{
  "id": 1856744,
  "title": "Sorry, Samsung — Google says its latest AI smartphone camera tool can measure bodies better than the Galaxy Watch's bioelectric sensors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/sorry-samsung-google-says-its-latest-ai-smartphone-camera-tool-can",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-19T03:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/sorry-samsung-google-says-its-latest-ai-smartphone-camera-tool-can-measure-bodies-better-than-the-galaxy-watchs-bioelectric-sensors"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google is developing an advanced AI-powered smartphone camera tool capable of estimating body fat more accurately than Samsung's Galaxy Watch's bioelectric sensors, according to researchers. The new feature, called PhotoScan, is an investigational deep learning framework that uses smartphone photos and compares them to medical-grade DXA scans to achieve near-DXA accuracy in predicting body composition. Although not yet publicly available, the research demonstrates the feasibility of smartphone-based body composition estimation, potentially replacing traditional BIA sensors in the future.",
  "summary": "In the midst of a health wearables arms race, Google's been quietly developing health scanning tools for your smartphone's camera instead.",
  "key_points": [
    "Google developing AI-powered smartphone camera tool called PhotoScan",
    "PhotoScan estimates body fat more accurately than Samsung Galaxy Watch sensors",
    "Research demonstrates feasibility of smartphone-based body composition estimation"
  ],
  "editors_take": "This development suggests smartphone cameras could become a more accurate tool for estimating body fat than wearable devices like the Galaxy Watch, potentially disrupting the market for health tracking technology.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}