BerlinA blood-sugar watch read a banana like a wrist.
EU rules ban the claim, and users who trust the readings face mortal danger.
No wearable measures glucose optically through skin, and Germany’s consumer federation caught one simulating values.
eBay and Mediamarkt.de listed them, and Mediamarkt’s hits fell from 108 to 7 only after netzpolitik.org asked.
How each outlet framed it
- netzpolitik.org leans critical
- reports the vzbv banana test showing the watch reads the same as on the wrist, and that eBay and Mediamarkt cleared listings only after press inquiry
Sources: netzpolitik.org