Apple Watch glucose monitoring project gets encouraging update

Apple has shifted oversight of its noninvasive glucose monitoring project to Zongjian Chen, a hardware and advanced technologies leader.

Bloomberg says the reassignment from Tim Millet is being read internally as a sign the Apple Watch health effort is moving forward.

The feature could let users track blood sugar without finger pricks, but it remains years away from release.

If successful, it could make Apple Watch a much more important health device.