One of Samsung’s smartwatches (commonly known as the Galaxy Watch) gets so hot that it caused a small burn on the wrist of a wearer who wore it while sleeping, the person himself confirmed in a Reddit post.

In the post, the netizen shows two images showing the South Korean firm’s smart watch incident. The first picture shows the watch model, Smart watch Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 announced in 2019. In the second burn areawhich corresponds to where the back of the device rests on your wrist.

The user does not specify if he contacted Samsung to clarify what happened, or if the Samsung Galaxy Watch gave an error other than overheating. However, this is not an isolated case. Many netizens reacted to the post. claim to have encountered the same problem with their smartwatchesyes Some, in fact, from other manufacturers.

In most cases, users claim that overheating and burning of the skin is due to rchemical reaction caused by charging pins which includes a device on the back and contact with sweat. “It turns out that if you’re a sweaty person with the right type of sweat, the pads on the charger facing your skin will conduct a small amount of current, and some of your sweat will turn into a caustic chemical,” says one of the victims.

Samsung Galaxy Watch overheating, possible cause of wrist burn

However, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 there are no contacts for charging. Samsung also ensures that it can be used at night. The user, for his part, assures that he did not apply any creams or substances on his wrist, but took only sleeping pills. He also claims that a few minutes earlier he noticed how the back of the watch was overheating.

Other users also reported that Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 has similar failures with heating. A watch that, let’s remember, was announced – let’s remember – in 2019 and that offers general sports and health-related features, including a heart rate sensor. Also electrocardiogram, barometer, gyroscope and accelerometer. Sensors, which, in fact, are very common in most smartwatches. Samsung has not yet provided details on this.

Source: Hiper Textual

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