Does Apple Watch Track Blood Pressure? What You Need To Know
The Apple Watch is a health and fitness-centric smartwatch that features a collection of sensors used to detect some of the wearer's vital signs, but is blood pressure monitoring supported? Apple's lineup of smartwatches includes various health features that can vary based on the model and series. The company has released a new Apple Watch each year since its introduction, but the product names and included features can get confusing. The first Apple Watch was dubbed 'series zero' by technology enthusiasts since it was left outside the current naming scheme. After the original model, the company released an all-new Apple Watch Series 2 and a stripped-down Apple Watch Series 1, each sporting the same fitness and health capabilities.
However, things get even more complicated after that. The Apple Watch Series 3 was released a year later, and is still sold on Apple's website today. Each year after, the company added additional fitness and health features to the Apple Watch, including new hardware sensors. The Apple Watch SE — a cheaper version of the smartwatch with slightly limited features — has its own functionality separate from the Apple Watch Series 7. With that in mind, the available health sensors and tracking can vary by device, and the company typically improves on these functionalities with each upgrade.
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Though the Apple Watch features a collection of health sensors — from a heart rate sensor to an electrocardiogram to a blood oxygen sensor — true blood pressure monitoring is not supported on the smartwatch. A few applications claim to provide the functionality, but they fall short unless an external blood pressure monitor is connected. As per
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