Big Tech Firms Target Health Care Space With Cheap Sensors In Smartphones

Recent activities by three smartphone giants point to a potential future where the phone itself more frequently serves as a monitoring or diagnosing device, in place of external sensors. If the trend rolls on, it could have important implications for the mobile health sector.

Three makes a trend: Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and Google have all recently made moves to introduce greater sensor functionality into their smartphones with an explicit focus on health applications.

While there is growing public focus on wearable health sensors that link up to smartphones, recent activities by the big...

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