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Pixel phones will be able to read your heart rate with their cameras – The Verge
Google is adding a heart and respiratory rate feature to the Fit app on Pixel phones, with plans to add the capability to others later on. Both features use the…
The Google Fit app will measure heart and respiratory rate
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Google is adding heart and respiratory rate monitors to the Fit app on Pixel phones this month, and it plans to add them to other Android phones in the future. Both features rely on the smartphone camera: it measures respiratory rate by monitoring the rise and fall of a users chest, and heart rate by tracking color change as blood moves through the fingertip.
The features are only intended to…
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