Apple may be looking to add Ambient Light Sensors in future versions of its AirPods to monitor data such as blood oxygen level and heart rate.
DigiTimes reports that Apple has tasked supplier ASE Technology to manufacture the ambient light sensors and hypothesizes that the sensors could be used to monitor step count, head movement and interpret heart rate.
We’ve seen similar technology like the heart rate sensor in the Galaxy S9, which shines a light through your skin and then measures the variations in the light that reflects back as heartbeats.
However the use of such sensors…
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