In January, Gomez's Apple Watch warned him that his heart rate was high. Shortly after, he received five other notifications warning him that he was in atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation ...

With the help of sensors, the Apple Watch can check your heart rhythms for irregularities or even atrial fibrillation, or ...

The atrial fibrillation (AFib) detection feature on Apple Watch devices has become the first digital health technology to be qualified under a programme recently introduced by the FDA designed to ...

while Fitbit’s new Sense watch is still awaiting FDA approval for similar capabilities. ZDNet writer Jason Perlow participated in the early testing of Apple’s Atrial fibrillation detection and ...

For the first time ever, global smartwatch shipments declined in 2024, with Apple experiencing its sharpest downturn yet.

Mike Gomez credits the Apple Watch with helping to save his life after receiving a number of irregular heart rate notifications and an Afib detection alert. Because Gomez took action based on ...

The ECG app on Apple Watch (Series 4 or newer) can record your heartbeat and rhythm using the electrical heart sensor and then check the reading for atrial fibrillation (AFib). It then records ...

It also includes ECG to spot-check heart rhythms for Afib, if you’re in the right region. Battery life (for the 45mm model) also stretches to 10-14 days, far surpassing what the Apple Watch is ...