Rockley Photonics - coming to S9?

[Howard2k]

Rockley Photonics glucose sensor could be in smartwatches by 2023

Your smartwatch is set to get some pretty major new health monitoring features in 2023, and we have Rockley Photonics to thank. According to its CEO, Andrew Rickman, Rockley is working closely with six of the top ten consumer device companies to put its infrared (IR) spectrophotometer-based...

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Your smartwatch is set to get some pretty major new health monitoring features in 2023, and we have Rockley Photonics to thank...

...Rockley is testing and finessing through regulated human trials with men and women, young and old, and with different skin tones, so it can generate a range of different biomarkers from the wrist. It aims to be more accurate and effective than the green and red LED approach adopted by most smartwatch and fitness tracker makers...

..."When it comes to hydration levels then the spectrum goes up and down with water levels as we compare water in your body to collagen and liquids in the surface of your skin. When it comes to blood pressure, we're very accurately measuring blood flow and we get perfect blood flow signal"...

Great news, unless you're hoping to see this in S8 watches.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

I'll believe it when I see it.. Too many claims of glucose monitoring from many companies working on the tech. I'm sure eventually it will get hammered out but I find it hard to believe it will be next year..

 

[Howard2k]

Do you have any experience in the development of this tech? (I don't!)