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Apple Watch Alerted Runner to Serious Heart Problem

In a new ad shared on its YouTube channel today, Apple highlighted how the Apple Watch alerted an athlete named Connor to signs of atrial fibrillation. Apple said doctors later uncovered that Connor had a congenital heart condition, which resulted in him having open-heart surgery, so the Apple Watch potentially saved his life.


After noticing he had a very fast heart rate while training for a triathlon, Connor used the ECG app on his Apple Watch, which detected signs of atrial fibrillation.

The ECG app comes preinstalled on the Apple Watch Series 4 and newer and all Apple Watch Ultra models, but it is not available on any Apple Watch SE models.

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nutmac Avatar
4 weeks ago
I love my Apple Watch for motivating me to stay fit.

I just wish Apple love it as much as we do and making more meaningful improvements to Apple Watch, watchOS, Apple Health app, and Fitness+.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
4 weeks ago
Recently i was alerted to have signs of hypertension on my Apple Watch and indeed i had stopped my medication for a while out of carelessness. This prompted me to start my medication again, got to give Apple credit for this one 👍
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DocMultimedia Avatar
4 weeks ago
I wear my watch just for keeping track of health and exercise related things. Great tool. Trends is really helpful.
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4 weeks ago
Apple watch is a great device and its health features can be useful. Expecting to see more health sensors and new features in the future.
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jz0309 Avatar
4 weeks ago

I love my Apple Watch. I get two days on a charge. It tracks my sleep, lets me drive my car, provides fall protection, vital monitoring and no much more.

As far as the “toy-like esthetics” not sure where that came from, but ok.
might want to correct that typo highlighted above ;)

as for "toy-like", well, people are allowed to their opinion as you well know, personally, I find those kind of comments comical ...
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
I7guy Avatar
4 weeks ago

I finally gave up on the Apple Watch as a product last year. Lots of bells and whistles I don't use with a lack of watch face options, reduced durability, toy-like aesthetics and terrible battery life being the only mainstays of the product line. Apple's battery life solution was to offer marginal improvements for $400 USD more. My Coros bumps into stuff all the time and I have yet to even put a scratch on it in 9 months - and the battery lasts over two weeks.
I love my Apple Watch. I get two days on a charge. It tracks my sleep, lets me drive my car, provides fall protection, vital monitoring and much much more.

As far as the “toy-like esthetics” not sure where that came from, but ok.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)