Kuala Lampur, July 22 -- Shortly after Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event in New York, I had the chance to participate in a dedicated Health Immersion session to experience the Galaxy Watch 8 series' new and refined health features.

Besides having a slimmer squircle design and a brighter display with up to 3000 nits, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 series is designed to encourage sustainable and positive changes covering sleep, stress, fitness and even nutrition.

Smarter sleep insights, not just sleep hours

Samsung has been refining its sleep tracking feature over several generations of its wearables. Besides logging how many hours you've sleep, the Galaxy Watch 8 not only detects sleep stages (light, deep, REM) but it also measures your blood...