HealthKit
A health data aggregation platform introduced by Apple that allows third-party applications, with user authorization, to uniformly store and share health data including activity, sleep, heart rate, and blood glucose. It serves as the central data hub of Apple's health ecosystem.
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Third-party hardware manufacturers that want to write data into Apple Health usually do so through the HealthKit API.
HealthKit is a health data aggregation platform launched by Apple with iOS 8 (2014), allowing third-party apps to uniformly store and, with user authorization, share data such as exercise, sleep, heart rate, and blood glucose.
HealthKit has already connected multiple types of external hardware, including Apple Watch, blood pressure monitors, and blood glucose meters.
Apple Watch continuously records heart rate through a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor, and the HealthKit interface allows third-party apps to read this time-series data.
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Third-party hardware manufacturers that want to write data into Apple Health usually do so through the HealthKit API.
50%UnverifiedHealthKit is a health data aggregation platform launched by Apple with iOS 8 (2014), allowing third-party apps to uniformly store and, with user authorization, share data such as exercise, sleep, heart rate, and blood glucose.
50%UnverifiedHealthKit has already connected multiple types of external hardware, including Apple Watch, blood pressure monitors, and blood glucose meters.
50%UnverifiedApple Watch continuously records heart rate through a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor, and the HealthKit interface allows third-party apps to read this time-series data.
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