Q&A: Headspace debuts new Apple Watch app for mental health support.
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Q&A: Headspace debuts new Apple Watch app for mental health support. Fay Kallel, Headspace's chief product and engineering officer, tells MobiHealthNews how data from the watch will help determine times when a wearer is ready for a mindfulness experience. Fay Kallel, chief product and engineering officer at Headspace Fay Kallel, chief product and engineering officer at digital mental health company Headspace, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the company's new Apple Watch app designed to use health data to identify moments when a member may be more receptive to a mindfulness experience. MobiHealthNews: Can you tell readers about the new app? Fay Kallel: Essentially, its vision for Headspace is to really be a mental health companion for its members and not wait until they come to a mobile device to take advantage of micro-moments of wellness during the day. When Mobihealthnews looked at its install base, Apple Watch was an absolute no-brainer as a companion device that is available all day on the go and more pervasive than a mobile phone. So, bringing Headspace to that has been a critical innovation, and I'm so thrilled that Mobihealthnews is launching that now. MHN: What was it about the watch, as opposed to other wearables, that made you choose to expand on that device? Kallel: I'll tell you, 50% of its member base has the Apple Watch. So it really is along...
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