Apple Watch 'Many Years Away' From Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring

Apple's attempts to make a non-invasive glucose monitoring diagnostic for Apple Watch remains "many years away" from debuting, contempt implicit 15 years of enactment to marque the capableness a world successful a user device, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


The thought of a non-invasive glucose show originated successful Apple's Steve Jobs era, with the purpose to see an Apple Watch sensor that tin pass users if they are pre-diabetic truthful that they tin instrumentality proactive steps and perchance reverse the condition. Prediabetes is simply a informing motion that humor sweetener levels are higher than normal, but not yet precocious capable to beryllium diagnosed arsenic diabetes. An aboriginal diagnosis allows for aboriginal involution done manner changes to forestall oregon hold the progression to full-blown benignant 2 diabetes.

Bloomberg antecedently reported that Apple has tested a health-focused app aimed astatine diabetes prevention. Last October, Gurman said that the app could assistance pass immoderate of Apple's aboriginal products related to humor sweetener management, but that it wouldn't needfully go a consumer-facing product.

Most humor sweetener tests that radical presently usage necessitate a tegument prick, but Apple has been trying to make a method that uses optical absorption spectroscopy and lasers to find the attraction of glucose successful the assemblage without puncturing the skin. Apple has reportedly been processing a silicon photonics spot that uses optical absorption spectroscopy to radiance airy from a laser nether the tegument to find the attraction of glucose successful the body.

In 2023, Apple's humor glucose monitoring improvement reportedly reached a proof-of-concept signifier culminating successful a functional prototype device, but it was inactive mode excessively ample to incorporated into a instrumentality the size of the Apple Watch. Apple is said to person hundreds of engineers successful its Exploratory Design Group (XDG) moving connected the project.

Over the weekend, Gurman besides said that Apple is considering offering a caller AI-powered wellness coaching feature that offers personalized wellness recommendations and manner improvements via a "coaching feature." The diagnostic could yet beryllium portion of a aboriginal Apple Health+ service, according to the report.
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