Wearables Become AI Health Funnels

Major platform firms are shipping minimal‑UI, sensor‑first wearables that feed continuous biometric streams into AI‑powered health apps and subscription services. The product shift prioritizes data capture and AI interpretation over local display or standalone device functionality. — This matters because it makes corporate AI systems the primary interpreters of intimate health signals, concentrating control over medical inferences, monetization, and data governance in a few platform firms.