Apple is working on new technology that could be used to help diagnose mental health conditions such as depression and cognitive decline, insiders claim.
Working with the University of California in Los Angeles and biotech firm Biogen, Apple is hoping to get more out of the health-related sensors in its devices.
The firm already has a wide health-related technology offerings, including heart, sleep and activity monitoring through the Apple Watch and iPhone.
Insiders, speaking to the Wall Street Journal, say researchers will use data from iPhone sensors to look for digital signals linked to certain mental health conditions, including depression and anxiety, and feed them into an algorithm.
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This should be able to reliably predict depression and other conditions and form the basis of new features in a future version of Apple’s iOS operating system.
Apple is working on new technology that could be used to help diagnose mental health conditions such as depression and cognitive decline, insiders claim
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