{"id":18936,"date":"2025-09-12T15:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=18936"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:04:14","slug":"apple-watch-hypertension-feature-wins-fda-approval-rollout-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=18936","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watch hypertension feature wins FDA approval, rollout next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Apple\u00a0will roll out a hypertension\u00a0detection feature on its\u00a0smart watch next week after receiving\u00a0US\u00a0Food and Drug Administration\u00a0(FDA) clearance on Thursday, Bloomberg News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u00a0and the FDA did not immediately respond to Reuters&#8217; requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The company unveileda\u00a0blood pressure monitor in its latest\u00a0Apple\u00a0Watch\u00a0at the\u00a0September 9 event, where it\u00a0also introduced a refreshed\u00a0iPhone\u00a0lineup, including a slimmer iPhone Air.<\/p>\n<p>The feature, pending regulatory approval,\u00a0will not detect every case of high blood pressure, but could alert about a million people,\u00a0Apple\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>Available in 150 countries, the tool will use data from the watch&#8217;s optical heart sensor to track\u00a0how a user&#8217;s blood vessels respond to heartbeats over 30 days, the report said,\u00a0citing\u00a0Apple.<\/p>\n<p>The feature will be available on the\u00a0Apple\u00a0Watch Series 9, Series 10, Series 11 and its more expensive Ultra 2 and Ultra 3 smartwatches, Bloomberg News said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u00a0will roll out a hypertension\u00a0detection feature on its\u00a0smart watch next week after receiving\u00a0US\u00a0Food and Drug Administration\u00a0(FDA) clearance on Thursday, Bloomberg News reported. Apple\u00a0and the FDA did not immediately respond to Reuters&#8217; requests for comment. The company unveileda\u00a0blood pressure monitor in its latest\u00a0Apple\u00a0Watch\u00a0at the\u00a0September 9 event, where it\u00a0also introduced a refreshed\u00a0iPhone\u00a0lineup, including a slimmer iPhone Air. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}