The Apple Watch Series 10 might feature support for blood pressure readings – here’s what you need to know.
I recently told you the new Siri health features might make me upgrade my Apple Watch. My current wearable lacks the hardware to support Apple’s new on-device Siri commands. But I can use the iPhone for the same thing, so an Apple Watch upgrade isn’t necessary.
Now, if this new report is accurate, the Apple Watch Series 10 will feature at least three new exciting features. One of them will make the new model a must-buy for this Apple Watch user, and that’s support for blood pressure readings.
I use the Apple Watch to track my health and fitness. That’s pretty much it. I don’t need anything else from it beyond recording as much health information as it can. That data collection might seem excessive at times, but I believe the more health data I can get about myself, the easier it will be for physicians to treat my future conditions.
That’s why I’m dying to see two big upgrades from the Apple Watch: support for blood pressure monitoring and blood glucose monitoring. The latter is trickier to get, and we might need to wait a few more years for it. But the former might be here next year, according to Mark Gurman’s new Power On newsletter.
I do not currently have reasons to worry about high blood pressure or diabetes. But I’m also not ignoring these health risks. The Apple Watch might help me catch the onset of both of these conditions in the very early stages.
