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Samsung could start charging Galaxy Watch users for health features
Tech Advisor
|August 2025
Company 'exploring' subscription model. JON MUNDY reports
Samsung is mulling over making you pay a subscription fee for certain core Galaxy Watch features. In an interview with Samsung's head of digital health, Dr Hon Pak, the company apparently told CNET that it was exploring a premium subscription model like that of rivals services Fitbit Premium and Garmin new Connect Plus.
This story is from the August 2025 edition of Tech Advisor.
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