The new Apple Watch will come with a unique feature: Here is Apple's new technology

Apple's long-standing quest to bring blood glucose monitoring to the Apple Watch seems to have finally made strides.

The new Apple Watch will come with a unique feature: Here is Apple's new technology
The new Apple Watch will come with a unique feature

Bloomberg sources claim that the company's needle-free tracking system is currently "in the grasp" and is good enough to hit the market. Technology that uses lasers to measure glucose concentration under the skin was previously worked on, but has reportedly advanced to the point where it reached to an iPhone-sized wearable.

The new Apple Watch will come with a unique feature: Here is Apple's new technology

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The system will not only help people with diabetes monitor their condition, but also alert people who are prediabetic. It will then be possible to make changes that prevent Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes.

The project is said to have been in development for a long time. It all started in 2010 when Steve Jobs bought RareLight, the blood glucose monitoring company. Apple is said to have kept the effort secret by operating the company as the ostensibly detached company Avolonte Health, but joining a previously unknown Discovery Design Group (XDG).

According to Bloomberg, this technology is still years away from arriving. The industry doesn't have a very bright track record of bringing trouble-free monitors to market. 

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