- Apple’s Watchos 26 update is available to install today
- Brings a new feature that can detect hypertension
- This alerts you if your clock believes you have chronic high blood pressure
The Apple’s Watchos 26 update is launched today, and is full of new features, from a fresh liquid glass design and a AI training friend to live translation and smart -stack tracks. However, a feature could make a big difference in its continuous health.
Hypertension alerts monitor the signs of chronic high blood pressure, which makes you know as soon as deviations from the standard are detected, so you can take measures visiting a doctor. It does it through the use of optical sensor data of the Apple Watch heart, reviewing data for a period of 30 days to search for consistent signs of high blood pressure.
That is a big problem because hypertension is a serious and leader for health problems such as heart attacks, strokes and kidney disease, and these affect 1,300 million people worldwide. Part of the problem is that hypertension often has no symptoms, which means that it can be easily lost until something drastic occurs.
That is why Watchos 26’s hypertension alerts have the potential to make a big difference. If they prove to be precise, they could obtain people the help they need, and maybe even save lives. In fact, Apple believes that up to one million people could receive alerts in the first year of the function. Recently he received the approval of the FDA, and Apple says that 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. Long and short is that a relatively recent Apple Watch will need to take advantage.
Specifically, you must have Watchos 26 installed on your device. In addition to that, Apple says that alerts require a series of Apple Watch 9 or posterior, or an Ultra 2 or posterior Apple Watch. The function does not seem to work with any Apple Watch SE models.
If you have a compatible device, you can start as soon as Watchos 26 has downloaded and installed. You do not need to configure the function, since it works passively and automatically in the background. With luck, you will never need your help, but it is good to know that you are there.
