Apple Watch “Vitals” app: Does it predict flu and corona? | Life and knowledge

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2024-10-16 15:46:00

The Apple Watch measures blood oxygen, can identify heart problems and detect falls. But which predicts diseases before the classic symptoms appear…

Running the latest watchOS 11 operating system, the smartwatch has the “Vitals” app on board. The software analyzes vital signs such as heart and respiratory rate or pulse temperature. And now it has even been announced that some users have the flu and coronavirus, Apple experts report “MacRumors”.

The flu arrived 3 days after Apple’s report

Die App alerts you when two or more of your vital signs change. In a Reddit thread, a user shared a screenshot of his “Vitals” data. This indicates that your wrist temperature has been higher than normal for three days.

► Apple calls these changes “outliers.” What follows is a message like this: “Your pulse temperature was higher than normal while you were sleeping.” The Reddit user received them two days later, and the third got the flu.

This screenshot shows how the body temperature was not normal for three days

Photo: dalethomas81/reddit

Also prediction of the consequences of corona and vaccination

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► Under his post you can find comments like: “I’m sick too, the clock noticed before me.” And the Apple Watch also reportedly documented unusual measurements in connection with coronavirus vaccinations before side effects occurred.

► “My watch knew I wasn’t 100% fit after the Covid and flu vaccination because all three vital signs were outliers,” the user writes.

Apple Watch “Vitals” app: Does it predict flu and corona? | Life and knowledge

X user Rory Evans commented on the MacRumor article with his own experience

Photo: RaryEvaans/Instagram

The fact is that Apple does not claim that the “Vitals” app can diagnose or treat diseases. It is simply a tool that gives users a better overview of their own Health can receive.

And you can decide for yourself whether to activate notifications. “If two or more readings are outside the typical range, users may receive an alert, along with a message,” an Apple spokesperson told the Daily Mail.

► Explain how changes in measurements can be linked to other aspects of their life, e.g. B. Changes in altitude, alcohol consumption or illness.

He was unable to answer how the “predictions” described came to pass.

This is how the Apple Watch shows when something is abnormal in your vital signs

This is how the Apple Watch shows when something is abnormal in your vital signs

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