This is a feature that the 4.5 million people with diabetes in France are eagerly awaiting. Apple is in fact in the process of implementing a new sensor for its Apple Watch “Series 7”, the next Apple connected watch model, this sensor would be capable of monitoring blood sugar levels, an essential indicator in treatment of diabetes.
ETNews announces that the new Apple Watch will have this functionality, which could also arrive in the coming months on the new Samsung Galaxy Watch, while no announcement of this type was made by the Korean manufacturer during the presentation of the Galaxy S21 last week.
A sensor that will not solve all the problems
On the Apple side, the latter's interest in such a sensor no longer needs to be proven. In recent years,the Cupertino company has published several patents referring to technologies around the watch and blood sugar measurement.
The ETNews report, although very encouraging on Apple's progress, tends to level things out. We will indeed have to wait years and the next Apple Watch Series 7 would not allow type 1 diabetics to self-diagnose, as they can do today with a constant glucometer. The level of precision of Apple's sensor should not be sufficient for it to provide the necessary information with medical certainty.
Apple's desire to always go further
Since the launch of its connected watch a few years ago, Apple has always made this accessoryreal medical support for its owner. But in recent years, connectivity and ecosystem inclusion features have taken a back seat, letting new sensors take the spotlight. These are there to give us new information about our health.
The Apple Watch thus saw a fall detector arrive, followed by a sensor to produce electrocardiograms in a few seconds. Finally, Apple's latest connected watch model offers a brand new sensor that can measure the oxygen level in the blood, again this is very important health data that Apple monitors for you.
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