Consumer

Today at WWCD, Apple unveiled a new feature that will alert WatchOS6 users if environmental noise or smart technology audio is too loud.  

Launching in 2020, Pokémon Sleep will feature gameplay that responds to the player's sleep habits.

The Israel-based company is offering 11 genetic risk tests, three polygenic risk tests and 15 carrier status reports.

Sensors described in the European Patent Office filing could be placed underneath the user's mattress or pillow.

Health Support group users will now be able to ask admins to anonymously post questions to the group page. 

Those using the Garmin Connect fitness platform and certain Garmin smartwatches will receive period predictions and targeted educational content.

Chatbots, symptom checkers and other AI healthcare guidance services should take a page from Amazon and others on to engage users, experts say.

Patients are driving a new shift in health care, with expectations for greater access to personalised, convenient services growing. 

A new programme based at Imperial College London will focus on technologies that help people with dementia to live well in their own homes, while generating data to help researchers better understand the cause and progression of the condition.

Amazon sent Prime users an email advertising virtual pharmacy PillPack, which the company acquired in 2018.