Hidden code reveals how Google plans to turn a Pixel 8 Pro sensor into a personal health tool،
Your first reaction when you learned that the Pixel 8 Pro would have a temperature sensor was probably: “Why?” Until the FDA approves an application submitted by Google that would allow the company to promote this feature as a way to take a person's body temperature, the sensor only exists to “measure the surface temperature of objects Daily “. As the FDA reviews Google's app, version 4.06.7 of the Fitbit app reveals code indicating the app will help make the thermometer's sensor more useful.
According to 9to5GoogleFitbit app version 4.06.7 shows how to use the thermometer on the Pixel 8 Pro to take your temperature. A card on the Today screen of the Fitbit app will say: “Choose whether you want to let Fitbit record and store body temperature data in your Fitbit profile.” Once you tap Save, your phone's thermometer will start sharing data with Fitbit, including this and any future ones. results unless you stop sharing.”
Temperatures recorded by the thermometer sensor on the Pixel 8 Pro will appear in the Fitbit app, but you'll need to configure the app to open using your Google account. Once you press the “Save” button, your temperatures will appear in the Fitbit app as a graph. This should definitely be useful as it will show you how your temperature is changing.
The arrow shows the thermometer sensor on the Pixel 8 Pro
Code strings discovered in the Fitbit app also explain to users the difference between body temperature and skin temperature. “Body temperature is taken by a thermometer and reflects the temperature inside your body. Skin temperature variation is the fluctuation in the temperature of your wrist while you sleep.” And while the Fitbit app is syncing with the Pixel 8 Pro automatically sends thermometer readings to the Fitbit app, a string of code notes that you can “manually save your results to Fitbit.”
Right now, this is all in the future as version 4.04 of the Fitbit app has just rolled out adding the remaining battery percentage of the device running the app to the top left corner of the screen . And as we noted earlier, we're still waiting for FDA approval for the app that will allow Google to officially make the thermometer sensor in the market. Pixel 8 Pro a “personal health tool”.
