It stands to reason that many companies have quickly developed a special app to indicate the correct way to do a proper handshake, one of the main preventive measures in response to COVID-19. Of all the proposals, Apple introduced watchOS 7 handwash detection at WWDC 20, which by its features is best in style. However, this was not achieved in a few months.
According to statements by Apple’s vice president of technology, Kevin Lynch to TechCrunch, this functionality was the result of “years of work, years of trial and error” until the three signals were coupled so that it works correctly, relying on the sensors of the Apple Watch.
Apple proves that washing your hands is not as easy as you think!
As we shared during the coverage of the WWDC20, a week ago, the handwash detection that Apple has incorporated into the Apple Watch is working with three components. The first of these, the accelerometer as the key piece of hardware that accounts for the specific pattern of handwashing, which apparently adopts a number of different methods, depending on who is actually doing the washing.
Along with the movement, the application listens to the sound of running water, to later identify the sound of soap, thanks to an audio feature unique enough to confirm that some subject is washing their hands and from there begin to count the time 20 seconds recommended by the World Health Organization to perform this habit.
Undoubtedly, all the previous development has helped the Apple team adapt the results for the detection of washing, now incorporated as another important health feature in the Apple Watch that we will be able to test with the official launch of watchOS 7 this fall.