Google: Measuring heart rate on the phone soon
Features will be added to Google Fit over the next month.
Reuters
The giant American Internet services and technology company, Google, has revealed new features that allow monitoring the rates of heart and breathing performance using smartphones running the Android system, in the context of competition with Apple and other companies in the field of fitness technology, according to the site, "CNET.com." », Who specializes in technology topics.
The new features measure a person's breathing rate and heart rate using a phone's camera.
The respiratory rate measurement tool works by way of a person photographing himself, using a smartphone (selfie).
The features will be added to the Google Fit fitness app next month.
Google will start providing new features to users of the Pixel smartphones it produces, then make it available on a larger scale for phones that use the Android operating system in general, in the coming months.
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