Philips today released several connected healthcare products

Philips, a smart lighting and medical electronics giant in the Netherlands, is widely recognized by the popular series of Hue programmable light bulbs in the Internet of Things. Today, Philips plans to apply the original technology to the experience of manufacturing networking technology. The future of healthcare.

Philips today released four different connected Healthcare Products, including a smart body analyzer, a health watch, an ear thermometer and a Blood Pressure monitor. These products can be used with the Philips HealthSuite app. The Philips HealthSuite app is compatible with Android and iOS.

The functionality of these four connected healthcare products is obvious. The blood pressure monitor is similar to the sphygmomanometer that doctors usually use, but the appearance is more beautiful and smooth. It can detect diastolic and systolic blood pressure as well as heart rate. The blood pressure monitor is available in both wrist and arm styles and retails for $89.99 and $99.99, respectively.

The scales are available in black and white, which measure body weight, calculate body mass index (BMI), and estimate fat content in the user's body. The device retails for $99.99.

As for the ear thermometer, the user's body temperature can be measured within two seconds. The device is the cheapest of the four devices released this time, with a retail price of $59.99.

Philips Health Watch tracks user activity, heart rate and sleep patterns. But it is not a smart watch. It can't display mobile notifications, not Android Wear, or third-party apps. It is not even equipped with a touch screen.

But Philips doesn't think it's important because it provides a variety of useful parameters to help users make better choices about health and lifestyle.

Healthcare has always been an area of ​​interest to Philips, and this segment of the business accounts for a large percentage of Philips' overall profit. For example, CT scanners and nuclear magnetic resonance machines used in many hospitals are produced by Philips. Healthcare is an important part of Philips' smart family strategy.

The competition in the healthcare industry is becoming more and more fierce, and the market is now flooded with a large number of fitness trackers and weight scales that support WiFi networking. But given that Philips has built a strong reputation in the healthcare industry, its new devices are likely to stand out in the marketplace.