smart health connected objects used 49% to track sleep!

The top three metrics people want to be able to track automatically with smart health connected devices are sleep quality, stress levels, and calories consumed and burned.

These results on smart health connected objects come from CCS Insight, which surveyed 2,000 people in the United States and the United Kingdom, aged 16 to 65. The purpose of the study was to find out how and why wearable users actually use their devices.

These figures should please companies offering smart health connected objects for health since they are the big winners of this little study. What start 2017 with good sales forecasts.

So, yes, we suspected that the owners of these smart health connected devices were interested in the calories consumed and burned. They are 44% in this case. Another figure 49% of those questioned want to know if they are sleeping well. Finally, 45% want to know their level of stress. The goal is simple: regain control of your life and be able to make significant changes.

CCS Insight shared the result of his study via a small graph. You can see all the answers given by the interviewees.

"I continue to believe that next year Fitbit and other major players in the wearable market will begin to expand the capabilities of its devices by adding additional sensors," said George Jijiashvili, analyst at CCS Insight. “Jawbone and Basis have already implemented GSR technology in their wearables. The latter helps determine perspiration rates and heart rate, but I believe its potential has not yet been fully explored. "

Be aware however that for this study, the question was specifically asked for smart health connected monitoring objects. As a result, the results differ slightly from other, larger, studies on wearables. Last June, 32% of Ericsson ConsumerLab consumers chose a panic button as the essential wearable; in front of smartwatches and GPS trackers.

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