Apple caused quite a stir in 2018 when it unveiled electrocardiogram (ECG) on the Apple Watch 4, with some critics pointing out that it wasn't much different from what AliveCor had been doing for ...

Apple's health-tracking features have been a game changer. Photo: Lewis Wallace/Cult of Mac watchOS 5.1.2 launched to the public this morning and finally activated the ECG feature on Apple Watch ...

That includes a life-saving ECG app. 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 ...

Samsung may have first made an ECG-capable smartwatch with the Galaxy Watch Active2, but it wasn’t until earlier this summer that it actually got clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

A study published in Nature Medicine reports the ability of a smartwatch ECG to accurately detect heart failure in nonclinical environments. Researchers at Mayo Clinic applied artificial intelligence ...

When Apple unveiled FDA-cleared ECG capabilities with the Apple Watch Series 4, it spurred a slew of other wearables companies to do the same. Now, health tech company AliveCor has filed a complaint ...

A UK man credits the Apple Watch for saving his life after his heart stopped an astonishing 138 times in 48 hours. David Last, 54, was given the Apple Watch by His wife, Sarah for his birthday back in ...

Apple considered other ways to measure a user's heart using an ECG before launching the Apple Watch Series 4, including using an armband and wirelessly-connected electrodes. In September 2018, Apple ...

Apple launched the ECG feature in 2018 exclusively for the Apple Watch Series 4 and primarily in the US with the FDA approval. Three years after that, some countries got the electrocardiogram app, and ...

The watchOS 7.6 was released on Monday, July 19, in different parts of the world, which notably expanded the list of countries wherein the Apple Watch supports health features such as ECG. LONDON, ...