{"id":24906,"date":"2022-07-06T00:11:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T04:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=24906"},"modified":"2022-07-06T00:11:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T04:11:27","slug":"apple-series-watch-8-may-be-able-to-detect-if-user-has-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/apple-series-watch-8-may-be-able-to-detect-if-user-has-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Series Watch 8 May Be Able To Detect If User Has Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-ar-index=\"0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The\u00a0 Apple Watch Series 8 will reportedly be launching a body temperature sensor that can detect fever or a spike in body temperature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloomberg<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> report from Mark Gurman, he said that the watch should be able to alert the user of an increase in body temperature, and then encourage them to use a thermometer or seek for a medical consultation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Gurman, the body temperature sensor still has to pass internal testing, and if cleared, Apple is expected to include this latest feature in the Watch Series 8, including the much talked-about \u201crugged\u201d smartwatch for extreme sports athletes. However, the upcoming entry-level Apple Watch SE would most probably not have the sensor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"6\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier reports from Gurman and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> specify that the body temperature sensor may also be used for fertility tracking, as changes in body temperature could help determine a woman\u2019s fertility or predict when they are going to get their monthly period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per Gurman,\u00a0 all other changes to the Apple Watch\u2019s hardware \u201cwill probably be minor.\u201d He also hinted at the possibility of an improved display for higher-end models.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"9\">\n<p data-ar-index=\"10\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/3\/23193443\/apple-watch-series-8-detect-fever-body-temperature-sensor-rumors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original story<\/a> in The Verge.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0 Apple Watch Series 8 will reportedly be launching a body temperature sensor that can detect fever or a spike in body temperature.\u00a0 In a Bloomberg report from Mark Gurman, he said that the watch should be able to alert the user of an increase in body temperature, and then encourage them to use a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,378,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-companies","category-digital-transformation","category-marketing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24909,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24906\/revisions\/24909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}