Mobile app that records sound of a person’s beating heart developed

Researchers hope the tool will drive up awareness of heart conditions (Philip Toscano/PA)

A smartphone app that listens to a person’s heartbeat could one day allow doctors to monitor for conditions remotely, scientists behind the project hope.

A group from King’s College London and Maastricht University in the Netherlands came up with Echoes, which records beats and uploads them to a database along with anonymised anthropometrics and cardiac health indicators for analysis.