Matt Evans, the technology author with Techradar, writes:
“You can set regular reminders to take your blood pressure, and you can plot your scores, like you can your sleep, exercise and heart rate, to more accurately show trends across your historic readings, just as you can with the best Fitbits. It’s a really neat piece of kit, even if it’s not medically certified in the sense that it can completely replace a specialized upper-arm cuff you might find at the doctor’s surgery.
However, a spokesperson told me it’s more of an “indication” that if your readings aren’t what they should be, then it could be time to visit the doctor. Medical certification could be coming in the future, but it doesn’t mean the feature is useless in its current form.
On the contrary, lower accuracy compared to dedicated medical devices is fairly common with other consumer health tech products from the likes of Fitbit and Apple, with companies stating that irregular heart rhythm alerts are considered indicative rather than medically accurate.
I’m really impressed by this innovation. Taking a reading is quick and convenient, and feeling the cuff tighten around your wrist is oddly surreal. I’ve not compared its results to readings taken with an actual medical cuff in order to determine its accuracy (yet), but the fact that this blood pressure monitor isn’t another infrared laser sensor or piece of software, but a strap with inflatable sacs on it, is oddly comforting.”
Read the full review here
