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The Apple Watch 11 Finally Gets the High Blood Pressure Alerts I Wanted for Years
Hypertension alerts, analyzing blood vessel responses over 30 days, will be available on new and select older Apple Watch models to aid early detection and health management.
- On Tuesday, Apple introduced hypertension notifications for the Apple Watch and announced watchOS 26 will ship next Monday, September 15, while Apple Watch Series 11 and Ultra 3 will ship next Friday, September 19.
- Framing the update around public health, Apple said `Hypertension is the leading modifiable risk factor for heart attack, stroke, and kidney disease, and impacts approximately 1.3 billion adults globally` and notifications help users start lifesaving changes or treatment.
- Technically, the feature works by using an optical heart sensor and machine‑learning models built from 100,000 participants, passively reviewing data over 30-day review periods and validated in a clinical validation study of over 2,000 participants.
- Next week, the feature will expand to Watch Series 6 and later, all Watch Ultra models, and 2nd‑gen Watch SE and later, reaching more than 150 countries and regions, with over 1.3 billion adults affected globally.
- Apple says it expects FDA clearance `soon` for hypertension notifications, but critics and clinicians caution that large-scale screening may cause false positives and false reassurance.
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