The Samsung Galaxy S4 is more than just a smartphone. It is also a life companion that cares about your health and wellbeing.
Key to this is the Galaxy S4′s amazing S Health application that’s been specially designed to help you lead a healthy and positive lifestyle.
The S Health is a suite of new apps, each with a different purpose from monitoring your food intake to keeping track of your exercise regime, alerting you when you need to start taking extra care of yourself.
S Health is just one of many brilliant features that make the Samsung Galaxy S4 a fantastic smartphone.
S Health as the ultimate fitness pal
S Health
Along with an extensive array of exercises to help you get into shape, S Health features a food diary to log what you’re eating to ensure you’re on a healthy and balanced diet too.
It also shows your comfort level based on the temperature and humidity in the surrounding environment thanks to the Galaxy S4′s numerous sensors, including a built-in thermometer.
And with a range of official Samsung accessories that you can purchase separately, S Health can even measure your weight, blood pressure and heart rate.
S Health’s easy configuration and features
S Health
To enhance its new software even further Samsung has integrated nine new sensors into the S4, which include a barometer and a temperature and humidity sensor to inform users how their environment is affecting their health and fitness levels.
Upon the release of the S4 Samsung said “the combination of sensors built within the device systematically and automatically monitors your health, surroundings and so much more to help improve your quality of life.”
Below are three main elements which make up the new S Health feature:
1). S Health’s Walking Mate
Using the S4’s accelerometer Walking Mate clocks the number of steps you take on a daily basis. At the end of each day the app will then calculate how many calories you’ve managed to burn and keep a record of these figures to monitor your progress.
2). S Health’s Exercise Mate
Simply enter all the details of the exercise you do and this app will calculate exactly how many calories you’ve managed to burn, displaying them as a percentage of the total amount it thinks you need to work off. Any form of exercise can be entered, whether it’s cycling or running or even yoga and fitness classes.
3). S Health’s Food Tracker
This app can be used to track everything you eat before calculating how much exercise you then need to do to burn off any extra calories. Different foods can be selected from a list integrated into the app and grouped together into meals, so you can check up on exactly what you’re eating.
There’s also the ability to take a photo of a meal and the app promises to read the calorific content, although it can be quite temperamental and it’s uncertain how accurate its reading are.
