sleep you deserve – get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy Fit3. This latest fitness tracker is available now at all participating Samsung retail stores nationwide – at an affordable, recommended retail price of only R1299 ^[9].

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Disclaimers:

^[1] Sleep Coaching requires sleep data of at least 7 days, including 2 days off.

^[2] Sleep tracking features are intended for general wellness and fitness purposes only. Not intended for use in detection, diagnosis, treatment of any medical condition or sleep disorder. The measurements are for your personal reference only. Please consult a medical professional for advice.

^[3] Snoring detection requires use of the microphone on a Bluetooth paired Galaxy smartphone. To use feature, the paired smartphone should be in close proximity to the user.

^[4] Availability of the blood oxygen level feature may vary by market.

^[5] Sleep Coaching requires sleep data of at least 7 days, including 2 days off.

^[6] Heart Rate features are intended for general wellness and fitness purposes only. Not intended for use in detection, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring or management of any medical condition or disease. Any health-related information accessed through the device and application should not be treated as medical advice. Users should seek any medical advice from a physician.

^[7] Predictions are made based on the dates entered by the user. Cycle Tracking is only for managing and tracking women’s menstrual cycle. Not intended for contraception. If you are currently taking hormonal birth control or undergoing hormonal treatment that inhibits ovulation, this service will not be useful for tracking ovulation. Predictions may vary depending on the proper use of your device, input data, etc. Intended for users 18 years old and above. Users should not interpret or take clinical action based on the predictions made without consultation of a qualified healthcare professional.

^[8] Sleep features are intended for general wellness and fitness purposes only. The measurements are for your personal reference only. Please consult a medical professional for advice. Requires Samsung Health application version 6.26 or later. Available sleep features may vary by market, carrier, connected device and Samsung Health application version.

^[9] Availability may vary by market or carrier. Available colours, bands & price may vary depending on market or carrier.

“Samsung’s Smart Inverter Compressor is the answer to keeping your electricity bill down. It adjusts its speed in response to the surrounding temperature. By running only at the speed needed, energy wastage is kept to a minimum, which reduces your electricity usage,” says Mike van Lier, Director Consumer Electronics at Samsung South Africa.

Dr. Christopher Winter, Medical Director at Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine, says your bedroom should be between 15ºC and 18ºC for optimal sleep. When trying to fall asleep, your body temperature decreases to initiate sleep and these suggested temperatures can help facilitate this. If your bedroom is cool, rather than warm, it will be easier to shut your eyes for the night.

Temperatures far lower or higher than what is recommended could lead to restlessness and can also affect the quality of rapid eye movement sleep – the stage of sleep with the highest brain activity. During this stage, you’ll have higher brain metabolism and will often dream. There are spontaneous rapid eye movements and minimal body movement. It’s usually difficult to wake a sleeper during this stage. Think of your bedroom as a cave, it should be quiet, cool and dark for the best chance at getting enough rest.

If your room is cooler while trying to fall asleep, you will:

1. Fall asleep more quickly
Provide an environment for your body to fall asleep more comfortably and quicker. If it’s too hot or too cold, your body will waste energy trying to regulate its temperature and will leave you tossing and turning all night.

2. Get a better night’s sleep
When your body isn’t trying to regulate itself, you’ll fall into a deeper, more restorative sleep. Research** has proven that sleeping in cooler environments can help decrease certain types of insomnia.

3. Look more youthful
It’s been shown that sleeping in temperatures between 15ºC and 18ºC will allow your body to release more melatonin, one of our best anti-aging hormones.

4. Decrease your risk for certain metabolic diseases
According to Dr. Francesco Celi***, Chairman of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, sleeping in an 18ºC room not only burns more calories while awake, but the amount of “brown fat” (or good fat) in the body increases. Brown fat allows your body to burn calories, not store them. Together, this could help lower the risk for metabolic diseases like diabetes over time.

“With our technical expertise and products designed with the consumer’s needs in mind, Samsung aims to help people live healthier, productive lives using technology that address that improve and simplify their lives,” concludes Hume.

^* http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/08/30/sleep-cold-room-health/
^** https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/putting-insomnia-on-ice/
^*** https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/cool-temperature-alters-human-fat-metabolism