“Here's what you need

An Apple Watch Series 9 or later or Apple Watch Ultra 2 or later, with the latest version of watchOS.*
An iPhone 11 or later with the latest version of iOS.”

From Apple Support, ‘Hypertension notifications on your Apple Watch’, 15 Sep 2025

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My colleague Mario is in Cupertino, where Apple has just announced a big high blood pressure feature.

How will this play with the Whoop blood pressure FDA drama from earlier this year? And will this wrongly flag a bunch of Apple Watch users with hypertension?

Read Mario's first thoughts:

https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/09/apple-watch-health-tech-blood-pressure-hypertension/

#health #healthcare #healthtech #medicine #wearables #applewatch #apple #hypertension

My colleague Mario is in Cupertino, where Apple has just announced a big high blood pressure feature.

How will this play with the Whoop blood pressure FDA drama from earlier this year? And will this wrongly flag a bunch of Apple Watch users with hypertension?

Read Mario's first thoughts:

https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/09/apple-watch-health-tech-blood-pressure-hypertension/

#health #healthcare #healthtech #medicine #wearables #applewatch #apple #hypertension