Imagine having a mini heart monitor right on your wrist. The Apple Watch ECG app makes this possible, allowing you to take an electrocardiogram, also called an ECG or EKG, which represents the ...

Back in September, Apple announced that it had added new heart monitoring hardware to the Apple Watch Series 4, enabling the wearable to produce electrocardiogram (ECG) readings — with an FDA-approved ...

watchOS 5.1.2 launched to the public this morning and finally activated the ECG feature on Apple Watch Series 4. For now, the ECG app can only be used in the US and US territories, but it gives ...

Apple Watch users in Australia are now able to use the ECG feature, following regulatory approval from the region's health authorities. "Apple Watch has helped so many people around the world, and we ...

AliveCor has launched (and received FDA clearance for) a new ECG sensor built into an Apple Watch strap, as well as an Apple Watch app on which users can see their ECG in near real-time. The strap, ...

As an academic cardiologist, I take a deep, evidence-based look at the Apple Watch’s ECG function. Is it just a cool feature, ...

The Apple Watch now offers two features OK’d for medical use, thanks to an update the Cupertino, Calif.-based tech maker released Dec. 6. 1. Apple released the two features — an electrocardiogram app ...

The watchOS 7.6 was released on Monday, July 19, in different parts of the world, which notably expanded the list of countries wherein the Apple Watch supports health features such as ECG. LONDON, ...

The Apple Watch ECG (electrocardiogram) functionality has received regulatory approval in China, giving Apple the all-clear to launch the feature for Apple Watch users in the country. According to a ...

Apple Watch’s terrific ECG feature is one step closer to going live in Australia after receiving government approval. It comes just a month after Australia approved the device’s irregular heart rhythm ...

Apple considered other ways to measure a user's heart using an ECG before launching the Apple Watch Series 4, including using an armband and wirelessly-connected electrodes. In September 2018, Apple ...

Heart failure affects about 2% to 3% of people globally—including up to 9% of those over 60—and about 6.5 million Americans. For a person with this chronic, progressive condition, the heart isn’t able ...