HealthTech in news: Issue 01

WHOOP redefines with Healthspan & ECG, Oura boosts metabolic insights via Dexcom, and Eight Sleep adds its Pod smart blanket.

Tom Tomaszewski
May 15, 2025

Hi folks,

Here’s what you need to know this week:

WHOOP redefines health wearables: WHOOP unveils 5.0 & MG wearables, adding Healthspan, ECG, and hormonal insights for proactive lifelong health management. - Link
Oura boosts metabolic health: Oura Ring integrates Dexcom's Stelo CGM for glucose data, adding AI-powered meal insights for holistic metabolic tracking. - Link
Wareable's top trackers picked: Wareable highlights 2025's best fitness trackers, with Fitbit Charge 6 leading bands and Apple Watch 10 as top smartwatch. - Link

Eight Sleep upgrades pod, adds blanket: Eight Sleep's new Pod 5 system introduces a hydro-powered blanket for full-body temperature control - Link
Visible: Pacing for illness: Visible offers an app and a wearable, helping those with chronic conditions like Long COVID manage energy via pacing. - Link

OpenAI: Paging Dr. GPT: OpenAI introduced HealthBench, a benchmark evaluating AI in medical conversations, signaling its serious move into healthcare technology. - Link

Wonder AI Customizes Food: Wonder leverages AI to create personalized meals using your health data, aiming to simplify and revolutionize healthy eating. - Link

fitt Insider issue no. 335: explores AI's new role as companions and therapists, reshaping human connection as in-person socializing declines. - Link

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