Although an Apple Watch that can take blood sugar readings may still be a ways away, an iPhone-enabled blood glucose monitor may be available soon without a prescription. The FDA has granted approval for Dexcom’s Stelo Glucose Biosensor System, which uses a Bluetooth connection to the user’s iPhone. The FDA has stipulated that the device […]
Sometimes even Apple’s legal department can’t keep bad things from happening to the company, even amid the holiday shopping season. Apple announced on Monday that it would pause sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the U.S. later this week due to an ongoing patent dispute with medical tech […]
Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite service, which debuted as a free-for-two-years safety feature with the iPhone 14 in 2022, will be sticking around as well as expanding to a total of 16 countries before the end of 2023. The service, which requires an iPhone 14 or newer handset, helps connect iPhone users to emergency services […]
This could be pretty amazing. As part of its preview of forthcoming iOS 17 accessibility updates due later this year, Apple has announced a pair of new features called Live Speech and Personal Voice. Live Speech allows users to type what they want to say and have it be spoken out. The Personal Voice feature, […]
While Apple’s noninvasive monitoring technology for blood glucose monitoring may have recently reached a “proof of concept” stage, it might not be available as an Apple Watch feature for several years. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple’s methodology, which allows diabetics and others to test their blood glucose levels without needing to prick the skin […]