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Why does it need an app for that? A basic red/green indicator would suffice.
by akomtu 5y ago
Why does it need an app for that? A basic red/green indicator would suffice.
- smoyer 5y agoIt needs the phone's battery to hear up the reagents and sample. It's also not clear to me what processing is occurring within the cartridge and cue device.
- jmole 5y agoit doesn't use the phone's battery at all, have you ever used a Cue before?
- nsm 5y agoAgreed. The app stuff is nonsense. We have one of these and they could very well have used a small display or light patterns to indicate test progress and test results without a mobile phone.
- jmole 5y agoIn the app you can choose a patient (useful for families and recordkeeping), optionally have a doctor virtually supervise the test, and then it walks you through the test. You can also view a history of all your prior tests. Honestly, out of all the phone-connected medical devices I've used (most of which suck), Cue has been the best by far.
- rajup 5y agoThis. The virtual supervision by a doctor part is necessary for it to be considered a valid test for international travel per CDC guidelines: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-international-air-travelers.html#anchor_1635127081 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-... This is one of the rare cases where having an app and Bluetooth is indeed useful.