Apple’s Awesome disconnection incident From the beginning Dramatic health recommendations From Apple Watch users, the new watch series 11: key new features for hypertension alerts are revealed. This feature has not been cleared by the FDA at the time, but has now been approved, such as Bloomberg And confirmed by Apple. As a result, it is reported that when the Watch 11 and Ultra Watch 3 ships start from September 19, it will be available to users in 150 countries.
Hypertension alerts can help detect high blood pressure (hypertension), a potentially dangerous disease that affects more than a billion people. The feature relies on the watch’s optical heart sensor, but now uses a new machine learning algorithm that also draws inspiration from a study involving more than 100,000 participants in search of high blood pressure. It worked in the background for a month to seek patterns associated with hypertension. Different from the equipment Measure specific blood pressureit only tells the user that there may be dangers.
Last year, Apple (Apple) Over-the-counter hearing aid function This has changed Second-generation AirPods Pro OTC hearing aids for people with mild to moderate hearing loss. Another feature recently approved is Sleep apnea detection. However, the company is Facing lawsuits On the Apple Watch’s redesigned blood oxygen monitoring feature.
Correction, September 15, 2025, 10:27 am ET: This article and its title initially stated that the Apple Watch has received FDA approval for the new hypertension alert feature. It is licensed by the FDA, which is a lower level of authorization compared to FDA approval. We apologize for this error.