Rumor: Apple Watch Series 7 gets function to measure blood sugar levels – Tablets and phones – News

Apple is reportedly coming this year with an Apple Watch Series 7, which would get a sensor that can measure glucose levels in blood. That says the South Korean ETnews. The next Samsung Galaxy Watch watch would also receive such a function.

Apple and Samsung would release their respective smartwatches with blood glucose meter this year writes ETnews. Samsung is set to unveil its upcoming watch in the second half of this year, at a Galaxy Unpacked event. The name of that watch is not yet final. The smartwatch would be sold as Galaxy Watch 4 or Galaxy Watch 3 Active, ETnews states. The release period of the Apple Watch Series 7 is not mentioned, but previous models were invariably announced in September, with the exception of the original from 2015.

According to ETnews, Apple now owns several patents around the blood glucose monitoring feature and is currently focused on ensuring the feature’s reliability and stability before launching this year. It would be an optical sensor that is placed on top of the wrist. The function does not require a prick or implant, according to the South Korean news medium. Samsung already published in 2020 results of an investigation towards noninvasive blood sugar measurements, in collaboration with MIT scientists.

There have been rumors for some time that Apple would work on a sensor that can measure glucose levels in blood. The US TV channel CNBC suggested in 2017 al that Apple is working with experts for this. In recent years, the American tech company has already added various health functions to its smartwatches. For example, the most recent Apple Watch 6 got a blood oxygen meter, in the form of an optical sensor. A blood glucose meter would be useful for people with diabetes, who currently have to measure their blood sugar with a prick in a finger or an implant.