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TL;DR
- Samsung researchers have developed a way to track changes in cognitive function via a phone and watch.
- Researchers were able to track app usage, typing speed and patterns, sleep, and more to measure symptoms of cognitive decline.
- This approach could potentially detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
Smartwatches can already alert users to heart conditions and other potential health risks, but what about Alzheimer’s disease? Well, Samsung has announced technological advancements that could eventually make this a reality on your wearable and phone.
Samsung announced in a blog post that its researchers have developed a way to track changes in cognitive function via your phone and watch. The researchers were able to measure symptoms of cognitive decline by tracking phone and watch app usage, typing speed, message patterns, call frequency, sleep, and “voice.”