Fitness and health related functions are by far the two main strengths and claims that current smartwatches have. Apple knows it, and, therefore, continues working on new tools to bring to his Apple Watch. Among them is a blood glucose meteri.e. sugar.
According to ‘Bloomberg’, the technology company is making important advances in the development of this function, which it has been working on for some time. It is expected that it will eventually be available soon on future watches from the company. Although there is still work ahead.
Unlike other devices designed to measure blood sugar, the Apple watch that comes with this tool will not force the user to receive a puncture, but rather a laser capable of piercing the skin would be used to perform the corresponding measurement.
Apple has been working on developing such functionality for more than a decade. At the time, it was even among the main interests of the late company co-founder Steve Jobs. The technological guru went so far as to order the purchase of RareLight, a startup that was precisely dedicated to developing solutions for measuring blood sugar that were not invasive.
Currently, the company is focused on developing this functionality, which would even be considered a higher priority than its first mixed reality glasses, which everything indicates that they will be announced before the end of the year, or that the Apple Car, in which the firm has also been working for years.
It should be remembered that the number of people suffering from diabetes globally is around 422 million. A device like an Apple Watch capable of measuring blood glucose and, furthermore, without the need to poke the user, makes a lot of sense from a commercial point of view.
Be that as it may, the work to be able to adapt the necessary technology to a smart watch is still ongoing, so, without a doubt, we will still have to wait a few years for the first compatible Apple Watch to arrive. Therefore, do not expect to find a solution of this type in the next Watch Series 9which, if nothing goes wrong, will be presented by the technology company next September.