We usually use activity bracelets and smartwatches to take health measurements, but lately Google has chosen to integrate them directly into mobile phones, especially their own phones. A new measure that could be on the way is the measurement of snoring and coughing.
The hint of this possible function is hidden in the APK of the latest version of Google Health Studies, an application to contribute to health studies from mobile. One of these studies is precisely the sound recording during sleep
Your mobile will discover your snoring
Nothing is confirmed at this time, but Google’s health studies app includes internal references to a sleep study in which audio will be collected while you sleep. It is mentioned that the study is only available for Google workers and it is necessary that there is only one person sleeping.
Collecting audio during sleep appears to be the first step in a future snoring health monitoring feature that would be part of the company’s sleep detection equipment. This team, in their own words, “works to bring an advanced set of detection capabilities and algorithms to Android devices with the goal of giving users meaningful information about your sleep
Sleep monitoring is now available on Google Nest Hubs
That’s not entirely unusual, as Google Nest Hubs can already do something similar, including stats for when you’re in light, deep, REM, and awake sleep. The difference is that this monitoring would include the cough and snore collection on android devices
This collection and analysis would take place on the device itself, without submitting anything to Google, although we still don’t know if it will be part of Google Fit, the Clock app or neither. What’s entirely possible is that it will launch exclusively for the Google Pixel first, although that’s also unconfirmed.
Through | 9to5Google
