I have a digital body weight scale that I want to make "IoT".
Getting the weight shouldn't be an issue, but I want to feed that data directly to Apple Health, without an app in the middle.
I was thinking about using either Bluetooth or NFC so when someone weights him/herself, it sends the weight data directly to the iPhone.
Is this a capability? Could this ever be implemented in future iOS/Health versions?
I can see how this would greatly increase the use of Apple Health by devices in-the-wild. Sending information directly to the device would greatly reduce both time and cost for a developer and keep it somewhat future-proof, while also removing constraints (having an app, registering an account etc) for the user.
I imagine having some specific data packet for Apple Health data that could be transmitted via NFC or Bluetooth that would trigger an event on the user's device showing the data/data-type and asking him to allow/add it to his Health app.
Getting the weight shouldn't be an issue, but I want to feed that data directly to Apple Health, without an app in the middle.
I was thinking about using either Bluetooth or NFC so when someone weights him/herself, it sends the weight data directly to the iPhone.
Is this a capability? Could this ever be implemented in future iOS/Health versions?
I can see how this would greatly increase the use of Apple Health by devices in-the-wild. Sending information directly to the device would greatly reduce both time and cost for a developer and keep it somewhat future-proof, while also removing constraints (having an app, registering an account etc) for the user.
I imagine having some specific data packet for Apple Health data that could be transmitted via NFC or Bluetooth that would trigger an event on the user's device showing the data/data-type and asking him to allow/add it to his Health app.