Health and Fitness Apps for Hands-Free Voice-Activated Assistants: Content Analysis.
Arlene E ChungAshley C GriffinDasha SeleznevaDavid GotzPublished in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2018)
The emerging market of health and fitness apps for voice-activated assistants is still nascent and mainly focused on health education and fitness. Voice-activated assistant apps had a wide range of content areas but many published in the health and fitness categories did not actually have a clear health or fitness focus. This may, in part, be due to Amazon and Google policies, which place restrictions on the delivery of care or direct recording of health data. As in the mobile app market, the content and functionalities may evolve to meet growing demands for self-monitoring and disease management.