![]() With a new Medications app, Apple Watch users can track and manage medications directly from their wrist. You can read more about how the iPhone and Apple Watch are becoming vital health devices with such features as this in the Health app. And, building on the medical sharing feature introduced last year, users can share their AFib History data with their doctors. ![]() Using the Health app, those users will also be able to review whether their other habits or activities impact AFib. Now, those with diagnosed AFib can review a history of their electrocardiograms (ECGs) to see how often they spend in AFib. Those with the Apple Watch 4 or newer (minus the Apple Watch SE) have been able to monitor for signs of atrial fibrillation, or irregular heartbeats. To further its efforts in sleep science, Apple is also giving users the option to contribute sleep stage data in the Apple Heart and Movement Study through the Research app.įor those with the Apple Watch Series 8 or Ultra with the skin temperature reader, wrist temperatures will also be incorporated in sleep tracking. You'll be able to see how much time you spent in each stage overnight and when you might've woken up. Using information gathered by the accelerometer and heart rate monitor, the Apple Watch should now be able to detect what stage of sleep you’re in. In watchOS 9, the Sleep app is added sleep stage or sleep cycle tracking. watchOS 9 sleep cyclesĪpple Watch sleep tracking has improved incrementally since it first debuted two years ago. If you run the same route often, your Apple Watch will automatically be able to compare your performance over time on that route.įinally, triathletes will benefit from a new Multisport workout type that can automatically transition between swimming, biking and running. You'll also run with a power target, or target effort in a range you can reasonably sustain. A custom workout can add structure into your run, pushing alerts to your wrist based on your heart rate and distance. Your heart rate zones will play a role in the new Custom workout tool. Monitoring your heart rate zones can help you get a sense of your intensity levels, and let you know how hard you're working (and whether you're recovering properly) during exercise. Vertical oscillation, stride length and ground contact time will now be seen among an upgraded live workout interface - which also includes segments, splits, elevation and the other expected metrics.Ī new metric for Apple Watch workout-tracking is heart rate zones. With multiple new running metrics, there are more ways to monitor your running and progress. The Apple Watch is making a convincing case against the best running watches.
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