Canadians can now opt in to hypertension monitoring on Apple Watch

Starting on October 8, Apple Watch users in Canada can now receive hypertension notifications, expanding a feature already available in more than 150 countries worldwide.

Two smartphone screens display Apple Watch hypertension notifications and steps for managing blood pressure, with a watch showing a heart icon beside them on a pink gradient background.

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Canadian users with an Apple Watch Series 9 or later, or an Apple Watch Ultra 2 or later, can enable Hypertension notifications in the Health app. The Apple Watch SE lineup, including the Apple Watch SE 3, cannot detect hypertension.

Apple has rolled out the feature to more than 150 countries so far, with Canada being the newest addition at the time of publication.

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