Smartwatch app detects movements that indicate smoking, sends vibration alert, a text offering moral support and tally of ...

Technology in smartwatches could help people quit smoking, according to researchers who have developed an app which intervenes when movements indicating cigarette use are detected.The team at the UK's ...

Hugely popular sports app Strava recently released the 2024 edition of its Year of Sport: Trend Report and revealed that, ...

Scientists at Bristol University develop app using motion sensors on an Android smartwatch to deliver vibration alert with a ...

Researchers at the University of Bristol in the UK have developed a smartwatch app to help people quit smoking. Two thirds of ...

If the app detects a person is smoking, the smartwatch delivers a relapse prevention message on its screen. The alert includes the number of cigarettes smoked in the day already, along with ...

If the app detects the person is smoking, the smartwatch delivers a relapse prevention message, just at the moment it is needed, to help with their quit attempt. Researchers tested the ...

The trial used a Mobvoi C2 Wear OS smartwatch and a specialised watch app to detect when someone may be about to smoke. It would then send the person “app-generated text messages” to act as a ...

Alizee Froguel, prevention policy manager at Cancer Research UK, said that the study shows that smartwatches could be a ...

A team at the University of Bristol created software that uses motion sensors on an Android smartwatch to identify the typical hand movements of smoking. Once detected, the app delivers a ...

A smartwatch app could be helpful as a stop-smoking aid, according to a study led by the University of Bristol. The trial used a Mobvoi C2 Wear OS smartwatch and a specialised watch app to detect when ...