Share the QR code < / P > < p > with wechat scanning code < / P > < p > to friends and circles of friends < / P > < p > < p > on September 2. Informed sources and internal documents of the company revealed that Apple will add new functions related to user health such as blood pressure measurement device and wrist thermometer to Apple watch. However, these functions will not be available with the new watch until 2022 at the earliest, and will not appear on the seventh generation Apple Watch released this year < p > Apple is developing new health-related features for Apple watches, including a tool to tell users when their blood pressure will rise and a thermometer to help users monitor their body temperature < p > according to analysts, apple is expected to release the seventh generation Apple watch in the next few weeks, but these health-related functions are not expected to be launched until 2022

according to the company's internal documents and some of them, Apple hopes that the smart watch products developed can detect sleep apnea and provide medical guidance when detecting low oxygen content in the blood. Maybe it can detect diabetes in the future. p> < p > people familiar with Apple's plans remind that these health functions may never be available to consumers, or the time to market may change < p > the plan to develop more health functions for Apple watches highlights Apple's ambition in the field of health. Tim Cook, CEO of the company, once said that this would be Apple's "greatest contribution to mankind". The slogan of Apple watch is "a healthy future is on the wrist". Strategy analytics, a market research firm, estimates that Apple's watch business revenue last year was nearly $13 billion, accounting for 65% of the total revenue of the global smart watch market An apple spokesman declined to comment < p > just as the iPhone has changed the world by replacing the role of small cameras, flashlights and other devices, Apple hopes its smart watches can play the same role in the field of health. One challenge for apple and other smart watch manufacturers is that wrists are not suitable for measuring vital signs such as blood glucose levels. In addition, innovation in health and science is often slow, and it often takes years to prove that a way to measure a health sign is safe and effective < p > Apple's healthcare sector has encountered many challenges in trying to subvert the healthcare industry. In June this year, it was reported that some outgoing employees were worried about the department culture. Apple refuted this statement and explained the achievements of the healthcare team, saying that the company's work in the healthcare field is still in its infancy < p > according to people familiar with the matter and relevant documents, apple watches still have certain limitations in measuring blood pressure. Apple had previously planned to launch this function next year < p > according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention, hypertension plagues up to 108 million American adults and is a factor leading to nearly 500000 deaths every year. But many people don't know their blood pressure is high. A wearable device that can reliably identify and track blood pressure helps save more lives and has become a hot selling point of technology companies < p > nowadays, blood pressure is usually measured with inflatable sleeves tied to the upper arm. The sensors on smart watches and smart phones can't do this yet. Therefore, according to the company's internal documents and people familiar with the matter, apple is studying an alternative method to use the sensor on Apple watch to measure the speed of the wave generated by the heart beat through the human artery < p > Samsung has also added similar functions to its smart watches, which have been listed in Korea and Europe. Fitbit, a wearable device company, said it was also studying a similar function of measuring blood pressure this year < p > according to people familiar with the matter, the function apple is studying can only show users the rising or falling trend of blood pressure, but will not provide accurate values of systolic and diastolic blood pressure. People familiar with the matter said that some employees have asked company managers how useful such a function is; However, they cautioned that this feature of Apple watch is still under development and may change < p > Apple is also developing a sleeveless sphygmomanometer, which can theoretically read blood pressure without inflation. But this work is still in its infancy, and apple is only studying the feasibility of this technology < p > according to people familiar with the matter, it is expected that next year Apple watch will also have other functions that will help catch up with and surpass competitors, such as advanced sleep mode for detecting night sleep state and other functions similar to Fitbit devices < p > people familiar with the matter said that apple is studying whether it can use the blood oxygen sensor of the watch to detect whether users have sleep apnea in the future. Sleep apnea is a state in which some people's breathing is interrupted and restarted during sleep, which will reduce blood oxygen levels and disturb sleep. A person familiar with Apple's plan said that one of the challenges facing apple is to decide when to start reading data at night, because the continuous operation of the watch sensor will drain the battery < p > according to company documents and informed sources, Apple plans to let Apple watch measure body temperature before next year. People familiar with the matter said that this is similar to the function on the Fitbit device, and a new sensor needs to be added to the apple watch. People familiar with the matter said that this function is planned to be launched next year, which allows users to use their plans to prepare for pregnancy and childbirth, and provide women with information about which stage of ovulation they are in. Startups such as natural cycles are already using this technology. The company's contraceptive application was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2018. Apple hopes to use a wrist thermometer to detect whether users have a fever in the future, people familiar with the matter said < p > earlier, it was reported that Apple planned to add a wrist thermometer to Apple's watch < p > in addition, Apple hopes the FDA can approve the functional updates of existing watches. According to internal documents and people familiar with the matter, one of the updates will allow patients with atrial fibrillation to track their heart activity. Another update is to alert users when their blood oxygen levels drop. At present, apple watch has blood oxygen detection function, but it can only provide blood oxygen content and will not remind users; The built-in atrial fibrillation detection function can only be used by people who claim not to have this disease < p > according to a person familiar with Apple's plan and related documents, apple is still studying a watch function that can detect blood glucose, but this work is also in its infancy. People familiar with the matter said that Apple has been trying to develop a testable device for many years ?
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