On Thursday Food and Drug Administration Cleared a new one Hypertension detection tool For Apple Watch. Health functions are one of the highlights Apple’s iPhone event in September And alert Apple Watch Owners of potential signs of hypertension, the disease cannot be diagnosed in millions of people.
Apart from FDA liquidation Apple’s chronic hypertension tool, Cupertino, announced it will be used on watches starting next week in 150 countries, including the United States, the European Union, Hong Kong and New Zealand.
Hypertension alarm is unveiled as part of the announcement Apple Watch Series 11 and Apple Watch Ultra 3. Many people (myself included) think this will be unique to the latest high-end models. but Apple Watch Series 9 and update and Apple Watch Ultra 2 Newer will support new hypertension detectors.
These features reach wearable competitors like OURA, Google, and Samsung, which are designed to unleash more features targeting health, wellness and preventive care. For example, Galaxy Watch 8Released earlier this summer, it has a skin-based antioxidant index. But Apple’s hypertension tool isn’t the only new health and wellness in the company’s watch. There is also a sleep score, which scores your rest quality from 0-100.
Both functions will follow Watchos 26 Updated next week.
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Hypertension alarm
Although not all blood pressure monitoring Apple Watch Fans HopeHypertension Alerts use existing sensors to address serious health problems: Many people don’t even realize the potentially fatal, silent condition they live with. According to Apple, the feature is expected to notify 1 million people of undiagnosed hypertension within the first year.
Much like Apple Irregular heart rhythm and Sleep apnea notificationHypertension Alerts work in the background without any additional steps. After a 30-day analysis period, the table will alert if a pattern consistent with hypertension is detected. Apple clearly shows that this is not a diagnosis. The FDA has cleared the feature, but the goal is to provide early warnings for conversations with doctors.
If an alarm does occur, the Apple Watch will recommend that you confirm the results with a traditional blood pressure cuff. All relevant data can be recorded in the Health app on iPhone and exported as a PDF of the Doctor. This extra step cuts off the typical “wait and track” cycle that doctors usually need after visiting, but instead gives you actionable data in your hands.
The feature will be preloaded onto the new series 11 and Ultra 3 and will become part of the feature Watchos 26 Updated on September 15th for Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10 and Ultra 2.
Decode sleep scores
The Apple Watch has been tracking sleep for many years, measuring duration, sleep stages, and overall consistency. But it no longer gives you actual scores, like the way your competitors do Samsung,,,,, Ula and Garmin Do. With sleep score changes.
Sleep scores are based on three main criteria: duration, number of interruptions (e.g., kids and pets) and consistency in bedtime, sleep scores are your nighttime data and assigned a 0-100 (or from “low” to “excellent”) rating – Apple is one of the biggest contributors to quality sleep, Apple says.
The timing of this launch is by no means easy. Apple has the record of waiting until it has scientific support and enough data to justify launching new health features. New guidance on using sleep scores American Society of Sleep Medicinethis National Sleep Foundation and World Sleep Society. The algorithm itself is built and verified using more than 5 million sleep data for sleep Apple Heart and Sports Research.
Every morning, Apple Watch owners see their scores in the Sleep app on their iPhone, which is a surface complication of their hands, or directly in the health app. A deeper breakdown reveals how each of these three factors affects your score, and an explanation about what’s wrong (or right). For example, bedtime can be docked in the bedtime category and scored overall. While it is not a direct rule, the added context helps to remove the mystery from these digital meanings.
Even better, the sleep score is traceable. If you have been logged in to sleep for a while, past data will be automatically updated after installing the new software.
Sleep scores will be available on Apple Watch Series 6 and later SE 2 and later, as well as iPhone 11 Or newer running iOS 26.
