Apple had fully grown design for its Apple Watch before it launched last yearbut had to scrap many of its more forward - thinking features , include an cardiogram sensor or EKG . But one caller , AliveCor , wants to bring the feature retroactively with its own strap .
It ’s called Kardia . Like many of AliveCor ’s iPhone case , the strap uses a metal sensing element to take a 30 - second EKG reading through a consecrate app . you may even set up the Apple Watch app so that it will commit info to a physician if things face dire . People can also dictate symptom or current atmospheric condition through the microphone on the Apple Watch .
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The one big caveat to these impressive claims is that the shoulder strap still needs FDA approval ( 510k ) to be considered a medical machine . The AliveCor squad seems surefooted , however , say they look the strap to be approve and quick for leverage sometime this spring .
The Kardia would certainly be a blessing for hoi polloi with atrial fibrillation and other diseases with high accident jeopardy . It also demonstrates an important future tense of the smartwatch . In an interview this week withBusiness Insider , the director of Android Wear said that in 50 years smartwatches could “ act as your ‘ broker ’ in the internet - get in touch cosmos around you , and keep you goodly — even talking to your doctor before you ever actualize you ’re sick . ” Emphasis on could .
AliveCor ’s EKG reader could be the beginning of that far - flung future .
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