The Apple Watch Just Turned 10. Here’s How Far It’s Come

Every year, Apple launches one stand-out health feature, from measuring VO 2 Max on the Series 3 to the ECG sensor on the Series 4, all the way to sleep apnea notifications on the Series 10. “If you zoom out way into the future, and you look back and ask what Apple’s biggest contribution was, it will be in the health area,” Cook said in an interview with WIRED last year. This is a bold thing to say, especially given that the Series 10 and Watch Ultra 2 don’t even have blood oxygen measuring, due to a patent dispute with the medtech company Masimo. For a while, Apple has been doing research into features that would transform the Apple Watch for people with chronic conditions, like adding noninvasive blood glucose monitoring for diabetics, or adding blood pressure measuring for people with hypertension. Alas, despite promising advances, these features have yet to materialize. Apple’s latest project, an AI-assisted comprehensive health service, is far behind other health manufacturers s ... Read full article.