The Apple Watch could track your blood sugar as soon as next year
Knowing the percentage of oxygen that your red blood cells are carrying from your lungs throughout the rest of your body can give you a general idea about your health and might even give you advanced warning about COVID-19. A normal reading would be a range between 95% to 100%. Another useful feature on the timepiece will alert pre-selected contacts if you’ve fallen and can’t get up.
Rockley CEO Andrew Rickman said that he expects his company’s technology to be in consumer products next year, but would not say if an Apple device will be involved. Besides measuring glucose levels, Apple could be looking to add other sensors for the Apple Watch that would monitor a user’s alcohol level and blood pressure. Offering Apple Watch users an accurate sensor that measures glucose levels though, would certainly be a feather in Apple’s cap.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has often mentioned how important healthcare monitoring is to the future of Apple. The Apple Watch is a good example of how the company is trying to integrate its hardware and software along the lines of tracking one’s health.