The Apple Watch Series 8 will notify us if we have a fever

The next ‘smart watch‘ Apple Watch Series 8 will include new health tracking features, including the ability to detect whether the user has a fever and sudden changes in body temperature.

As Bloomberg analyst Mark Gurman recalled in his ‘Power On’ newsletter, this device, which is expected to be launched in the fall, will incorporate a star function in which Manzana has been working for months.

It was last April when Gurman announced that the company was trying to incorporate a body temperature detection system into this model and that it had undergone internal tests.

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Now, Gurman has confirmed that this feature will be integrated both among the functionalities of the standard Apple Watch Series 8 ‘smartwatch’ and for another edition aimed at athletes.

However, it has ruled out reaching the final version of the SE version of this ‘wearable’, whose launch is also scheduled for this year.

Gurman has pointed out that this functionality, still in the testing phase, will not offer the user a specific temperature, like a thermometer.

What you will be able to do is determine the possibility that the user has a fever. In that case, he might recommend the use of a specific thermometer or see a doctor.

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It should be remembered that, in addition to Gurman, the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo also predicted last May through Twitter the possible debut of the personal temperature measurement sensor this year.

This expert suggests that Apple canceled the measurement of body temperature in the previous model, the Apple Watch 7because the algorithm failed just before entering the Engineering Verification Test (EVT).

The analyst stresses that temperature measurement is an especially challenging function for technology companies like Applesince it tends to vary rapidly depending on the environment.

The ‘hardware’ does not have the ability to find a solution in isolation, so it is necessary to collaborate closely with an “excellent” algorithm to work together and meet the objectives.

Source: Elcomercio

James

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