Various rumors across the Web this week speculate
Samsung has formally applied to the US FDA health authorities to add an
ECG heart-monitoring feature to its future
smartwatches in 2020.
This follows
Apple integrating an ECG app into its
Watch Series 4 and watchOS 5 portfolio during the second half of last year.
The race for the wearables
healthcare prize is quietly starting to heat up.
Whether patients and hospitals will
trust Apple or Samsung (or any other electronics brand) to become a "doctor on your wrist" remains to be seen. But that is where we are
headed.