Monitoring Your Heart Rate With Apple Watch
Apple Watch monitors your heart rate throughout the day in the background. Learn how to manually check your current heart rate, resting heart rate, and workout heart rate at any time.
Enabling High and Low Heart Rate Notifications
Configure your Apple Watch to notify you when your heart rate rises above or falls below a specified threshold.
Activating Irregular Heart Rhythm Notifications
Your Apple Watch can help you understand how often your heart beats irregularly. In fact, the watch uses FDA-cleared technology to identify signs of Atrial fibrillation (AFib), a leading cause of stroke when left untreated.
Taking an ECG on Your Apple Watch
You can use your Apple Watch to take a single-lead electrocardiogram (also called ECG or EKG), which can be shared with your doctor to gain insights into your overall cardiac health.
Understanding ECG App Results
Sinus rhythm: your heart is beating in a uniform pattern.Atrial fibrillation: your heart is beating in an irregular pattern. Consult your doctor regarding AFib if you have not already been diagnosed.Low/high heart rate: heart rates that are too high or too low negatively impact the ECG app’s ability to monitor signs of AFib. Unless the result is linked to a known medical condition, consult your doctor.Inconclusive or poor recording: the ECG recording could not be classified. This could be because you failed to remain still during the recording.
To learn more about what each ECG result may reveal about your health, consult Apple’s tips to read ECG results.
Managing ECG Reports on Your iPhone
Learn how to export your ECG recordings so that you can share them with your doctor.
Monitoring Your Blood Oxygen With Apple Watch
Your Apple Watch can help you learn more about your overall health and fitness by allowing you to monitor the amount of oxygen that your red blood cells are carrying to your lungs under different conditions.
Turning on Low Cardio Fitness Notifications
Using your Apple Watch to keep track of your cardio fitness levels can help you gather crucial information regarding your current physical wellness and help you gain long-term fitness insights.
Setting Up Fall Detection
Your Apple Watch can be configured to automatically put you in touch with emergency services in the event that you take a hard fall. Image credit: Apple All screenshots taken by Brahm Shank The electrical heart sensor necessary to perform ECG recordings is available on Apple Watch Series 4 and later but not on Apple Watch SE. Blood oxygen readings are supported on Apple Watch Series 6 and later, excluding Apple Watch SE. Fall Detection is not available on Apple Watch Series 3 and earlier. The ECG app is only available on Apple Watch Series 4 and later in select countries and regions. It is not available on the Apple Watch SE. Also, it is not intended for use by people under 22 years old.
