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'Apple-Branded Health Hardware Products' Teased in Job Listing
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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
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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.
farmboy
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That's a very good idea. Too bad 3M (and maybe others) already has a product with that tech.
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Blowback
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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!
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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Blowback
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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.
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.
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]
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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
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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
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Aye, there is that. Aerodynamic pedals for reduced resistance to allow for sustained pedalling.
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And then Withings bought themselves back, if I am not wrong. Withings is no more a Nokia brand.
alexandr
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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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
