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Parks: Fitness still the leading use case for smartwatches
Despite all the convenience features of modern smartwatches, for users it’s still all about fitness, according to recently released data from Parks Associates. The research firm says that tracking...
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Digital health news briefs for 2/28/27: Fate of Samsung's Simband, Tetris...
Whatever happened to Samsung's Simband? Fast Company has a deep dive today on the story behind Samsung's Simband wearable and SAMI platform, which were announced in a big way back in 2014 but aren't...
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Adidas releases beta version of All Day, an app to track all aspects of wellness
Consistency and dedication may the hallmarks of success for fitness, but that doesn’t mean the apps to support exercise or diet need to be narrow in their focus. Operating on the idea that consumers...
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Owlet announces second-gen Smart Sock, Connected Care platform
Utah-based Owlet Baby Care, maker of smart socks for infant health monitoring, has announced the second generation of its device as well as a new connected care platform that will roll out with the...
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S Health relaunches as Samsung Health, adds telemedicine integration and more
As it launched its Galaxy S8 and S8+ phones, Samsung also quietly announced the re-invention of its S Health app as "Samsung Health". The added features were rumored back in January. Samsung Health...
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VivaLnk launches Fever Scout, the FDA-cleared thermometer patch
Santa Clara, California-based VivaLnk is officially selling Fever Scout, its FDA-cleared, smartphone-connected wearable thermometer patch for children. The soft, peel-and-stick patch is now available...
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Garmin's latest tracker takes aim at stress, "fitness age"
Wearables are at something of a crossroads right now. While companies might have previously differentiated new generations of wearables with new sensors and sleeker designs, now consumers are looking...
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The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize has its winner, but work on tricorders will...
After more than five years of designing, building, and testing versatile, portable consumer medical devices, the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize has announced a winner. Final Frontier Medical...
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Samsung and WellDoc partner to offer direct-to-consumer version of diabetes...
Baltimore, Maryland-based WellDoc, which makes a digital platform for chronic disease management, is teaming up with consumer electronics giant Samsung to offer an integrated tool for people living...
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Fitbit CEO talks smartwatch, corporate wellness on Q1 earnings call
Fitbit is showing signs of rebounding after a weak Q4 that saw layoffs and restructuring for the wearable company. In its Q4 earnings call, the company reported a net loss per share of 15 cents,...
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Teenage inventors show off prototype for cancer-detecting bra
Higia Technologies, a Mexican biosensors company headed by 18-year-old Julian Rios Cantu, has unveiled a prototype version of a bra called Eva, which founders say can detect breast cancer. Eva, a...
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Study on Ava's fertility-tracking wearable shows correlation between resting...
It may not seem like a big change, but an extra two beats per minute in resting pulse rate could mean the difference between getting pregnant or not. This clue into fertility windows have led...
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To get deeper into healthcare ecosystem, Fitbit blends enterprise and digital...
Fitbit’s activity-tracking wearables may be a common features of many corporate wellness programs – their products are currently in use by over 1,300 companies – but all those step challenges and...
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Simple Habit raises $2.5 million for freemium meditation app
San Francisco-based meditation app Simple Habit has raised $2.5 million in a new round of funding that includes investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Fabrice Grinda's FJ Labs, Foundation Capital...
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Apple's new AI acquisition has some healthcare experience
Lattice, the "dark data" startup Apple snapped up earlier this week, may well have aspirations in the healthcare space. Apple acquired the company a few weeks ago according to Tech Crunch, which says a...
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Apple and Nokia settle suit, return Withings products to Apple Stores, and...
Withings products are back on Apple Store shelves following the settlement of a patent lawsuit between Apple and Withings parent company Nokia. The announcement comes with a suggestion that the two...
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Warby Parker soft-launches eye exam app for customers
Online eye glasses retailer Warby Parker has launched a new app to offer online eye exams to users. While a number of companies offer ocular telehealth in various forms to users in regulatory-friendly...
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Two studies show the use of consumer wearables is increasing in clinical...
The proliferation and ever-increasing sophistication of wearable activity trackers makes clear that we have come a long way from analog pedometers and clunky heart rate monitors, but new research...
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In-Depth: What Texas's landmark telemedicine legislation means for the...
In the State of Texas, a major piece of telemedicine legislation is sitting on Governor Greg Abbott’s desk. Known as Senate Bill 1107 and House Bill 2697, the bill abolishes the requirement that...
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Before WWDC, brush up on Apple's stealthy healthcare operations
On Monday, June 5th Apple will present its worldwide developers' conference (WWDC), an annual event where the company announces new features and products it's launching in the near future. While the...
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