The blood glucose meter would work using hardware designed by the company. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

Apple is studying, for future versions of smartwatches, the technology to measure the glucose Since sangre. This is aimed at people suffering from diseases such as diabetes.

According to Apple analyst Mark Gurman, the company Cupertino made serious progress to be able to introduce this function in future versions of the apple watch.

The blood glucose meter would work using equipment designed by the company, photonic sensorsuntil fleas situated at Apple Silicon. According to Gurman, Apple is developing a chip photonics of silicon which uses optical absorption spectroscopy to illuminate different layers of the skin and thus be able to know the value of glucose.

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According to the data provided, in UNITED STATES one in ten people have diabetes and usually acquire devices that measure their sugar levels, performing a puncture from time to time.

However, Apple estimates that this new update will not arrive in the series 9since they continue in the investigations}, therefore, this device will not be able to be seen in September 2023, when it will present the iPhone 15.

Apple estimates that this new update will not arrive in Series 9 Photo: Bernd Diekjobst/dpa
Apple estimates that this new update will not arrive in Series 9 Photo: Bernd Diekjobst/dpa

Currently, the Apple Watch Series 8 oh Apple Watch Ultra It has several functional sensors such as heart rate, blood oxygen and body temperature.

On the one hand, the Apple Watch Ultra has a screen Retina LTPO (low temperature polycrystalline oxide) 1.92 inch OLED able to reach the 2000 nights of brightnessIt also has the function of always showing the sphere and not having to turn the wrist.

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It integrates the S8 chip dual core next 1 GB by heart RAM. This model has cellular connectivity for listening to music on streaming or make calls without relying on the iPhone, but it comes with 32GB of internal storage for songs, podcasts, and offline audiobooks.

At the sensor level, this device has electrocardiogram, SpO2 (to measure red blood cell oxygen saturation), heart rate, temperature sensor, compass or Dual GPS. It also highlights its emergency call and detection of both falls and car accidents.

The Apple Watch Ultra has a 1.92-inch Retina LTPO OLED display capable of reaching 2000 nits of brightness.  (photo: Men's Health)
The Apple Watch Ultra has a 1.92-inch Retina LTPO OLED display capable of reaching 2000 nits of brightness. (photo: Men’s Health)

The new models of iPhone 15 They would be launched in September and some details and features of these new devices are known.

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One of the features would be the screen size, which will be bigger, which won’t mean that users have to carry a bigger iPhone in their pockets or purses. To increase the size, the developers of the device would have eliminated, or at least reduced, the space occupied by the edges of the mobile phone.

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