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Back in September, Apple announced that it had added new heart monitoring hardware to the Apple Watch Series 4, enabling the wearable to produce electrocardiogram (ECG) readings — with an FDA-approved ...

watchOS 5.1.2 launched to the public this morning and finally activated the ECG feature on Apple Watch Series 4. For now, the ECG app can only be used in the US and US territories, but it gives ...

Imagine having a mini heart monitor right on your wrist. The Apple Watch ECG app makes this possible, allowing you to take an electrocardiogram, also called an ECG or EKG, which represents the ...

An Apple watch can obtain a multilead ECG comparable to that of a conventional 12-lead readout, preliminary research suggests. When compared with a conventional ECG, the Apple Watch ECG showed ...

Apple prompted many oohs and ahhs when it unveiled its electrocardiogram (ECG) feature for Apple Watch Series 4 in September. At the time, the impressive technical feat was bolstered by the FDA ...

The Apple Watch ECG app has landed, and the good news is that while my British heart may be cold, it's at least not showing signs of atrial fibrillation. Landing as a part of watchOS 5.1.2, the new ...

Apple Watch Series 4’s biggest feature is finally on the way. The new ECG app that allows users to monitor their heart rhythm will be introduced with the next watchOS 5.2.1 update, which is now in ...

Apple today announced that its ECG app will be available on the Apple Watch Series 4 today as part of watchOS 5.1.2. Alongside that news, TIME has published a new interview with Apple's CEO Tim Cook ...

ECG/EKG was easily the new Apple Watch’s most lauded feature. It’s also been the most delayed. Of course, this kind of serious health feature is the sort of thing you need to get exactly right, for ...

The electrocardiogram feature in the Apple Watch Series 4 got clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration just a day prior to Apple's Sept. 12 press event, reportedly causing some stress at ...

The single-lead ECG function on Apple Watch isn't meant to be as informative or as sensitive as the multi-lead ECGs you might get in a doctor's office or hospital, which use several points of contact.