Apple is close to adding a glucose monitor to their Watch!

[thewayne]

This is very cool. Assuming it's sufficiently accurate, this will be a heck of a game-changer for diabetics. And accuracy is pretty important for this! My Apple Watch does a three-lead ECG to check for AFib, measures my pulse, and SpO2. The pulse and SpO2 results are very comparable to my BP machine's reading and a finger pulse oxymeter with both devices measuring pulse rate. Of course, the accuracy of home medical equipment vs the equipment in a medical practice is always subject to debate.

Temperature is expected to be added at some point. People would like to see BP measured by the watch, but that's very difficult as normally that's measured by a vein being listened to collapsing and re-opening.

https://www.engadget.com/apple-watch-no-prick-blood-glucose-monitor-200137031.html

Comments

[acelightning73]

My cardiologist likes to yell at me. I can imagine I'm enjoying something tasty, and he calls me and demands to know what i'm eating, it's making my blood sugar go up unacceptably. Nope!

[thewayne]

Fortunately stuff like that I'm sure would be opt-in and a manual configuration before it streamed to your doc.

[acelightning73]

A smart watch that monitors blood chemistry, pulse rate, and other parameters would appeal to people who need to follow strict limits on these readings, but for an ordinary person they'd just be invasive.

[thewayne]

Agreed.  Apple is very good about opt-in vs opt-out.  You don't have to share anything that you don't want to.