Future Apple Watches ‘will’ get blood pressure and glucose monitoring in yet another leak
- Apple Watch will get two major upgrades in the future
- The company is tipped to add blood pressure and glucose monitoring
- It comes as Apple fights for growth and a product that can match the success of the iPhone
Yet another report claims that Apple is working on adding two massive health upgrades to its future top Apple Watch models, as the company fights to find another product that can drive growth in the wake of the iPhone’s success .
We’ve heard rumors for years that Apple plans to add blood glucose and blood pressure monitoring to its Apple Watch, but neither has made its debut in the company’s popular wearable line.
Now, the world’s foremost Apple insider has definitively reiterated the company’s plans to add both upgrades to future models.
Writing in his Turn on newsletter this week, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims that “Apple Watches will get blood pressure and glucose monitoring.”
The next big thing in Apple Watch
Gurman’s latest comments follow reports that Apple has warned investors that it may never find a product as profitable as the iPhone. While the sensation surrounding the revelation is exaggerated (the reports are based on a risk factor stated in each annual report), it has sparked discussion about how Apple can grow in the future.
Gurman says, “There may never be another Apple product on par with the iPhone,” which is why Apple is focusing on “gradual improvements to its existing products,” including the aforementioned Apple Watch upgrades.
So where are these upgrades and when can they debut? Gurman notes that his own previous reports on both upgrades show that Apple has made “major” progress in creating non-invasive blood glucose tracking technology for the Apple Watch in 2023. bring glucose monitoring to market.” More recently, he reported that Apple was secretly testing a blood glucose app, noting that the blood glucose test was “years away.”
As far as blood pressure is concerned, this development seems a lot closer. Some of the best Android smartwatches, especially the Galaxy Watch 7, offer blood pressure monitoring, as does the Huawei Watch D2. In November 2023, Gurman reported that the 2024 Apple Watch would feature “A new sensor that detects when someone’s blood pressure is elevated,” a feature that is unfortunately missing from the Apple Watch Series 10. According to Gurman, the technology ran into problems during testing . and was delayed by Apple. As such, it seems reasonable to hope that it can debut on the Apple Watch next year.
The holy grail would of course be blood glucose monitoring. A much more complicated technical feat to achieve with LEDs; Whichever smartwatch maker can bring this to market first could dominate the sector for years to come. No doubt Apple hopes to be the first to take the hit.