Apple Appoints New Lead for Apple Watch Blood Glucose Team
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Apple appoints Tim Millet as new lead of team developing blood glucose monitoring for Apple Watch. He replaces Bill Athas who died in 2022.
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Millet has been at Apple 20 years and leads transition to Apple silicon chips. Blood glucose project overseen by chip team, not health team.
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Apple exploring noninvasive monitoring using laser to detect glucose levels without skin pricks. Could detect pre-diabetes.
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Apple has proof-of-concept hardware iPhone-sized, but needs to shrink components to fit in Apple Watch.
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Apple Watch blood glucose monitoring still years away.