At VivaTech 2026 in Paris, Samsung is putting its Connected Care concept in the spotlight: In the future, Samsung Health will no longer just track steps and sleep, but will also connect health data from Galaxy smartphones and watches to the Xealth clinical platform. With this, Samsung aims to bridge the gap between daily well-being and medical care. The trade show runs through June 20 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
Key Points at a Glance
- At VivaTech 2026, under the motto “Open Invitation to a Healthier Tomorrow,” Samsung is presenting its vision for connected digital health solutions.
- At the center of this is Samsung Health, which covers five areas: sleep, exercise, nutrition, well-being, and vital signs.
- Through the U.S. platform Xealth, which was acquired last year, Galaxy data will also be shared with doctors in the future.
- The Bespoke AI Family Hub and partner solutions, such as an AI Beauty Screen, are also part of the showcase.
What Samsung’s Connected Care Vision Is All About
The guiding principle is simple: devices, services, and partners should work together so that users can actively take control of their fitness and wellness management at home and on the go. At the heart of it all remains Samsung Health, the company’s in-house fitness platform. It bundles personalized features across five areas: sleep, exercise, nutrition, well-being, and vital signs.
Stephanie Choi, Executive Vice President and Head of the Global Brand Center at Samsung Electronics, summarizes the vision as follows: Samsung connects smartphones, wearables, home appliances, and TVs within its own ecosystem through open partnerships and aims to establish itself as an AI-powered companion for fitness and well-being.
The exhibition booth is divided into three zones: a media facade that visually highlights the five health areas, the Connected Care Ecosystem as the central show area, and the Open Care Lab, which focuses on partner solutions and startups.
From pedometer to doctor’s office: the Xealth integration
The most exciting part is in the Connected Care Ecosystem Zone. Here, Samsung demonstrates how Galaxy smartphones, Galaxy Watches, and the Samsung Health app work together, and provides a glimpse into its plans for digital healthcare. To achieve this, the U.S. platform Xealth—acquired last year—is set to play a key role.
Xealth is designed for healthcare professionals: Through the platform, doctors can assess patients’ conditions, prescribe or recommend digital health solutions, and track health data in real time. By connecting Galaxy devices to Xealth, Samsung aims to develop an application that allows clinical teams and patients to jointly manage well-being—even outside the hospital. So far, however, Xealth has only been active in the U.S. market; a launch in Europe has not been announced.
At the same time, the Samsung Health app has gained several new features with the 7.0 update, including a Heart Health Score, enhanced vital signs tracking, and the Daily Cardio Load workout metric. The trend toward daily overviews illustrates well how such AI features feel in practice—a point we also observed in our review of the OnePlus Watch 4, where a 60-second wellness overview replaces the morning check.
Smart Refrigerator and K-Beauty: More Health Gadgets
At Samsung, health doesn’t stop at the wrist. With the Bespoke AI Refrigerator Family Hub, the company showcases intelligent nutrition management. The AI Food Manager tracks expiration dates and sends a reminder to your smartphone before ingredients go bad. The FoodNote widget analyzes which foods were stored and consumed over the past week and provides personalized insights based on that data.
The SmartThings smart home platform handles connectivity in the background, while data protection is managed by Samsung’s Knox security solution. For those unfamiliar with SmartThings: The app usually comes pre-installed on your smartphone—we explain how to manage it and other Samsung apps in our guide “How to Disable Samsung Free.”
The Open Care Lab also showcases partner solutions: an AI Beauty Screen developed in collaboration with the Korean cosmetics company Amorepacific, the Visual Meditation service for Samsung TVs, and an AI-based skin and scalp analysis from Becon. Visitors can even book an appointment on-site for a personalized K-Beauty experience, during which the AI Beauty Screen analyzes their skin condition.
Panel on June 19: Who’s Talking About the Future
A panel discussion is also scheduled for June 19. Participants include Hon Pak, head of the Mobile eXperience Digital Health team at Samsung; David Lee from Samsung Next; Xealth CEO Mike McSherry; as well as Alina Su (Generation Lab) and Michael Dubrovsky (SiPhox Health). The topic is how Samsung’s open innovation approach and partner ecosystem can advance the Connected Care vision.
Context: Hardware is a thing of the past; now it’s all about the ecosystem
What Samsung is showcasing in Paris is less a single product and more a direction. Wearables have been providing reliable vital signs data for years—the real question has always been what happens to that data afterward. With Xealth, Samsung is attempting for the first time to integrate this data into the clinical setting. It will be interesting to see if and when this reaches Germany as well, since data protection and integration with the healthcare system are regulated much more strictly here than in the U.S.
If you want to dive deeper, you’ll find the details in Samsung’s official press release. And if you’re looking for the right Galaxy Watch to get the most out of Samsung Health in the first place: The roots of today’s sensor technology go back to models like the Galaxy Watch5.
Conclusion
With its 2026 VivaTech presentation, Samsung is shifting the focus of Samsung Health away from pure tracking toward a connected health ecosystem that, in the best-case scenario, extends all the way to the doctor’s office. The building blocks are in place—Galaxy devices, the Health app, SmartThings, Knox, and now, with Xealth, a clinical platform as well. Whether this will amount to more than just a flashy trade show vision depends primarily on how quickly and in compliance with data privacy regulations Samsung integrates these components. For anyone already part of the Galaxy ecosystem, however, this direction is certainly appealing.
