“A couple in the US used the Apple Watch Sports model’s heartrate sensor to record the heartbeat of their newborn baby and share it with relatives who couldn’t be at the birth,” Sarah Griffiths reports for The Daily Mail.
“They wrote on their YouTube page: ‘Our first child was born and we used an Apple Watch Sport to send his heartbeat to our distant family members it was a really awesome experience that we couldn’t have done without the Apple Watch,'” Griffiths reports. “In the video, the Sports Watch, which costs from £299 ($349) is pressed gently to the baby’s arm as his father initiates the sensor and a reading is taken, shown by the flashing pink heart on the screen.”
Griffiths reports, “The parents used Apple’s Digital Touch function to then send the heart beat data to their friends.”
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MacDailyNews Take: That has to be a first of its kind moment!
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Scott M.” for the heads up.]