Apple on Monday released watchOS 7.6 which enabled the Apple Watch ECG app – with both ECG and irregular heart rate notifications…
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Apple Watch ECG app gets regulatory approval in China
The Apple Watch ECG (electrocardiogram) functionality has received regulatory approval in China, finally giving Apple the ability to launch…
AliveCor antitrust lawsuit claims Apple monopolizes Apple Watch heart-rate technology
A small Silicon Valley company, AliveCor, has filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Apple of cornering the market for heart-rate monitoring…
Apple debuts 3 new Apple Watch Series 6 ads
Apple today debut three new ads for Apple Watch Series 6: “Sleep” which focuses on tracking users’ sleep, “ECG” which explains that users…
Tim Cook responds to Apple Watch user’s ECG experience
Apple CEO Tim Cook has thanked Raymond, an AppleInsider reader, for telling him a story about how the Apple Watch ECG function detected AFib…
Apple Watch ECG feature set to launch in South Korea
Apple has obtained approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea for its electrocardiogram (ECG) Apple Watch …
Apple sued for patent infringement regarding Apple Watch’s atrial fibrillation optical sensor
A doctor has launched a lawsuit alleging that Apple is willfully violating a patent surrounding the technologies used in the Apple Watch…
Yes, your Apple Watch can detect heartbeat abnormalities and potentially save your life
Can the Apple Watch accurately detect atrial fibrillation? Yes, a very large study confirms…
Apple granted more U.S. patents for Apple Watch ‘smartbands’
Apple has been granted a trio of U.S. patents for Apple Watch smart bands…
Apple Watch ECG vs. medical-grade hospital EKG
Apple Watch Series 4 has two FDA-cleared heart features that can warn about life-threatening conditions…
Apple patent application hints at Apple Watch ‘smartbands’
Future Apple Watch bands may have additional features and do more than simply keep the smart watch on your wrist…
We’re still waiting on ‘smartbands’ for our Apple Watch
A smarter watch band will play a crucial role in Apple Watch’s future as a personal technology device…
Apple Watch Series 4 summons ambulance after 80-year-old Munich woman falls
Emergency services were automatically summoned by a Series 4 Apple Watch when a 80-year-old woman…
Apple Watch saves life by spotting AFib just days after new ECG feature launched in Germany
A man’s life may have been saved by taking an Apple Watch ECG just days after the feature launched in Europe…
Apple Watch health monitoring sensors could appear in future MacBooks
Future MacBook models could offer some of the same health and fitness tracking functions…
After using my Apple Watch Series 4, I’m reminded what data can mean for my heart and, by extension, my mind
It begins seven years ago, when my doctor asks me whether I want to lose my foot…
Is Apple Watch causing a run on emergency rooms?
When Apple introduced the Apple Watch Series 4 in September, one of the biggest revelations…
Hands on with the new features in watchOS 5.1.2
Apple just released watchOS 5.1.2 to Apple Watch owners with a litany of features…
Apple Watch Series 4 ECG limited by region, but use can be enabled outside U.S.A.
One of the new features of Apple Watch Series 4 is the ability to take an Electrocardiogram…
How Apple could turn the Apple Watch into a blood pressure monitor
In September, Apple announced an electrocardiogram, or EKG, for its Apple Watch
New Apple Watch’s ECG feature can detect more underlying heart issues
The new iPhone models were quickly relegated to second tier headlines after Apple’s latest product announcement…
New Apple Watch Series 4 will first monitor your heart in the U.S. as Apple looks to expand feature abroad
Shoppers queuing up to buy Apple Inc.’s latest smartwatch anywhere but the U.S. face an uncertain..
Apple working to deliver Apple Watch Series 4 ECG feature to Canada
Apple says it is working with Health Canada to bring the Apple Watch Series 4…
Apple Watch Series 4’s electrocardiogram feature received FDA clearance just one day before ‘Gather Round’ event
Some on the Apple Watch team may have felt their hearts pounding in the days leading up to…
The Apple Watch is inching toward becoming a medical device
Apple Watch adds features that allow it to take high-quality heart readings and detect falls…
The Apple Watch is getting an important new feature for monitoring heart health
When Apple Watch was first released in 2015, it came with a built-in basic heart rate monitor…
Apple Watch the most accurate heart rate monitor in new fitness tracker study
In a new study comparing the accuracy of seven different fitness trackers…
Skip the fingerprint scanner; use your heartbeat to unlock your phone, car, doors, and make payments
An ECG is very difficult to counterfeit…
