The new iWatch, Apple’s first piece of wearable technology, is expected to come to stores near you this April.
One of the most talked about additions of the iWatch are the health features: Apple had originally designed their watch to include a health and fitness components with the ability to measure how the user moves and how much the user moves, along with the ability to track blood pressure, heart activity, and even stress levels.
However, it was recently announced that Apple must remove these adaptable health features from their soon-to-be-released watch for the features’ inability to acquire regulatory approval. The iWatch would monitor people’s skin conductivity through sensors; but after conducting many test runs, Apple has discovered that these sensors were recording invalid data because of the inconsistencies the sensors were picking up. Factors such as whether someone has hairy arms, dry skin, or even the tightness of the watch around a person’s wrist interfered with the recorded data. If these medical features were to overlap into the area of providing medical advice for improvement, the Food and Drug Administration would have to have approved this, which is exactly what Apple wants to avoid.
Despite this removal, the iWatch will no doubt attract many consumers to what may as well be an iPhone for your wrist.
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