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Google is working on a new health feature that could help wearables track insulin resistance without a glucose sensor. On Wednesday, the company announced a series of new health features for wearable devices, including blood sugar monitoring.
The device won’t continuously monitor or directly display blood sugar readings, instead, it will combine AI with sensor data, including accelerometer, barometer, heart rate, and skin temperature sensors, to assess how much strain the body is under when metabolizing food. By analyzing these data, the device will detect changes in insulin resistance.
If the device detects significant fluctuations in a user's insulin resistance, the Google Health app will send an alert to the person for a doctor consultation. In an interview, Francis Ho, Google's lead Pixel Watch product manager, mentioned, “Generally, these shifts in your insulin resistance levels are very subtle. Most adults don't really think to monitor this, but if left untreated, it can evolve into these more serious conditions.”
As per reports, the feature will roll out and will be unveiled in New York alongside Google's new Pixel smartphone, and it will be the first feature in Google Pixel Watch 5.
Google’s system brings data from several sensors together. The heart rate sensor tracks changes in the body's response, the skin temperature sensor adds another set of signals, the accelerometer tracks movement, and the barometer can provide data linked to changes in activity.
AI then studies all this information at the same time. Rather than relying on a single reading, it looks for patterns across different signals. These small changes may help the system estimate signs linked to insulin resistance.
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This is a big step from the basic health features found on many wearables today. Smartwatches have already become useful for tracking steps, heart rate, and sleep. Google now wants them to provide deeper health insights.
If Google can make the feature reliable and simple to use, it could give wearable devices a bigger role in everyday health tracking.
