After last week’s WWDC 2022 Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, the U.S.AppleThe company’s VP of Wellness Dr. Sumbul Desai, Head of Operations Jeff Williams and VP of Fitness Technology Jay Blahnik talk with Darrell Etherington of TechCrunch TechnologieswatchOS New health features added in 9, andappleBroader health ambitions.
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Initially, Apple’s team never sought to get into the health business.However, with AppleApple WatchWith the addition of watch features, the company’s focus on health began to take shape.
One of the Apple Watch’s new health features, Apple says, is Atrial Fibrillation History, which allows individuals diagnosed with AFib to see how often their heart is in this arrhythmia. Apple says the feature is for people 22 or older who have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.
Atrial fibrillation history function was approved by the FDA in the United States after it was validated in a clinical study, Sumbul Desai said.
Sumbul Desai said, as Jeff Williams mentioned, everything we do in health is based on science, with a history of atrial fibrillation validated in a clinical study with participants wearing both an Apple Watch and an FDA-approved reference equipment. In the study, the average difference in weekly measurements between the two devices was actually less than 1 percent.
Jeff Williams said the AFib history function may prove useful when a patient undergoes ablation therapy for chronic atrial fibrillation, but treatment is unsuccessful the first time, and the patient continues to experience atrial fibrillation. According to Apple, not all countries or regions currently approve atrial fibrillation history, so the feature’s availability will be limited at launch.
Starting with watchOS 9, the Apple Watch also offers sleep stage tracking, which lets you see how much time you spend in REM sleep, core sleep, or deep sleep, and when you’re likely to wake up.
Dr Sumbul Desai said that before sleep stages, we’re really focused on helping people achieve their sleep time goals because that’s what really matters – this consistency – but we wanted to go a step further and dig into the science to provide users with ideas around them for more information on sleep cycles. So, using the signals from the Apple Watch’s accelerometer and heart rate sensors, users will now be able to see their sleep stages when they’re in REM, core, and deep sleep.
On watchOS 9, the workout app shows more information, including views of metrics like activity rings, heart rate zones, power and altitude, but Jay Blahnik, Apple’s vice president of fitness technology, assured that the app is still suitable for beginners and advanced athletes alike.
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