Moreover, Apple has been improving the health features of its watch. Recently, according to foreign media reports, Apple is working on adding support for measuring blood sugar to the new generation of Apple watch. However, the current difficulty is that the measurement of blood glucose needs to be done with the help of optical sensors, and whether the accuracy rate can reach the standard is very worrying, after all, diabetics are different from other users, they need to get more accurate blood glucose value, in order to choose to use medication or inject insulin.
But it's safe to say that Apple does pay a lot of attention to the health features of its own watches, from the earliest heart rate, to ECG (electrocardiogram), to sleep monitoring, blood oxygen measurements, and even hints about hand-washing duration. It's fair to say that Apple has given the Apple Watch a lot of health features. But the question is, do these health features actually work?
A. Wang, an employee of an enterprise (female, wearing the U.S. version of Apple Watch Series 5)
First, we interviewed Wang, an employee of an enterprise. Wang used to suffer from heart valve disease and had an operation. Because he heard that Apple watch has ECG function, so he specially got a piece of American version (at that time, the domestic version did not support the opening) watch, also opened the ECG function. Later, every time he felt that his heart was not too comfortable, Xiao Wang would test it, but most of the results were nothing abnormal. In this regard, Xiao Wang also said, buy it (Apple watch) is actually a psychological solid, do not have to scare themselves again.
B. A media company employee Xiaokang (gender male, wearing the national version of the Apple Watch Series 6)
Next, we interviewed a media company employee Xiaokang, Xiaokang said that he bought the national version of the Apple Watch Series 6 just because he has a lot of Apple products, in order to enhance the experience. As for the health function of this watch, at first, I did find it very fresh, and I also specifically opened the ECG function and measured it every day. Therefore, usually in addition to look at the time, left to look at the power ......
In fact, we found that many Apple watch users, if the body is healthy, in fact, the demand for health functions is not particularly strong, more likely to be because of the use of the Apple cell phone, wearing the same brand of smartwatch is more convenient. Of course, for users who are older or have health problems, the health function of smartwatch is very necessary. Especially with the work rhythm and pressure is getting bigger and bigger, a lot of working people have been in the state of sub-health at a young age, and even in recent years a number of Internet companies have been exposed to the message of sudden death of employees, based on these backgrounds, the smartwatch main health function is no excuse.
Moreover, the wearable device market, which is now dominated by smartwatches, has also shown a soaring trend. According to market research firm Gartner recently released data, the global 2020 wearable device sales are expected to total $69 billion, an increase of 49% over 2019, and this trend is likely to continue for at least a few more years.
It is worth mentioning that in the field of smartwatches, Apple's main competitor Huawei is also making efforts, and Huawei's main smartwatches for health functions are also more important, and its main ECG function after each test, there is also a professional physician from a domestic tertiary hospital to provide artificial ECG interpretation services. Just for this design, Xiao Wang has been a bit moved, she told us that the future will not rule out the possibility of choosing Huawei smartwatch. And Xiaokang said, Huawei watch he most valued in fact is the duration of the aspect, especially to far more than the current Apple Watch, the back also intends to try, and he also has a Huawei cell phone in hand.
Finally, one more question, what is your reason for choosing a smartwatch? Would you replace the new generation of smartwatch products for the new health features?