Apple Watch Blood Glucose Monitoring Likely Still ‘Three to Seven Years’ Away
Blood glucose monitoring technology designed for the Apple Watch is unlikely to launch for several years, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman believes.
In February, Gurman reported that Apple has made major progress with its noninvasive blood glucose monitoring technology, allowing diabetics and others to test their blood glucose levels without needing to prick the skin for blood testing.
Apple’s system uses a silicon photonics chip to shine light from a laser under the skin to determine the concentration of glucose in the body. In Bloomberg‘s “Power On” newsletter, Gurman said that Apple “still needs to perfect the algorithms and on-board sensors” to bring the technology to market. Crucially, the company also needs to “shrink it down to the size of a module that can fit in the small and thin package that is an Apple Watch.” Gurman believes this process “will take another three to seven years at least.”
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