Explore essential health and wellness features on your Galaxy Watch

Last Update date : Sep 15. 2026
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Your Galaxy Watch can help you better understand your body and keep track of your health and wellness goals throughout the day. Learn how to use some of its built-in features to measure your body composition, monitor your heart rate and stress levels and more.

Activate Water Lock

When using your Galaxy watch in or around water turn on Water lock mode to prevent accidental touches on your screen. It will also prevent you from accidentally activating your watch with a wake-up gesture while you're swimming.

View of quick access panel. View of quick access panel.

Step 1. Swipe down on home screen to reveal quick access panel.

View of quick access panel with water lock icon highlighted. View of quick access panel with water lock icon highlighted.

Step 2. Tap Water lock icon.

View of water lock feature with instructions to turn off. View of water lock feature with instructions to turn off.

Step 3. To Turn off, press and hold the Home key for two seconds.

Measure your Stress Levels

With Galaxy Watch you can measure your stress levels by checking your heart rate and some other factors.

View of Samsung Health app Stress. View of Samsung Health app Stress.

Step 1. Open Samsung Health app, scroll down and tap “Stress”.

View of Samsung Health app Stress with Measure button. View of Samsung Health app Stress with Measure button.

Step 2. Tap “Measure”.

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Step 3. Wait for Galaxy to prepare.

View of Samsung Health app Stress with measurement level. View of Samsung Health app Stress with measurement level.

Step 4. Stress levels will be displayed as a percentage.

Please Note:

  • Stress levels measurements are for personal use only and do not offer conclusive medical opinion.

  • If at any point you feel stress, discomfort or unwell, talk to a medical professional.

Monitor your Heart Rate

Knowing your heart rate can be useful because it helps you determine whether your exercise is intense enough to provide health benefits, but not so intense that it could present physical complications.

View of Samsung Health app Heart Rate. View of Samsung Health app Heart Rate.

Step 1. Open Samsung Health app, scroll down and tap “Heart rate”.

View of Samsung Health app Heart rate with Measure button. View of Samsung Health app Heart rate with Measure button.

Step 2. Tap “Measure”.

View of Samsung Health app Heart rate information. View of Samsung Health app Heart rate information.

Step 3. Heart rate information will be displayed.

Please Note: 

  • Heart rate measurements are for personal use only and do not offer conclusive medical opinion.

  • If you feel unwell or any discomfort, seek immediate medical advice.

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