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Apple just got FDA clearance for Hypertension Detection - does your watch support it?


Hypertension Detection will roll out with WatchOS 26.

Apple's Possible Hypertension Detection feature, unveiled earlier this week, received FDA clearance on Thursday. It also includes reminders to log blood pressure, and classifications based on guidelines from the American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology. In developing the feature, Apple used data from more than 100,000 study participants to understand hypertension's presence.

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