Alphabet\'s health division gets clearance for on-demand ECG feature in smartwatch

Alphabet's health division gets clearance for on-demand ECG feature in smartwatch

ANI  |  California [United States] 

After Apple, Google's parent company is working its way towards bringing health at the center of its products. Now, the company's health division Verily has reportedly received 510(k) clearance for its Study for an on-demand ECG feature.

The Study Watch, announced two years ago, is intended to be a test platform for the company to research how to best gather health data on a wearable device, The Verge reported.

The already had the ECG feature, however, it didn't receive clearance from the The feature is increasingly becoming a standard for a lot of manufacturers and FDA's clearance for the feature in a Class II device is not for the actual efficacy of the device, but only that it is safe to use.

Alphabet's Study Watch is a and is not meant to be a consumer The EKG feature on the Study Watch is intended to record, store, transfer, and display single-channel ECG rhythms.

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First Published: Sat, January 19 2019. 13:30 IST