Apple said looking at adding health technologies to AirPods

October 22, 2021

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), which is already putting more resources into physical fitness technology and services, may be looking into ways to add health-monitoring applications to its popular AirPods.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Apple (AAPL) is working on how it can transform AirPods into something beyond a device for listening to music or phone calls. The company is said to be looking at adding features that could include enhanced hearing, the ability to read a person's body temperature, and ways to monitor a person's posture.

Apple is reportedly working on AirPod prototypes that would include some of the new health-related enhancements. But the Journal said that any such new technologies are more than a year away from reality, and might not end up in any standard consumer updates to AirPods.

Apple has been expanding its health and fitness offerings as part of its continuing push into subscription-based services. Last month, Apple unveiled four new iPhone 13 models at a company event in which it also announced more enhancements to its Apple Fitness+ service, which is tied to the Apple Watch.

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