Apple Watch Could Get Blood Pressure Monitoring in 2025

Apple is ramping up work on a blood pressure monitoring feature for the Apple Watch and it could be ready as soon as 2025, reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Blood pressure monitoring is a health addition that Apple has been working on for the last several years, and based on rumors, Apple wanted to debut it in 2024.

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The feature would not provide exact systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements, instead tracking whether a user's blood pressure is trending upwards and sending an alert if hypertension is detected. After receiving an alert, the Apple Watch user could provide the information to a medical professional for additional testing.

Hypertension is known as a silent killer because it can go undetected and undiagnosed, leading to heart damage and death. High blood pressure often has few symptoms until it is notably advanced, and early detection via the Apple Watch has the potential to save lives. The Apple Watch already has the ability to detect atrial fibrillation or an irregular heart beat, plus it can be used to take one-lead ECG readings. There is also a blood oxygen monitoring feature, but it is disabled in current models in the United States due to patent issues.

According to Gurman, Apple is aiming to introduce the feature in the Apple Watch Ultra 3, and it would also presumably be included in the standard Apple Watch coming in 2025 as well. It is not yet entirely clear if Apple will be able to launch the feature in 2025, given that it was previously delayed. In 2022, Apple was reportedly dealing with accuracy issues during testing, but those problems may have been solved.

Apple is also continuing to work on noninvasive blood glucose monitoring, but that feature is not yet ready to launch.

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darthbane2k Avatar
16 weeks ago
Literally the same story reported last year.
Score: 31 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Jaro65 Avatar
16 weeks ago
This would most likely entice quite a lot of people to upgrade.
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WilliApple Avatar
16 weeks ago
When will the apple watch have better battery life?
I am switching away from the Apple Watch because of battery life and the GPS.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Earendil Avatar
16 weeks ago

When will the apple watch have better battery life?
Every year it gets better.

I am switching away from the Apple Watch because of battery life and the GPS.
Cool.


This would most likely entice quite a lot of people to upgrade.
Unfortunately, from the description this won’t be great at actively monitoring BP for a known issue, just letting you know when it’s trending up so an unknown issue is found. As a feature, its value is probably in people not knowing it exists until the day it tells them to go see a doctor, they do, and they live another 20 years because of it.
And yeah, high blood pressure is the silent killer, as the symptoms don’t show until your arteries are royally @#$& and there is no going back.


Still waiting for them to improve things so they handle tattoos better.
You have a tattoo where a watch would go? I’m all for tattoos, but you don’t embed ink sub-dermal and expect sensors based on light to penetrate the skin, especially ones based on light refraction at specific frequencies :(
Perhaps they’ll come up with an entirely new mechanism though, someday.
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Earendil Avatar
16 weeks ago

Sometimes I can’t help but wonder if Apple is intentionally rolling out half-baked, gimmicky technologies just to pressure people into upgrading.
Tell me that’s a pun and not you downplaying physical health…

Why do you think blood pressure monitoring is a “gimmick”?
While I’m here, why do you think ”gimmicks” will “pressure” people into buying?
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green_diyos Avatar
16 weeks ago
For those waiting for blood pressure monitoring for the Apple Watch.

Be aware you can buy a smart blood pressure monitor that connects to Apple Health app today.

A good brand is OMRON. I used once and even bought 1 for my parents.
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