Nokia
which acquired Withings of France last 2016 is now rebranding these health
monitoring and recording products.
It was
announced in the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain. By then, all
Withings devices will be sold under the brand of Nokia.
Nokia’s newly branded health
offering includes smart, connected devices such as watches, scales, a
thermometer and blood pressure monitors, all designed for daily monitoring of
parameters such as physical activity, weight, blood pressure, sleep, heart rate
and more.
The
devices such as watches, scales, blood pressure monitors and thermometers are designed to monitor physical activity,
weight, blood pressure, sleep and heart rate.
These devices such as the Nokia Steel watches
can track daytime activity, rest and sleep. With the thermometer, it has 16
infrared sensors that can take temperature readings from the temple to the side
of the head.
An algorithm
ensures that the readings will be most accurate since the sensors can take up
to 4,000 readings in 2 seconds.
A
connected hairbrush can analyze the quality of the user’s hair.
Health
data can be stored in the Nokia Health Mate app. This will record the complete health
history of the user. Trends can be monitored by the app and is useful in
following wellness programs and data collation that can be utilized in
improving the user’s health.
These
devices can enable the user to check and monitor all kinds of their personal
health data daily.
Nokia has been keeping up with new
trends in electronic medical records keeping, vital signs monitoring and health
technology applications.
These are stand alone or can be
used to connect with other devices and will allow a more complete and
comprehensive health related information that can be used in monitoring the
health conditions of the users. Particularly, these can be very useful in cases
of diabetes, heart disease and hypertension management of the users and their doctors.
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