If you own an Apple Watch, you save yourself a lot of looking at the connected iPhone: messages can be displayed and apps can be displayed in their sometimes more, sometimes less modest scope. However, Apple has given the smartwatch a wealth of functions that are intended to encourage users to adopt a healthier lifestyle: watchOS includes features such as breathing exercises and training modes that log sports and process the collected data in a visually appealing way in the iPhone’s health app. The hardware has to keep pace with this development – Cupertino equips current models with a single-channel EKG and fall detection. The flagship model, the Series 6, can even measure the oxygen level in the blood. Apple will certainly expand the functionality of the watch – the next big feature could be blood pressure measurement.
Focus on fitness: “Apple Watch Connected”
With “Apple Watch Connected”, Cupertino launched a program that is primarily designed to work with fitness studios: they attract with bonuses, free courses and discounts when customers bring their Apple Watch with them for workouts – and achieve predetermined goals. Apple has, of course, protected the name of the program under trademark law – the entry in US Trademark and Patent Office provides information about possible functions that the company is planning for the future.
Will the Series 7 already measure blood pressure?
The goods and services that operate under the name “Apple Watch Connected” are numerous: wellness offers and advisory services are included as well as the recording and measurement of calories consumed as well as the pulse rate and blood pressure. In the past, rumors that suggested work on such a feature had surfaced again and again – Apple had already filed corresponding patent applications. Mentioning this function in connection with the relatively young brand increases the likelihood that Apple will soon release a watch that offers exactly that: The Series 7 could already be able to warn of high blood pressure. So far, there are hardly any smartwatches that can do this – and the results of these watches are often considered to be quite inaccurate.