Forbes September 10, 2025
Apple announced one of its most long-awaited new features for the Apple Watch series at its recent iPhone 17 family launch event: Apple Watch blood pressure alerts.
Apple Watch owners will be able to receive alerts when their smartwatches believe they’ve found signs of high blood pressure, or hypertension.
The best bit is they don’t need the very latest hardware for this to work. Apple’s newest watches are the Apple Watch Series 11, Ultra 3 and SE 3, but models as far back as the Watch Series 9 get the invite.
One important part to take on-board about Apple’s hypertension feature is it is not a replacement for a blood pressure cuff. It does not provide actual, concrete readings. Instead...
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