This morning Fitbit landed FDA clearance for its long-awaited photoplethysmography atrial fibrillation (AFib) detection algorithm. The algorithm will be part of Fitbit's new Irregular Heart Rhythm ...

Just a few months after Fitbit roped in FDA clearance for an algorithm that could be embedded into its eponymous health-tracking wearables to detect atrial fibrillation, the technology is ready to hit ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Google's Fitbit photoplethysmography (PPG) algorithm to identify atrial fibrillation (AFib). Google says the AFib detection feature will be coming soon ...

Just a few weeks after announcing its intentions, Fitbit and Google have today announced that clearance has been granted in the United States for select trackers and smartwatches to detect irregular ...

Less than two years after earning the FDA’s regulatory blessing for an algorithm to perform atrial fibrillation spot-checks, Fitbit has gotten the go-ahead to add another method for monitoring a ...

"Our new PPG AFib algorithm can passively assess your heart rhythm in the background while you’re still or asleep. If there’s anything that might be suggestive of AFib, you’ll be notified through our ...

Two weeks back, Google announced that it was seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a new atrial fibrillation-detecting technology it planned to roll out to Fibit wearables. Today, the ...

Fitbit, a wearable watch owned by the Google got the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its new health feature to detect atrial fibrillation (AFib). Fitbit is a health tool that made Apple ...

OMRON Healthcare has secured De Novo authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for new home blood pressure monitors with AI-powered atrial fibrillation (AFib) detection feature.

On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration granted another 510(k) clearance to iRhythm Technologies for its AI-powered software system designed for use with Verily’s irregular pulse tracking watch.