Alphabet's Google Phones to Use Artificial Intelligence to Measure Pulse and Breathing

Is your smartphone about to replace your doctor?

Probably not, but if you own a Pixel phone from Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google, you'll soon be getting some basic medical diagnostic capability on your device.

Next month, with an update to the Google Fit app, the cameras on such models will be able to harness Google's artificial intelligence (AI) to accurately measure heart and breathing rates, according to the company. It is among the first practical applications of AI by the Alphabet unit.

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