Apple Inc CEO, Tim Cook in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, 8 January, said that the company ‘is going to add various new services’ in 2019.
"You will see us announce new services this year," Cook said adding that there will be more things coming up and “they will be material”. Emphasising his vision to tap into healthcare and well-being market, Cook stressed that the company was looking at the healthcare 'realm'.
During the interview, the 58-year-old CEO also indicated that in future, the company’s healthcare services will be its greatest contribution to mankind.
“I believe, if you zoom out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, “What was Apple’s greatest contribution to mankind?” it will be about health.”Tim Cook
Back in September 2018, the launch of the Apple Watch Series 4 gave a glimpse into the various industries like health, that the company is willing to tap into.
For the first time, Apple incorporated ECG (electrocardiography) monitoring tool into its Series 4 Watch – a feature which helps in detecting the heart rate.
The new features were added to help detecting ‘low heart rate notifications’ and ‘faster heart rate reading’. The new Watch also helped in detecting falls and also allowed the users to make emergency calls during an accident.
(With inputs from CNBC)
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