Fierce Biotech January 26, 2024
Google has secured an FDA clearance that finally unlocks human use of the temperature sensor built into its highest-end smartphone.
When the Pixel 8 Pro was first announced last October, the company said its sensor was well-suited to gauging the warmth of household objects, but that it shouldn’t be used to check someone out for a fever.
That’s changed with the agency’s green light, clearing what Google describes as the first smartphone body temperature app—and one that’s on par with other FDA-cleared thermometers that scan the temporal arteries around the forehead.
“In clinical trials, our software algorithm was able to calculate body temperature in the range of 96.9°F–104°F (36.1°C–40°C)...
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