The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show kicked off today in Las Vegas where many companies are debuting new product lines at the world’s largest trade show.
One of the most impressive launches we have seen this week is a new activity tracking smartwatch from connected health device maker Withings. Expanding beyond its successful blood pressure cuffs and connected scales, the company today debuted its Activité Pop, a powerful – and more affordable – addition to Withings’ lineup of attractive health and fitness devices.
Some of its coolest features include walk, run and swim tracking, an 8-month+ battery, and the ability to help your resting hours be more restorative. With the help of the corresponding mobile app, the watch tracks and analyzes sleep, while bringing some serenity to the morning wake-up with its silent vibrating alarm.
The convergence of medicine and mobile technology is increasingly providing patients better access to their health care information. App Association Executive Director Morgan Reed spoke about the latest mobile health innovation with Cassandra Perez of Sleep Review Magazine.
In 2014, Reed says the wearables explosion was a significant shift in “how health sees patient information.” He adds that 2014 was the year of grasping the possibility of real-time patient information on a mobile screen. For 2015, Reed predicts… [s]leep medicine professionals should find new ways to engage with patients via the wearables they clearly love, and understand how the data they give you fits with traditional sleep studies.”
At $149.99, Activité Pop is competitively priced so consumers can compile their own sleep study data.
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