The Cupertino company has gone shopping again and this time it has returned home with Beddit Sleep Monitora company dedicated to the development of hardware and software for sleep monitoring.
As can be read since last May XNUMX in the description of Beddit's privacy policy, the company has been acquired by Apple, so «your personal data will be collected, used and disclosed in accordance with the Privacy Policy of Manzana".
Apple cares even more about our dream
Recently Apple has taken over Beddit Sleep Monitor, system designed to monitor sleep habits daily through iPhone and Apps, e Watch, as can be read in the update of the company's privacy policy published both on the Beddit website and in the Beddit application at the time of creating an account. What's more, a link within the application also directs us to the Apple privacy policy section.
Specifically, since May 8, the Beddit privacy policy says:
Beddit has been acquired by Apple. Your personal data will be collected, used and disclosed in accordance with Apple's Privacy Policy.
Beddit 3 is a sleep monitor that can be purchased from Apple for a price of 149,95 euros. It is a thin and flexible sensor It has been designed so that the user can place it under the sheet at the top of the mattress, in the area where the head is located. Once there, the device collects and analyzes all sleep-related data, such as the time we spend asleep or the depth of sleep, as well as breathing, the frequency of our heart rate, movement, snoring and even the temperature and humidity of the environment.
All this data that is collected by the Beddit Sleep Monitor is made available to users through an application designed for the iPhone that provides "personalized information" while proposes a series of training guidelines in order to help us improve our sleep habits. In addition, the iPhone application also has its corresponding version for the Apple Watch, which makes it even easier to access this type of sleep information.
The principle of ballistocardiography
As we can read in the Beddit website and on the "Beddit 3 Sleep Monitor" product file in the Apple online store, This device uses a scientific principle known as ballistocardiography (BCG).
Ballistocardiography or BCG it is a principle from which a follow-up and the mechanical activity of the lungs, heart is measured, as well as other functions of the human body. The idea is that, for example, when the Beddit sensor is tracking the heartbeat, it will be able to measure the mechanical impulse that is generated from the acceleration of blood through the circulatory system. Something similar would happen with other measurements such as that of breathing with the lungs.
Future plans
As is usual in all these types of operations, the total amount of this purchase has not transpired, at least for the moment, and neither Beddit nor Apple have commented on the matterAlthough we assume that in the next few hours or days the Cupertino company will issue the standard standard statement stating that the company does not comment on its acquisitions or future plans.
On the other hand, from media such as 9to5Mac or MacRumors, they point out that the changes in Beddit's privacy policy could be a clear clue that Apple may intend to continue to sell the device and collect data related to sleep and general health, information and technology that, without any doubt, could be applied to future versions of the company's products, especially to future models of the Apple Watch.