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Apple health VP talks Apple health innovations and smart ring rumors in new interview

Apple fans and tech enthusiasts are in for a treat as longtime YouTuber and Apple reviewer Nikias Molina sits down with Sumbul Desai, Apple’s Vice President of Health, for an exclusive interview. The conversation offers a fascinating look at Apple’s approach to health technology and how it’s making an impact on users’ everyday lives.

I am someone who is addicted to Apple Health and the Apple Watch specifically. If I don’t wear my watch it feels like my day didn’t count! So this interview really hits home with me when it comes to all the Apple Health aspects that were discussed. Here are some key tidbits from the discussion:

  • The Apple Watch as a Life-Saving Device
    Sumbul shares real-life stories where the Apple Watch played a pivotal role, such as detecting a thyroid storm in a pregnant woman and alerting users to life-threatening conditions. These anecdotes highlight the watch’s growing role as an “intelligent guardian.”
  • Wellness Through the Ecosystem
    Beyond traditional health metrics, Sumbul discusses how features like Photos and Memories contribute to mental well-being by fostering gratitude and joy.
  • Proactive Health Monitoring
    Apple’s focus on prevention shines as they delve into features like sleep apnea detection and vital tracking, emphasizing the importance of addressing health issues before they escalate.
  • Designing for Trust and Comfort
    A significant portion of the conversation explores how Apple ensures its health insights are actionable, user-friendly, and non-anxiety-provoking, maintaining their commitment to privacy and clarity.
  • Apple Ring Next for Apple Health?
    While Sumbul stays tight-lipped about future products, Nikias did ask the question about Apple creating a new Ring form factor. Although Sumbul said Apple doesn’t talk about future products she did mention that they want to continue to “delight and surprise” their customers. Which could indicate that Apple is working on a new Health related hardware form factor!

Be sure to checkout the interview above as well as Nikias’ latest video all about the Apple Watch here, and comment on the video that 9to5mac sent you!

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Avatar for Fernando Silva Fernando Silva

Fernando Silva started off his professional career in the enterprise technology space with his primary focus being moving large organizations from onsite legacy technologies to a more modern cloud infrastructure. All the technologies he dealt with were mostly in the Microsoft arena but he was always a lover of Apple at heart.

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