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#News(General) [ via IoTForIndiaGroup ]
[Editors Note Do research the competitor AliveCor Vic Gundotra ]
Since the Apple Watch Series 4 was announced in September, one of its most anticipated functions has been the promise to perform a mobile electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) whenever a consumer wants. The feature becomes available in the United States on Thursday via a software update.
Apple says its new ECG application and the ability to notify the user of an irregular heart rhythm have been in the works for years. It was an outpouring of feedback from users of the Apple Watch heart rate trackers that prompted the initial serious discussions into directly measuring the heart’s electrical system.
But Apple is not the first to offer an over-the-counter consumer ECG device. A company called AliveCor released a version of this technology in November 2017, called KardiaBand, that can be used with previous generations of the Apple Watch.
Apple’s new ECG app is not dependent on a separate band. It uses new electrodes built into the sapphire crystal on the back of the watch as well as the digital crown, the wheel on the side of the watch. Unlike AliveCor’s products, the Apple ECG does not require a subscription or a doctor’s involvement.
AliveCor says it plans to release an updated version of its technology in April, which will be a six-lead ECG reader, as opposed to Apple’s current release, which is a one-lead ECG.
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