The Evolving Role of Smart Watches in Health Tracking

Abstract

A smartwatch is a small hand wearable computing device that resembles a traditional wristwatch but offers diverse functionalities. They are becoming more popular because of their ease and capacity to interface with other devices and services in our daily lives. Smartwatches have surpassed their primary purpose of merely telling time, they have now become an integral part of modern life, serving as a multifunctional device capable of various tasks including communication, navigation, and fitness tracking. Smartwatches provide their users, the convenience of continuous health monitoring without the need for additional gadgets. Continuous health tracking facilitated by smartwatches helps in the early detection of several ongoing health issues. Smartwatches offer a source of concrete motivation by setting individualized goals, measuring success achieved, and providing regular feedback. Accuracy and reliability, data security concerns, lack of standardization, and cost may pose difficulty in wider adaptation. Using the full potential of smartwatches in healthcare necessitates addressing key challenges related to accuracy, privacy, ethical considerations, standardization, and user engagement. Advancements in sensor capabilities, integration with artificial intelligence and machine learning, and expansion of health monitoring features may further broaden the future scope of these devices. Smartwatches helps in the early detection of several ongoing health issues. Smartwatches offer a source of concrete motivation by setting individualized goals, measuring success achieved, and providing regular feedback. Accuracy and reliability, data security concerns, lack of standardization, and cost may pose difficulty in wider adaptation. Using the full potential of smartwatches in healthcare necessitates addressing key challenges related to accuracy, privacy, ethical considerations, standardization, and user engagement. Advancements in sensor capabilities, integration with artificial intelligence and machine learning, and expansion of health monitoring features may further broaden the future scope of these devices.