Oura is launching a redesigned app with expanded stress-tracking insights as it develops new blood pressure features that could identify signs of hypertension.
The updated Oura app will introduce a new Cumulative Stress feature that provides a weekly overview of how the body manages and recovers from sustained stress, drawing from sleep, heart rate, temperature, and activity data. The redesign, Cumulative Stress, and a new stress management dashboard will be available on iOS and Android globally “in the coming weeks,†according to Oura.
The company also announced that it’s working with the FDA on a blood pressure study that will be available for US members of its Oura Labs early access platform “in the coming months.†Its aim is to develop a feature that can “identify early signs of hypertension†— a term for abnormally high blood pressure in the blood vessels.
Study participants will be notified of their current likelihood of hypertension by combining Oura Ring data with information collected via questionnaire around family history, medication, and lifestyle habits. Several Apple Watch models already support hypertension notifications after the feature cleared the FDA in September.
Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/802527/oura-ring-stress-blood-pressure-test-app-redesign
Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/802527/oura-ring-stress-blood-pressure-test-app-redesign
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