Apple Watch makes it easy to make calls, check messages, and more on the go without having to pick up your phone. But that's not all: it also includes many functions for monitoring various health indicators, which will help you to keep track of the indicators of some health conditions that you may suffer from or use the data obtained to take the necessary precautions, to prevent some health conditions in the future, you can delve into Details provided by your Apple Watch on the iPhone Health app associated with the watch.
Here are a handful of health indicators you can monitor with your Apple Watch:
1- Heart health:
Your Apple Watch tracks your heart rate, and you can view the data at any time using the Heart Rate app on your watch, and access your real-time heart rate from there.
- High and low heart rate notifications:
If you turn on notifications in the Heart Rate app on your watch or through the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, your Apple Watch can notify you when your heart rate stays higher or lower than normal.
- AFib Registry Features:
Apple Watch checks your heartbeat using the Irregular Rhythm feature to detect irregular heartbeats that could indicate atrial fibrillation (AFib) and the AFib History feature, which was added to Apple Watch with the release of watchOS 9. You can monitor it in the iPhone Health app.
- Cardiovascular health:
Apple Watch Series 3 or later tracks cardiorespiratory fitness, which is the maximum amount of oxygen your body can use during exercise, and uses heart rate and motion sensors to measure how hard your heart is working while you're walking or running outside. You will be notified if your cardiorespiratory fitness level is lower than normal for your age and gender.
2- Hearing health:
Use the Noise app on your Series 4 or later device to measure noise levels around you. Turn on the Noise app notifications to alert you when your watch detects that the decibel level around you may be affecting your hearing, so you can change your location to protect your hearing. You can control the decibel level to adjust it in noise app.
3- Blood saturation with oxygen:
If you're using an Apple Watch Series 6 or later, you can measure your blood oxygen level, which shows how much oxygen your red blood cells are transporting from your lungs to the rest of your body.
In order to get an accurate reading, you must follow the instructions for the measurement carefully. This ratio should be measured while sitting still with your arms on the table for 15 seconds. You can access all metrics in the Health app on your iPhone.
4- Monitor the temperature:
The 8 Series and Ultra have two sensors that measure wrist temperature while you sleep. After about five nights of data recording, Apple Watch determines the wrist basal body temperature and tracks any changes that occur overnight. With the Cycle Tracking app, women can use this temperature data to predict their menstrual cycles and ovulation.
5- Sleep tracking:
With the Sleep app on your Apple Watch, you can create a sleep schedule, set how long you sleep, and track how long you sleep. To track your sleep, wear your Apple Watch while you sleep. Monitors your movements when Sleep Focus mode is active.
- Monitoring sleep stages:
The Sleep Stages feature provides an analysis of your sleep quality, including the time you spend in the different stages of sleep, namely: awake, REM sleep, deep sleep, and deep sleep (deep sleep).
As with most of the features on this list, you can get more detail on sleep-related metrics through the Health app on your iPhone.
- Sleep breathing rate:
If you're using the Watch 3 or higher, you can see your breathing rate, which measures how many times per minute you breathe while asleep. This is a good indicator of the health of your lungs and it can even detect that you have sleep apnea. It occurs when your breathing suddenly stops and then starts again during sleep.
The Sleep Foundation reports that the normal respiratory rate during sleep is 15 to 16 breaths per minute for healthy adults and 12 to 28 breaths per minute for adults over the age of 60. If your breathing rate drops outside of these ranges, you should consult your doctor.