Smartwatches can help detect COVID-19 days before symptoms appear, and it's good more analysis is being done vs basic stats only

Smartwatches and other wearable devices that continuously measure users' heart rates, skin temperature and other physiological markers can help spot coronavirus infections days before an individual is diagnosed.

Devices like the Apple Watch, Garmin and Fitbit watches can predict whether an individual is positive for COVID-19 even before they are symptomatic or the virus is detectable by tests, according to studies from leading medical and academic institutions, including Mount Sinai Health System in New York and Stanford University in California. Experts say wearable technology could play a vital role in stemming the pandemic and other communicable diseases.

Whilst many devices report basic heart rate we certainly need more devices to not only monitor additional indicators, but also to do more advanced analytics on predicting when things go wrong. It does look like much of the research is starting to pay off. But before buying any device be sure to do your own research on what you can expect from it. Heart rate variability and temperature changes are key right now.

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Your smartwatch may know you have the coronavirus before you do, according to a growing body of research.

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