Google is still not able to resist the idea of building their own smart watches, says Bloomberg. American giant is developing a wearable gadget that will differ from competing analogues with its focus on sports and medical functions. The device will be able not only to continuously measure heart rate, heart rate and temperature of a person but also get external data: for example, information about the noise level or ultraviolet radiation.

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Google is still not able to resist the idea of building their own smart watches, says Bloomberg. American giant is developing a wearable gadget that will differ from competing analogues with its focus on sports and medical functions. The device will be able not only to continuously measure heart rate, heart rate and temperature of a person but also get external data: for example, information about the noise level or ultraviolet radiation.

a Smart watch is being developed by Google X lab, which is behind the creation of glasses Glass, driverless cars and project Loon on the spread of the Internet in remote corners of the planet with the help of balloons. As for the hours, they will not be available to a wide range of consumers. Google plans to distribute them through hospitals and medical centers.

Since conventional fitness trackers can not boast of "medical accuracy", the California company hopes its new product will be a reliable tool for doctors, which will allow you to accurately track the status of their patients. Also, the device will be used by drug manufacturers when testing. By the way, this initiative has and Apple, but it is implemented via the software platform ResearchKit and available to all users on iPhone.

medical Testing of smart watches from Google should start this summer, but the American company has not yet chosen a partner who will be directly engaged in the production of the device.

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