RunKeeper, Withings, Strava and iHealth adapting their products for application Health
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
At the conference WWDC Apple Inc. introduced the application HealthThat combine the functionality of third-party applications, and will collect all the data from medical users of gadgets. Foreign journalists have decided to ask the opinion of well-known companies that are popular in the area of mobile technologies in this regard.
Tehnoblog 9to5mac asked the representatives of well-known companies such as RunKeeper, Withings, Strava and iHealth the appearance HealthKit, but also asked to share their thoughts on this subject. The first thing all manufacturers unanimously said they are already working on the integration of their products with iOS 8.
The first to respond RunKeeper CEO Jason Jacobs, who confirmed the integration of RunKeeper and Breeze with the Health app in the near future. However, we are unlikely to see changes before the release itself iOS 8.
"It's great to watch how Apple takes on this responsibility, creating a unified ecosystem of products, watching our health. We are pleased such undertakings and are ready to provide all possible support for their development, adapting their products for new opportunities "
CEO of RunKeeper Jason Jacobs
"We are delighted with the HealthKit opportunities. As our main goal - to care about the users, we will do everything possible to their interaction with our products was as comfortable as possible. Our own API used in hundreds of products, but their union in the annex Health will be a miracle "
CEO Withings Cedric Hutchings
"After Apple introduced the M7 coprocessor we are interested in further development in this area of technology. HealthKit function only expand opportunities Strava sporting community worldwide. Of course, we tailor our products "
Vice President for Strategy and Development Strava David Lorsch
"That now makes Apple using HealthKit very much like an attempt to create a single ecosystem, such as music services or iCloud, but this time in the field of fitness devices. In addition to the personal benefit of users, these technologies will improve the medicine in general. I think that after a while we will call this day the starting point in the personal biomedical technology development "
President iHealth Adam Lin
Every time, when Apple opened up new opportunities for integration with iOS, developers massively introduced them into their products. This year, instead of issuing its own devices, the company introduced HealthKit and HomeKit - developer tools, allows you to combine devices from different manufacturers into a single ecosystem.
Center block for fitness gadgets and applications will program Health. It will gather all of the information from the wearable electronics and management. Users no longer have to "jump" to different applications, customizing their devices. All can be done literally in a single window.
via 9to5mac