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Older adults need vendor empathy to attain digital literacy

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Picking on Apple because they are there, but of course they are not unique. Below that, advice on how to share what you’re watching on Apple TV (pictured are several smiling youths). Apple offers training on how to provide IT support for the iPad in your organization. Can it be that the majority of Apple’s are young women ?

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For older adults, the future of wearables is predictive

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According to one insider, 3-5 million Apple watches alone have been purchased by adults age 65+. And miniaturization and integration mean that nearly invisible wearable technology, such as diabetes patches or smartwatch sensors, will be unobtrusive enough to be tolerated about traditionally reluctant elderly users."

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The Tech User Experience for Older Adults Needs A Reboot

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All are confronted with buggy software and frequent bug fix releases , such a problem on iPhones that an embarrassed Apple redirected software work towards fixing. Smartphone and smartwatch adoption highlight UI inconsistencies. And Google is no better with Pixel phones. Older adults are pushed online into a standards-free world.

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Leave no trend behind – yet another PERS smartwatch ticks on

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When Apple Watch launched in 2015 – pendant PERS (slowly) saw the future. that makers of smartwatches do not know who the user is or what they want. One small example, consider in-car Apple and Android offerings for turn-by-turn directions. category tags: Mobile PERS , smartphones , wearables, smart watch.

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Five Recent Voice-Enabled Innovations for Older Adults 2020

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Or consider Apple Family Setup , which enables an Apple Watch to be set up and used without an iPhone, enabling texts, calls and GPS location. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health. Consider Amazon’s Whisper Mode – “I think you just whispered to me – Sau ‘turn on’ Whisper Mode.”

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Consider the potential for wearables and older adults

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Since the introduction of the Apple Watch in 2014 and its subsequent sales of more than 33 million (as of 2020), Apple has been the dominant player in the US market. For the market of technology for older adults, it offered a smartwatch with built-in fall detection and other numerous health features, which it continues to introduce.

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Closing the Digital Health Gap Between Consumers and Physicians

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The smartwatch category, with fitness tracking, is hot in 2018, some “smarter” than others. Wearable tech is an important category these days in department stores, with discount retailers like Target and Walmart, at electronics outlets like Best Buy and, of course, via Amazon’s wearable tech ma.