9to5Mac May 23, 2022
José Adorno

Lots of stories exist about how the Apple Watch helped save lives. In a CBS interview, Dr. Sumbul Desai, Apple’s vice president of health, highlights the data health benefits that the Apple Watch brings.

In the story, correspondent David Pogue showed how self-tracking data can be beneficial for smartwatch users. When talking to Dr. Sumbul Desai, she highlighted a few important features available on the Apple Watch Series 7 but that are also available on older watches, such as the Series 4.

Desai talks about noise notifications, heart rate, cardio fitness, electrocardiograms, and cardio fitness, features that launched over these years, thanks to hardware and software improvements on the Apple Watch.

One important function not mentioned is the blood-oxygen monitor....

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