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Why does this feel like an ad
9to5 Mac is by virtue of the name very celebratory of Apple things.
Focus more on the tech saving people’s lives.
Tech like this helps people in more subtle ways, too.
I bought an Apple Watch to monitor my heart rate because a symptom of something I was diagnosed with was it could cause it to speed up. When my doctor decided to take me off the meds that kept it lowered, it was only thanks to the data from my watch that she put me back on it - she didn’t believe me when I said my heart rate felt like it had started going too fast and I was running out of breath too easily after she took me off them (she pointed to blood test numbers as “proof” I didn’t need them anymore), then I pulled out my phone and pulled up the app that collated the data from my watch, and showed her the giant spike in numbers after she took me off the meds.
Then she went, “…ah,” and put me back on the heart meds. She wouldn’t have otherwise.
Hyperthyroidism? Just guessing.
Yup. Graves’ Disease.
It's a genuinely good feature, we're going to continue seeing positive stories like this as more people use it in life threatening situations.
It’s made me think about situations I might end up in that would benefit from this extra layer of safety where previously I’ve just YOLO’d and not gotten unlucky.
It is an ad.
Because it is. Apple does this shit all time and it's enfuriating. Especially considering Android offers exactly the same feature so there's no "thanking" a brand when both major platforms do this. People just lap it up though.
Which Android phones have satellite access? I saw Qualcomm came out with hardware in the beginning of the year that can also sms over satellite but haven't seen an Android phone with it yet.
Which android phone has the same feature?