Be careful, Apple Watch. You have received some unlikely competitors.
Asus, maker of certainly one of our most well-liked gaming laptops, simply debuted the VivoWatch 6 AERO, the primary smartwatch to measure each blood stress and ECG.
Whereas ECG monitoring to detect atrial fibrillation is nothing new to smartwatches (it has been accessible in Apple Watches since Sequence 4), Asus’s VivoWatch 6 AERO additionally delivers blood stress sensors. Beforehand, getting a blood stress measurement required the old fashioned cuff across the arm, however the VivoWatch measures blood stress by wristband sensors. It is a much less conspicuous improvement for these affected by hypertension or hypotension, who would possibly want round the clock blood stress monitoring.
Whereas a brand new Apple Watch is anticipated later this 12 months, there isn’t any phrase if it should characteristic blood stress monitoring.
At 27 grams, it is a light-weight smartwatch, weighing three grams lower than the smallest Apple Watch mannequin. It has a 1.1-inch AMOLED show and can show your whole well being knowledge with the press of a finger. Along with its innovation in blood stress monitoring, it tracks step depend, coronary heart charge, blood oxygen, energy, and sleep monitoring. Lastly, it tracks exercise using a built-in GPS and has a 5 ATM water resistance score.
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Like different smartwatches, the Asus VivoWatch 6 AERO additionally presents message and name notifications, a timer, sedentary reminders, and a distant digital camera management. Plus, with Asus’s HealthConnect App, you possibly can entry extra in-depth shows of your well being knowledge.
To this point, Asus hasn’t introduced a launch date or value for the Asus VivoWatch 6 AERO.
