Samsung Electronics has announced a strategic agreement to acquire Xealth, a U.S.-based digital health platform, as part of its broader move to expand its footprint in mobile healthcare services. The deal, disclosed on Tuesday, underscores the South Korean tech giant’s growing commitment to healthcare innovation, though the financial terms were not revealed.
The acquisition aims to unlock synergies between Samsung’s advanced wearable technologies and Xealth’s established digital health ecosystem, which currently supports over 500 hospitals across the United States. Xealth’s platform enables healthcare providers to remotely manage digital care programs, access patient data, and enhance personalized treatment delivery.
“By combining Samsung’s wearable tech with Xealth’s clinical integration platform, we aim to empower care teams and improve patient outcomes through seamless data-driven insights,” Samsung said in a statement.
This move forms part of Samsung’s strategy to diversify beyond its traditional core businesses in semiconductors and smartphones. Healthcare, alongside consumer electronics, climate control solutions, and robotics, has been identified as a next-generation growth engine for the company.
The acquisition follows Samsung’s recent €1.5 billion ($1.68 billion) purchase of Germany’s FläktGroup in May—an effort to meet rising demand for data center cooling infrastructure, particularly driven by the AI computing boom.
Chairman Jay Y. Lee previously signaled Samsung’s appetite for “meaningful” acquisitions in 2024 to regain competitive edge in high-growth verticals, including artificial intelligence. However, the announcement comes amid financial headwinds: Samsung earlier projected a 56% drop in Q2 operating profit, largely attributed to a slowdown in AI-related chip sales.
Despite these challenges, the Xealth acquisition highlights Samsung’s long-term bet on digital health as a sustainable growth driver, leveraging its ecosystem of smart devices, AI capabilities, and now, clinical connectivity. With healthcare increasingly digitized, the integration of wearables and patient management platforms positions Samsung to play a more active role in shaping the future of personalized, remote care.
