The FDA approves the Apple Watch hypertension function, available with Watchos 26

Apple has received the approval of the FDAthe competent agency in food and medicines, to activate its new function of Hypertension notifications In the Apple Watch. The feature will be available from September 15 with the launch of Watchos 26 and was announced during the presentation of the new Apple Watch.

Although we knew about it during the launch of the most recent models, this feature will reach the models Apple Watch Series 9 and lateras well as in the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and more recent versions. In a nutshell, it uses the optical heart sensor integrated into watches to analyze how blood vessels respond to each beat. An algorithm processes this data for a period of 30 days and, in case of detecting patterns compatible with high blood pressure, sends a notification to the user.

In this way, Apple allows users to monitor blood pressure and have references about their health status. In fact, it must be recognized that the company has been reinforcing the Apple Watch health and sport facet for years, in addition to polishing its design to place it in the market as a fashion complement.

The function comes with high availability

In addition to the retrocompatibility with the previous two series, the other good news is that hypertension notifications will be activated in more than 150 countries and regions With the arrival of Watchos 26. Users will receive notices directly on their clock and can consult the history in the iPhone health application. It seems that this time in Apple they have done their homework so that the new function has the approval of the different regulation agencies.

This is one more step for Apple, which expands the scope of health tools in the Apple Watch. Actually, these devices have already been included for a long time heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen and electrocardiogram. Now they add a new resource for hypertension prevention.