Apple reportedly put off adding a pair of key healthcare features to a widely-anticipated update to its Apple Watch wearable expected to be launched later this year.
Bloomberg reported the Apple Watch series 7 won’t feature body temperature monitoring until 2022, with a blood sugar function to follow later.
Apple has promoted the health features of its wearable for several years: current models feature heart rate monitors and offer access to an electro cardiogram (ECG) app, among other functions.
The news agency predicted the latest Apple Watch would feature ultra-wideband connectivity, enabling the capture of directional and spatial data used in tracking devices.
In addition to new hardware, Apple previewed is expected to introduce a new watchOS, which was previewed at its recent Worldwide Developers Conference 2021 [1].
Apple Watch has dominated the wireless wearables category since its launch in 2015, eclipsing rivals including Fitbit and Samsung. IDC figures show Apple shipped 30.1 million units [2] in Q1 2021, up 19.8 per cent year-on-year and far higher than the 11.8 million units shipped by Samsung.
The company has repeatedly positioned the watch as a way to support a healthy lifestyle and has pledged to protect the privacy of healthcare data collected by the device.
In late 2020, Apple partnered with Spotify [3] to enable users to stream music on the wearable devices.
[1] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/home-banner/apple-ios15
[2] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/devices-home-banner/wearables-100m-record
[3] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/devices/news-devices/spotify-ups-direct-streaming-play-for-apple-watch
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