Google seems to want to add health features to Wear OS

It seems that Google has plans to add more health measurement options to its Wear OS. The company has prepared a questionnaire to ask people what functionality they would like to see.

This is reported by the website Droid Life, which states that Google has prepared a questionnaire through its User Experience Research program. Through the survey, a number of questions are asked about Wear OS, including functionality such as measuring oxygen saturation in the blood, sleep analysis, detection of apnea, and heart rhythm tracking with an alarm sent if abnormalities are detected. .

Google is also thinking of links to medical devices, or connecting to fitness equipment in the gym. It remains to be seen whether such functionality will all be added: it is likely that Google will set certain priorities based on the research results.

The plans for health features may fit in the future smartwatches that Google wants to release. Last year, the company acquired Fitbit, maker of smart watches. Google is likely looking to compete with Apple, which has already built in several health tracking features with its Watch series.