Some of the most popular Apple Watch’s health surveillance functions are preventing progress.

The rear sensor of Apple Watch Series 10
Rumor Score Likely
Apple Watch Series 10 or Apple Watch Ultra 3 are unlikely to include the long-rumored sleep apnea and blood pressure monitoring features. Rumors have circulated over the years that Apple will be adding blood pressure monitoring to its Apple Watch. This could happen by the Apple Watch Series 10 or even Series 10. It was also rumored that sleep apnea features would be added. Apple may not have been able to implement the features in 2024 due to a number of issues. Bloomberg reported on Sunday that Apple’s work in measuring hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, hasn’t proven reliable enough for the firm. Sources say that there are concerns about the functionality working correctly with the new design of Apple Watch Series 10 Apple’s system will not provide full blood pressure readings. Apple’s system will only monitor if a user’s blood-pressure is high in comparison to a baseline and only alert them if it is. A non-technical issue is affecting the sleep apnea feature. Apple’s lawsuit against Masimo Corp. over blood oxygenation detection technology means Apple cannot measure this vital statistic. Apple must either find a solution to the lawsuit or find a way around it to include sleep apnea on the Apple Watch. Apple could include this technology in Apple Watch Series 10 and disable it at launch. Apple could then activate the technology at a later date, if it is allowed to continue to use the technology and the lawsuit is over. Apple Watch Series 10 is not expected to include a feature that Apple would like to have. Since the early 2000s, rumors and development of glucose monitoring have been ongoing. However, there is no sign that it will be available on wrists any time soon. This is due to the fact that it’s hard to monitor glucose without being invasive. For example, requiring direct access blood. Apple’s development has reached some major milestones, according to Sunday’s report. This is a positive sign that the feature will be available in the future, even if we can’t speculate on when it might arrive.