The Apple Watch is a smartwatch developed by Apple. Its first generation was released in April 2015 and was compatible with all iPhones running iOS 8.2 or later. The Apple watch contains a variety of features to help users.
Features like getting app notifications, receiving calls, Apple Pay, etc., have greatly helped users’ day-to-day lives. In addition, The Apple Watch also features various Fitness tracking features, which many users said helped immensely improve their physical well-being.
Coming to 2023, the Apple Watch has evolved significantly in its fitness accuracy. There have been reports from Bloomberg that Apple’s most senior chip executive, Tim Millet, has been put in charge of Apple’s new blood glucose monitoring system. Apple had been developing noninvasive blood glucose testing for years. Previously, the team was led by Bill Athas, but he unexpectedly passed away in late 2022.
Apple can detect inconsistent heart rates and warn people about potential heart disease, saving many lives daily. While the accuracy is debatable, it’s still a significant breakthrough for wearable health technology. Apple plans to take health and fitness more seriously in upcoming Apple Watches with Blood Glucose monitoring.
It helps you keep track of your sugar intake, and you can learn how exercise impacts your blood sugar levels. Current noninvasive methods are inefficient since CGM requires sensors under your skin. Millet was also responsible for multiple achievements with Apple Silicon.
Earlier this year, the XDG Team could achieve enough to demonstrate a proof of concept of noninvasive blood glucose monitoring. It shrunk considerably since the beginning of the project. It’s the size of an iPhone now. With further research and development, Apple aims to shrink it. Eventually, the tech will become small enough to slip on your wrist.
In the 1.55 micrometer wavelength, Apple is using Silicon Photonics technology to make this possible. Many people are skeptical since it’s challenging to pull off accurately. Even tiny mistakes are detrimental to a person’s health since many trust the Apple Watch for health metrics.
The watch will measure the concentration of your blood sugar. Then, it’ll rely on a series of AI algorithms to determine the value approximately. Apple isn’t the first company to try this. Numerous companies, including Google, didn’t succeed. Since the XDG team has good finance and engineers, it will debut as early as the Apple Watch Series 10.
Apple reserves significant upgrades for the 10th generation of its products. The Apple Watch Series 10 could launch with this feature.
