Apple is launching a study into whether the Apple Watch can be utilized to identify respiratory sicknesses, for example, Covid or influenza, in organization with the University of Washington and the Seattle Flu Study.

Apple at first declared the study at its Time Flies event in September a year ago, it however has as of late launched, as spotted by Apple Insider.

“The goal of the study is to see if the information collected by the Apple Watch and iPhone can detect early signs of respiratory illnesses like COVID-19. If you are eligible and decide to participate, you will be provided an Apple Watch to wear. The watch will collect information about your health and activity. You will also be asked to answer simple survey questions in the Apple Research app on your ‌iPhone‌ about respiratory symptoms and lifestyle on a weekly and monthly basis.

If you get sick during the study, you will be provided with a free, at-home nasal swab to be tested for COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses, and you will be asked to take some additional health measurements using your Apple Watch.”

The study is relied upon to take “up to six months” and members acknowledged into the program will be given an Apple Watch for research purposes, which they will be required to wear “throughout the study, both day and night.” Enrolment is open now for people in the more prominent Seattle territory who are age 22 or older and have an Apple ‌iPhone‌ 6s or more up to date.

A past independent study by Mount Sinai scientists tracked down that an Apple Watch can successfully foresee a positive COVID-19 diagnosis as long as seven days before current PCR-based nasal swab tests, which might be supported by the discoveries of this new study.

Past free Apple Watch studies have shown that the smartwatch’s heart sensors might have the option to distinguish early indications of diabetes and give early warning indications of atrial fibrillation.