Apple Gadgets Update: Apple Now Acquires Beddit, A Sleep Tracking Device

Beddit has been acquired by Apple. User's personal data will be collected, used, and disclosed in accordance with the Apple Privacy Policy. The acquisition was quietly revealed through an update to Beddit's privacy policy on Monday where users were alerted to the change on Tuesday when Beddit rolled out an update for its iOS app.

According to Engadget, details of the purchase are scarce; however, it seems that Beddit owners can continue to use their products for the foreseeable future. Beddit markets a sleep monitor that slips beneath a user's sheets to track movement, heart rate, and other biometric data during sleep sessions.

Armed with force, capacitive touch, humidity and temperature sensors, the tin pad is capable of measuring heart rate, environmental variables, breathing rates, and more to provide a holistic overview of user's sleep patterns. Owners who grant the accompanying iOS app access to iPhone's microphone can also enable snoring detection.

All date collected by the sensor device will be automatically transmitted to a host iPhone that subsequently stores and breaks down the information into easily digestible graphs. The goal is to improve sleep quality by tracking measurable metrics that allow users to change sleep habits and environment conditions.

According to 9to5 Mac, Beddit also integrates with HealthKit for comprehensive health tracking data viewing using Apple's Health app and Apple Watch. Apple sells Beddit's latest offering; the $150 Beddit 3 through online and stores.

Beddit and its team are likely bound for the tech giant's growing biomedical engineering group. Tech analysts speculated that Apple plans to integrate some form of sleep tracking functionality into Apple Watch, the company's flagship wearable platform. Apple has increased focus on health and wellness products since the launch of HealthKit and Apple Watch in 2014.

Meanwhile, reports last month stated that Apple is working on noninvasive glucose sensors for tracking blood sugar levels, a technology considered to be a holy grail of modern medical science. Stay tuned for more updates as Apple targets health concerns.