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Adam Engst 30 comments

AppBITS: Drink More with HiWater

After a fainting spell left Adam Engst with a doctor’s order to drink 100 ounces daily, he turned to HiWater. This elegant iPhone and Apple Watch app tracks hydration and nags you to drink—sometimes too well.

Adam Engst 4 comments

Like Apple, Garmin Launches Large-Scale Health and Happiness Study

In partnership with researchers from Harvard University and the University of Oxford, Garmin is launching an ambitious academic study to investigate happiness through wearable tech and smartphone-based surveys. Unlike Apple’s health research, this study is entirely grant-funded and offers participant rewards.

Adam Engst 7 comments

New Apple Health Study to Research Role of Tech in Improving Health

Apple’s ambitious new health study seeks to enroll 500,000 participants to explore the connections between technology use and various aspects of physical and mental health.

Adam Engst 17 comments

watchOS 11’s Vitals App May Detect Illness

Adam Engst explores whether the Apple Watch’s new Vitals app, which tracks five health metrics, can identify illness onset and shares his experience with COVID-19 detection through abnormal measurements.

Adam Engst 88 comments

Apple Releases AirPods 4, Adds Hearing Aid Mode to AirPods Pro 2

The new AirPods 4 introduce an updated industrial design that Apple says will fit more ears and include a more expensive model with Active Noise Cancellation. However, the more exciting news may be the addition of hearing tests and a Hearing Aid mode for the current AirPods Pro 2.

Adam Engst 8 comments

Apple Hearing Study Shares Early Findings on Tinnitus

Results from the crowd-sourced Apple Hearing Study shed light on the prevalence, causes, and impact of tinnitus, with over 160,000 participants sharing their experiences.

Glenn Fleishman 33 comments

An Apple a Day: iOS 16 Medications Feature Provides Alerts, Logging, and Peace of Mind

Apple quietly added a Medications section to the Health app in iOS 16 that lets you list all your medications, remind you when to take them, and log when you do.

Julio Ojeda-Zapata 2 comments

watchOS 9 Adds Health and Fitness Features

Apple’s unveiling of watchOS 9 at WWDC unsurprisingly emphasized health and fitness updates (along with four new watch faces) but offered a surprise or two, including a new medication-tracking app and a brilliant little Dock tweak.

Julio Ojeda-Zapata 7 comments

Bowflex’s C6 Bike Is a Less Costly, More Versatile Peloton

Peloton exercise bikes are expensive and lock users into the company’s exercise service. Julio Ojeda-Zapata tried a less expensive alternative, Bowflex’s C6 bike. It gives users the flexibility to use a range of fitness services with an iPhone or iPad, an Apple TV, or a Mac.

Josh Centers 16 comments

Protect Yourself from Blue Light with Digital Color Filters

Blue light emitted from screens has been linked to a number of health issues. Here are a couple of ways you can reduce or block it on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Josh Centers 2 comments

The Secret of the Apple Watch’s Mindfulness App

To many, the Mindfulness app may seem pointless or even annoying, but Josh Centers has discovered that it serves a secret function in monitoring your health.

Josh Centers 5 comments

Don’t Go to 11: Insights from the Apple Hearing Study

Apple has shared data from the Apple Hearing Study showing that a troubling percentage of participants are exposed to harmful levels of sound and are suffering hearing loss. Turn down that volume!

Josh Centers 8 comments

How to Manage Breathe Notifications on the Apple Watch

If you wear an Apple Watch, do you notice the Breathe notifications popping up when you want them the least? Thankfully, they’re easy to make less intrusive or turn off entirely.

Adam Engst No comments

Keep the iPhone 12 and Other Magnet-Bearing Consumer Electronics Away from Implanted Medical Devices

Since the iPhone 12 or any other consumer electronics device with strong magnets can interfere with implanted medical devices like pacemakers and defibrillators, Apple has issued more specific safety guidance.

Adam Engst 28 comments

NOVID Provides COVID-19 Early Warning System

We’re drowning in data about COVID-19—infection rates, hospitalizations, and fatalities. But none of that data can answer the question of what your personal risk of infection is. With the NOVID app—and sufficient uptake in your community—you can know just how close infections are to you.