Apple Watch hypertension alerts cleared by FDA for new and old watches

Starting adjacent week, Apple’s caller hypertension notification diagnostic volition beryllium coming to Watch Series 9 and aboriginal and Apple Watch Ultra 2 and aboriginal with the motorboat of watchOS 26. That’s according to an emailed connection from Apple spokesperson Zaina Khachadourian saying the diagnostic that monitors humor unit has been cleared by the FDA.

Apple’s caller hypertension notifications — announced Tuesday alongside the new Apple Watch SE3, Series 11, and Ultra 3 — usage information from the watches’ existing optical bosom sensor to “analyze however a user’s humor vessels respond to the beats of the heart.” An algorithm volition reappraisal this information implicit a 30 time play and notify users if it detects signs of precocious humor pressure. 

It volition rotation retired successful much than 150 countries and regions with the accomplishment of watchOS 26 connected September 15th.