Apple Watch's High Blood Pressure Notifications Available in Canada Starting Today

Apple contiguous announced that its Hypertension Notifications diagnostic connected prime Apple Watch models is disposable successful Canada starting today.


The diagnostic is disposable connected Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, Series 11, Ultra 2, and Ultra 3 models moving watchOS 26. It is not disposable connected immoderate Apple Watch SE models. Users tin acceptable up the diagnostic successful the Health app connected a paired iPhone.

• How to Turn On Apple Watch Hypertension Notifications

Hypertension Notifications archetypal launched successful the U.S. and more than 150 different countries and territories past month.

The diagnostic tin alert users if signs of chronic hypertension (high humor pressure) are detected, according to Apple. Based connected information from the Apple Watch's optical bosom sensor, the diagnostic tin analyse however a user's humor vessels respond to the beats of the heart. The algorithm works passively successful the background, reviewing information implicit 30-day periods, and users are notified if accordant signs of hypertension are detected.

Apple says the diagnostic does not necessitate calibration, does not measurement humor unit directly, and does not aboveground a humor unit speechmaking to users.

Apple said the diagnostic underwent "rigorous technological validation," arsenic outlined successful a 12-page document. According to the company, it was developed with precocious instrumentality learning and grooming information from aggregate studies totaling much than 100,000 participants, and its show was past validated successful a objective survey of much than 2,000 participants.

Apple says the diagnostic is "not intended for usage by radical nether 22 years old, those who person been antecedently diagnosed with hypertension, oregon during pregnancy."
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