Apple Trying To Evolve AirPods Into Health Device: WSJ

Apple Inc AAPL is exploring options to transform AirPods into a health device, including enhancing hearing, reading body temperature, and monitoring posture, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Apple Watch already boasts of an assortment of health functions. Apple's higher-end earbuds AirPods Pro already offer features to improve hearing, including "conversation boost," which increases the volume and clarity of people for the user.
Apple is already developing prototypes for AirPods to measure core body temperature from inside their ear. Apple could also add a thermometer, including a new wrist temperature sensor.
The AirPods would lean on the earbuds' motion sensors, alert wearers of slouching and improve posture.
The FDA is trying to permit a new category of over-the-counter hearing aids that consumers can tune themselves. The rules will enable companies like Apple, Bose, and Samsung Electronics Co SSNLF to foray into the market for cheaper hearing aids.
Price Action: AAPL shares traded higher by 0.75% at $141.97 in the premarket session on the last check Thursday.
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