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Apple has already launched apps and services to improve exercise using their watch (complete your circles etc). A blood glucose monitor on the watch would like
by snowwrestler 5y ago
Apple has already launched apps and services to improve exercise using their watch (complete your circles etc).
A blood glucose monitor on the watch would likely not just print a number, it would be integrated with the existing exercise programs. Adding an option to track food would not be hard.
In other words the headline would likely not be “Apple adds glucose sensor,” it would be “Apple launches comprehensive diabetes management service” likely in partnership with some academic or healthcare name you’ve heard of.
Imagine if people could buy an Apple Watch and online service with their health insurance, or Medicare.
- paulcole 5y ago> Adding an option to track food would not be hard. This would actually be very hard to do accurately! > online service An online service isn’t what is needed for the vast majority of people who live with diabetes to improve their management of the disease. It’s either: access to more affordable medication or the desire to manage the disease more effectively. Yes, Apple entering the space would help the subset of people who are motivated to manage their diabetes (I am one of them, albeit a Type 1). But it would do very little for the overall population of people with diabetes.
- jonfw 5y agoIs the subset of people who are motivated to manage their diabetes static? There are probably ways to increase that number. Making it more convenient, more social, and applying game theory (the same thing fitness trackers can do for excercise) can get more people to care