Apple seems to have delayed the inclusion of the blood pressure sensor in the Apple Watch, as revealed Bloomberg. The Cupertino company, which has a team dedicated to developing both the sensor and a software solution capable of offering blood pressure measurement results, could include this feature in its smart watches in 2024 at the earliest. . The Wall Street Journalremember, revealed that this function was going to be available in the 2022 model.
The aforementioned medium reveals that the delays are due to problems in the “accuracy” of the results obtained during testing by project members. It also ensures that the blood pressure sensor in the Apple Watch will not show systolic (indicates the pressure of blood in the artery when the heart contracts) and diastolic (when the heart is at rest between beats) readings, as other conventional blood pressure measurement systems do. The clock, on the other hand, will display a warning as the user may have hypertension and will recommend visiting a doctor for a more accurate measurement.
However, simplifying the results compared to a conventional blood pressure meter has not prevented the launch from being delayed. In fact, the inclusion of these features in the Apple Watch It’s something Apple has been working on for four years.. They expect the development to last at least two more years, to launch, at the latest, in 2025.
Apple is working on new health features for its Apple Watch
In parallel, Bloomberg has mentioned that Apple has plans to launch different health-related features in its upcoming smartwatches. Among them, a sensor capable of measuring body temperature. This would be intended to provide results that allow fertility planning, and not to offer an exact temperature, as thermometers do. The function could also come along with the model that the company will announce this year, the Apple Watch Series 8.
The aforementioned medium also expects that Apple improve the EKG of current models with the arrival of watchOS 9version of the operating system that will be announced at WWDC in 2022. The improvement, in particular, will allow the display of results on the atrial fibrillation status of a person during a certain period of time.
Later, Apple could also include a blood glucose measurement sensor. This, like the blood pressure sensor, is in an early stage of development. Therefore, it could also take a few years to be available. As an alternative, the company could choose to offer support to third-party measurement systems and make both the Apple Watch and the Health App compatible to display the results.