- Apple Watchos 26 update is available to install today
- It brings new feature that can detect hypertension
- This warns you if your watch thinks that you have high chronic blood pressure
Apple’s Watchos 26 update is launched today, and it is filled with new features, from a fresh liquid glass design and a training boyfriend fueled in AI for live translation and smart battery tips. A feature, however, could make a huge difference in your continuous health.
Hypertension alerts keep a vigilant watch for the signs of chronic blood pressure, allowing you to know as soon as differences in relation to the standard are detected, so that you can act by visiting a doctor. It does so using Apple Watch optical cardiac sensor, by examining the data over a 30 -day period to search for coherent signs of high blood pressure.
This is a big problem because hypertension is a serious risk factor – and leader – of health problems such as heart attacks, cerebral vascular accidents and kidney diseases, and these affect 1.3 billion people worldwide. Part of the problem is that hypertension often has no symptoms, which means that it can easily be missed until something radical happens.
This is why Watchos 26 hypertension alerts have the potential to make such a big difference. If they prove to be correct, they could bring people to the help they need – and maybe even save lives. In fact, Apple thinks that up to a million people could receive the first year alerts from the functionality. He recently received approval from the FDA and Apple said it will be available in more than 150 countries.
Apple Watch compatible models
You probably want to know which Apple Watch models are compatible with hypertension alerts. The long and the short is that you will need a relatively recent Apple Watch to take advantage of it.
More specifically, you will have to install Watchos 26 on your device. In addition to that, Apple says that alerts require an Apple Watch 9 series or later, or an Apple Watch Ultra 2 or later. The functionality does not seem to work with Apple Watch SE models.
If you have a compatible device, you can start as soon as you have downloaded and installed Watchos 26. You don’t need to configure the functionality, because it works passively and automatically in the background. With a little luck, you will never need his help – but it’s good to know that it is there if you do.
