Tattoos can confuse the sensor that “thinks” the watch is not being worn
All Samsung Galaxy Watch smartwatches suffer from one problem – the sensors do not work and do not give out information about health and fitness when worn on a tattooed arm.
Tattoo ink can prevent smartwatch optical sensors from detecting that they are already on the arm. Because of this, Galaxy Watch users with tattoos often cannot get the watch to read any activity and health data – the corresponding sensors simply do not turn on.
However, this problem is observed not only with Samsung, but also with many other manufacturers, including Apple, who rely on optical sensors to measure biometric data.
Samsung Galaxy Watch will be able to work even for users with tattoos
Samsung is now reportedly aware of this issue and plans to fix it in an upcoming update. According to a Samsung community moderator, the company’s engineers are already working on a fix that should improve the Galaxy Watch’s wear detection feature. The same moderator said that the update will be released in the second half of 2023.
Based on these uncertain timelines, the feature could be part of the upcoming One UI Watch 5 and Wear OS 4 updates. The Wear OS 4 platform is expected to debut with the announcement of the Galaxy Watch 6 series at the end of July, before rolling out to the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 5.
