Apple’s decision to enter the “quantified self” race reportedly will not end with a so-called “iWatch,” as the company is thought to be considering the creation of a centralized tracking platform for health and fitness devices similar to the iOS App Store.
Recently, Apple has been hiring health and fitness experts over the past years to get this project on the roll. Some of the hires are known talent from biotech companies such as Masimo, Vital Connect, and Philips Sleep Research. The latest reported hire is Eric Winokur, who is an MIT researcher. Winokur does work mostly on devices that monitor blood pressure and heart rate.The company hiring in the sensor technology which is believed to be rising due to the rumored project.
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Cook promised to deliver a product that could monitor blood glucose levels and fitness nutrition beyond any device that is out in the present market.In particular, it’s been said that a key feature of iOS 8 may be a so-called “Healthbook” application that would act as a central point for users to measure and track health-related data on their iPhone. This application might interface with a variety of wearable and connected devices that could track information such as weight, heart rate, blood pressure and more.
While wearable biometric devices are believed to be Apple’s immediate interest, some suspect that a new health platform is the company’s longer-term play.Since the Apple’s last product was iPad in 2010, the integration of this new health project with their new product “iWatch” sounds like a winning strategy.
Apple planning App Store-like health platform for their biometric devices
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