Eight months since the Galaxy Watch 5 series went on sale, Samsung is finally activating the wearable's temperature sensor, but it may not benefit you.

The Galaxy Watch 5 makes up for a missing physical bezel with a new body temperature sensor and a larger battery.

Samsung has indicated it will gradually add more features and functions which utilize the skin temperature sensor that’s embedded inside the Galaxy Watch 5 series.

According to tweets made by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo last month, Samsung is not ready with the temperature sensor algorithm, which is why we won’t get a temperature sensor on the Galaxy Watch 5 series.

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its latest smartwatches, the Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro — beating Apple (AAPL) to rolling out a watch that can measure body temperature.

Samsung finally enabled temperature tracking on a smartwatch launched nearly nine months ago. The Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro now offer detailed menstrual tracking by measuring your core ...

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 adds battery life, screen strength, and temperature sensor You lose the rotation bezel, but you gain somewhat confusing temp monitoring.

Samsung recently confirmed that it is working on new features that make use of the Galaxy Watch 5's temperature sensor.

Samsung is adding support for cycle tracking on the Galaxy Watch 5 series which uses the smartwatch's hidden temperature sensor.