With an update for the BACtrack Mobile and BACtrack Vio smartphone-connected breathalyzers, iPhone users are now able to share blood alcohol content results with Apple’s new Health app in iOS 8.
An update to the companion app for the breathalyzers, which we previously reviewed alongside the BACtrack Vio, allows users to sync data with the Health app on iOS 8 and tap into data from other health-related apps.
So why would you want the Health app to know how drunk you are? The company explained some of the possibilities with the new Health integration:
- Compare BAC levels and sleep data side-by-side to discover if alcohol consumption affects both quality and duration of sleep
- Track daily routines using a wearable device and discover if activity levels change based on alcohol consumption
- Use fitness apps to track exercise activities and see if results change based on the previous night’s BAC levels
- View correlations between BAC levels and calories consumed using food tracking apps
The two Bluetooth breathalyzers sell for around $100 (BACtrack Mobile) and $50 (BACtrack Vio) on Amazon and the updated companion app is available on the App Store now. You can check out our recent review of the BACtrack Vio here.
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Don’t forget this device allows your BA content history to be tracked and read by anyone who has access to your phone.
That could
be very helpful to law enforcement investigators.
I can’t wait to see it used in a DWI death case!
Because we all know drunks know when they’ve had too many….now they can just look at their phone and make the rational decisions drunks always make. Right?
Dumbest App and add on device ever…I think we all know the data from the reasons they list as useful tracking.
Actually, this may be good, as herb02135go points out, this may help the legal system to easily put your ass in away for DWI.
I can recall reading about fatal hit and runs where it couldn’t be proven the driver was drunk at the time.
But if they blew into a smartphone …
If I work for the legal system I’m planning to subpoena smartphones …
They can track you drunk and tell you how long you’ll have to spend in rehab but they can’t import data from other apps that show you have been making a serious effort to try and take care of your self… Idiotic priorities….