According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is progressing toward integrating blood pressure monitoring into its smartwatch. He reported the feature is widely expected to arrive with the 2025 Watch Ultra, likely called the Watch Ultra 3 if Apple sticks to its current naming convention.

It remains unclear whether the successor to the Watch Series 10 will include the same capability. However, considering the popularity of the standard Apple Watch models, it seems likely that the Watch Series 11 could also adopt this feature.

How Blood Pressure Monitoring could Work on the Apple Watch

Unlike Samsung’s Galaxy Watch, which provides detailed systolic and diastolic readings, Apple’s version may be more limited. Reports suggest it will only issue high and low blood pressure alerts rather than offer specific numerical readings. Still, this could help detect early signs of hypertension or other conditions linked to serious health issues like stroke or heart disease.

Apple might enhance this feature by integrating it with existing sensors such as the heart rate monitor and blood oxygen tracker for more comprehensive health monitoring. However, this remains speculative until the official design is revealed.

At the same time, the complexity of this feature, which possibly requires a new type of sensor, suggests we won’t see this introduced in older Apple Watch Series and Watch Ultra models.

Apple’s Watch Ultra 3 could Gain the iPhone’s Satellite Connectivity

Another potential addition to the Watch Ultra 3 mentioned by Gurman is satellite messaging. This would allow users to send and receive messages in remote areas without cellular or Wi-Fi coverage. The feature, integrated with emergency SOS, could be similar to the satellite connectivity Apple introduced with the iPhone 14.

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