Wearables are now a common sight, with 16% of Americans reporting owning a smartwatch by one recent count. Apple, Samsung and Fitbit generated 88% of all unit sales, according to the 2019 report from ...

Photo Taken In Malaysia, Shah Alam Authors of a systematic review report on the impact of race and/or skin tone on the effectiveness of consumer wearable technology to measure heart rate and rhythm.

In a first-of-its-kind study, research to be presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 71st Annual Scientific Session found that wearable-device data on heart rate and rhythm may be less ...

The accuracy of wearables employing photoplethysmography (PPG)-based heart rate sensors may vary significantly between specific devices and activity types, but these sensors’ performances do not ...

Consumers are increasingly using smartwatches and other wearable devices to measure their heart rate and rhythm during exercise and for overall health monitoring. However, those measurements may be ...