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The Apple Watch has been a good fitness tracker since its launch in 2015. With each subsequent generation, it’s gained additional hardware features. The latest Apple Watches can detect and monitor a few different health conditions.
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The Apple Watch’s ECG app has finally been approved by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) so the device can create, record and store a single-channel electrocardiogram.
This comes a month after the TGA approved the Irregular Rhythm Notifications for Apple Watch with the ECG a natural follow-on which has only now been officially approved.
For these functions to work, customers will have to wait until the next Apple Watch update (watchOS 7.4) to use the ECG app and Irregular Rhythm Notifications.
This software update is expected in the coming weeks.
This update will also have to be configured through the Health app on your iPhone.
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The Apple Watch’s credentials as a health device has received a boost after the Irregular Rhythm Notification feature was approved by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
But Apple is still awaiting approval for the ECG (electrocardiogram) feature which was submitted to the TGA some time ago.
The Irregular Rhythm Notification, once installed through an Apple Watch update, will be able to pick up an irregular heart beat rhythm and provide an alert.
This irregular rhythm could be a sign of atrial fibrillation – a condition that would require the patient to have an ECG to get a more complete examination of their heart rhythm.