Apple is now selling the One Drop blood glucose monitor in some of its US stores. Apple retail stores have started carrying a diabetes tracking product in this case, One Drop’s blood glucose monitor. It’s not a continuous monitor, but its Bluetooth connection to your iPhone and Apple Watch helps you track blood sugar levels with the devices you already use every day.
One Drop’s kit includes a blood glucose meter that takes readings and an app for the iPhone and the Apple Watch that gathers data and links it to Apple’s Health app. The kit Apple sells in its stores costs $69.95, and comes with a year of unlimited diabetes coaching.
Apple has increasingly been pushing into the health care space. It’s reportedly working on a glucose monitor for the Apple Watch, and a patent application published earlier this year suggests the company envisions devices that can “smell” blood sugar. Apple also launched its Heart Study app in 2017, which can identify irregular heart rhythms.
