'Apple-Branded Health Hardware Products' Teased in Job Listing

[winglet69]

Slight correction on my Withings setup, the Thermo does actually have it's own app, for reasons not clear to me.

But I do really like the Withings products. And my Garmin Fenix 5+ over an Apple Watch, which I know is blasphemy!

 

[winglet69]

I see this as a good move for Apple, provided they don't take years to bring a product to market once it has been announced. To establish itself, Apple needs to hit the health ground running.

I saw what you did there!

 

[macintoshmac]

Next up: Doctor, Doctor Pro, and Doctor Pro Max.

Classic machine-finished aluminum stethoscope, Doctor Pro with stainless steel stethoscope and redesigned earpiece grilles for better and clearer acoustics, and titanium stethoscope with Apple's custom chipset and re-engineered acoustics in Doctor Pro Max for the ultimate hearing ability so doctors can hear sounds in a patient's body that they never heard before.

 

[nothingtoseehere]

Classic machine-finished aluminum stethoscope, Doctor Pro with stainless steel stethoscope and redesigned earpiece grilles for better and clearer acoustics, and titanium stethoscope with Apple's custom chipset and re-engineered acoustics in Doctor Pro Max for the ultimate hearing ability so doctors can hear sounds in a patient's body that they never heard before.

Yes, and a medical thermometer for $99. Crystal-clear 0.3 inch Retina display, sensor of pure gold-pressed latinum. Measured data to be sent via Bluetooth directly to Watch, iPhone. To be charged like the Apple Pencil 2 alongside the iPadPro. Wheels extra.

 

[MiamiC70]

Why not just buy Withings?🙄

 

[farmboy]

Classic machine-finished aluminum stethoscope, Doctor Pro with stainless steel stethoscope and redesigned earpiece grilles for better and clearer acoustics, and titanium stethoscope with Apple's custom chipset and re-engineered acoustics in Doctor Pro Max for the ultimate hearing ability so doctors can hear sounds in a patient's body that they never heard before.

That's a very good idea. Too bad 3M (and maybe others) already has a product with that tech.

 

[jough]

[delete]

 

[jough]

Why not just buy Withings?🙄

Nokia beat them to it.

 

[zombierunner]

Withings is no longer owned by Nokia. I am sure Apple can do better.

 

[sblemmy]

Please. It would be $4,990 only, with free engraving thrown in to sweeten the deal.

$4,990 for the bike. Pedals are another $999.

 

[Blowback]

Apple may be designing and developing its own "health hardware products," according to a job listing spotted by MyHealthyApple.

Apple is hiring a Senior Engineering Project Manager to join Apple's Health Hardware group, which is part of Apple's Health Technologies division. The listing explicitly states that Apple is developing its own health hardware products, which appear to be separate from the Apple Watch. Unlike the Beddit sleep tracker, which was acquired by Apple in 2017, these "health hardware products" would come directly under the Apple brand.



Health Technologies is an interdisciplinary team of engineers and creators at Apple who are involved in a wide range of initiatives, products, and services, such as Apple Fitness+ and partnerships with Biogen and ZimmerBiomet.

The role sits among several other EPM hires on the Jobs at Apple website. The Health Hardware EPM manager is expected to oversee the product build itself as well as be responsible for interfacing with suppliers and even marketing.



The listing's emphasis on hardware product development and "driving build readiness at the factory" may suggest that Apple-branded health hardware products are already fairly developed, and could even be set to enter factory production soon.

Apple is increasingly interested in health and fitness innovations. Most Apple health features have been channeled through the Apple Watch and iPhone so far, but with HealthKit and the health infrastructure it has established, it would make sense for Apple to offer a broader range of health hardware products.

The new health hardware product job description does not provide any indications about the nature of these new products, but other HealthKit-compatible products on the market currently include weighing scales, blood-pressure monitors, thermometers, and more.

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Great! How about a bluetooth scale that doesn't report / send your info to the manufacturer (and whoever!)? One of the reasons I haven't purchased a connected (to my laptop or Fitness+) scale and other devices yet!

 

[Blowback]

Makes sense seeing as they want to be seen as a lifestyle company and health is a booming sector where the money is, and they are welcome as they will definitely leave a positive impact here. Depending on affordability and the products, I would rather use Apple's products since it will mean fewer apps on my device that contain my health data and can sell it off to interested parties.

I currently have a smart scale, and I would rather it be Apple's than Lenovo's, since the only way I can get the readings into Health app is if I first use Lenovo's app to bring the data on the scale into my iPhone. Now, who's to say Lenovo is not swiping my health data out to interested parties? I'd rather spend (reasonably) more and get an Apple scale and have peace of mind.

That said, they should not have exited the markets they did - display, AirPort, etc. I would like to see them coming back to those products as well.

macintoshmac:
Do you know of an easy way to export from Numbers or Excel to the Health App? Just asking as now I do it measure by measure.

 

[ignatius345]

Once the data is IN HealthKit yes. However, I have a Greater Goods bathroom scale. The scale is Wi-Fi and records my weight in their "Health Guru's" app. This app is connected to HealthKit. When my weight is logged into HealthKit from Weight Guru's, going forward that data is protected. HOWEVER, I am still subject to whatever Greater Goods wants to do with that data while being transferred to HealthKit from the scale using their app. Of course we can choose products based on what they do and don't do with our data, but it seems that companies get VERY creative about hiding how your data is used, so I really don't have confidence that it isn't being used. Not at least until legislation is put into place to enforce it through legal precedents.

Same with FitBit. The app syncs with the scale and sends data to HomeKit. But unfortunately it's still in FitBit... and even more unfortunately FitBit got bought by Google so now they've got like 6 years of my smart scale weigh-ins to tie in with everything else they probably have on me. Gross.

Great! How about a bluetooth scale that doesn't report / send your info to the manufacturer (and whoever!)? One of the reasons I haven't purchased a connected (to my laptop or Fitness+) scale and other devices yet!

Seriously. I think at this point it's probably most secure to just manually log things to the Health app and skip the syncing business altogether.
[edit: just read your other post about doing just that]

 

[Kierkegaarden]

i would be all over (some of) these! if they come out with a nice blood pressure device i would love to get one for my grandfather!

Hey, that’s neat that you’re looking out for your grandfather! Yes, I agree this type of product would benefit a lot of people. Anything they produce would be of interest to me — reimagined, seamless integration, built to last.

 

[GreenPixel]

$4,990 for the bike. Pedals are another $999.

You joke, but really nice bicycles are rarely sold with pedals or if they are, they're ones you'd want to replace immediately anyways.

 

[huge_apple_fangirl]

This industry makes a lot more sense for Apple to get involved in than a car.

 

[macintoshmac]

$4,990 for the bike. Pedals are another $999.

Aye, there is that. Aerodynamic pedals for reduced resistance to allow for sustained pedalling.

 

[macintoshmac]

Nokia beat them to it.

And then Withings bought themselves back, if I am not wrong. Withings is no more a Nokia brand.

 

[alexandr]

Hey, that’s neat that you’re looking out for your grandfather! Yes, I agree this type of product would benefit a lot of people. Anything they produce would be of interest to me — reimagined, seamless integration, built to last.

yea, i've been giving him apple products for quite some time now, it makes it so much easier to communicate)

yes, that about sums up apple!

 

[bebarhood]

Great news!

Hoping for a smart scale from Apple. I've been using the Fitbit Aria scale since 2013 and I think it has reached its lifetime. And I believe it will work seamlessly with my iPhone and Apple Watch.

I just hope I can sync my data from Aria to Apple if they do release one.

 

[Td1970]

Please. It would be $4,990 only, with free engraving thrown in to sweeten the deal.

Plus $1000 for the pedals

 

[kevinws]

I would like to see Apple buy Oura or make their own ring.

There are times when I want to wear a traditional watch but still want basic metrics. Steps, pulse and sleep.

The Oura also supports temperature which wold be nice.

I don’t care about a microphone for Siri or Apple pay.

If anyone has an Oura any feed back would be appreciated.

 

[grantew1]

It would be exciting to see them enter the market. I was always a android fanboy but moved to apple 2 years ago and it just works. I'd love a home camera too.

 

[pianophile]

Sign me up for an Apple Scale. The current crop is not great.