Apple’s senior home devices engineer, Brian Lynch, is leaving for Oura Health Oy as senior VP of hardware engineering, adding pressure to a division already facing delays. Oura, valued at $11 billion, has recruited heavily from Apple, including health and design executives. Lynch’s departure underscores Apple’s ongoing lag behind Amazon and Google in the smart home market. Apple declined to comment.

2026-03-18

Apple’s senior home devices engineer, Brian Lynch, is leaving for Oura Health Oy as senior VP of hardware engineering, adding pressure to a division already facing delays. Oura, valued at $11 billion, has recruited heavily from Apple, including health and design executives. Lynch’s departure underscores Apple’s ongoing lag behind Amazon and Google in the smart home market. Apple declined to comment.