Apple Releases watchOS 7.3 With Unity Watch Face, Expanded ECG Availability and More

[namenotfound]

I had to Google Shawn Mendes.

 

[SoGood]

Two generations down and there’s still no ECG in Australia! Either Apple or TGA is screwing it up. Deadly annoying!

 

[farkingdom]

There’s no ECG in Malaysia either, when our neighbors all have it. wanna get it on my series 6

 

[deathnite]

ECG app is now at version 2.18S801.

watchOS 5.1.2: ECG app v1.1 (initial US release)
watchOS 5.1.3: ECG app v1.2
watchOS 5.2.0: ECG app v1.10 (now available in Europe and Hong Kong)
watchOS 5.2.1: ECG app v1.13 (additional European countries)
watchOS 5.3.0: ECG app v1.18 (now available in Canada and Singapore)
watchOS 5.3.1: ECG app v1.18
watchOS 6.0.0: ECG app v1.30
watchOS 6.0.1: ECG app v1.30
watchOS 6.1.0: ECG app v1.50
watchOS 6.1.1: ECG app v1.51
watchOS 6.1.2: ECG app v1.51
watchOS 6.2.0: ECG app v1.70 (now available in Chile, New Zealand, and Turkey)
watchOS 6.2.1: ECG app v1.70
watchOS 6.2.5: ECG app v1.80 (now available in Saudi Arabia)
watchOS 6.2.6: ECG app v1.80
watchOS 6.2.8: ECG app v1.90 (now available in Bahrain, Brazil, and South Africa)
watchOS 7.0.0: ECG app v1.18R395 (now available in Colombia, Israel, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates)
watchOS 7.0.1: ECG app v1.18R395
watchOS 7.0.2: ECG app v1.18R402 (Resolves an issue that prevented some users from accessing the ECG app in regions where it is available)
watchOS 7.1.0: ECG app v1.18R590 (now available in Republic of Korea and Russia)
watchOS 7.2.0: ECG app v2.18S563 (now available in Taiwan. Atrial fibrillation classification at heart rates above 100 BPM now offered in the ECG app in most regions where the app is available)
watchOS 7.3.0: ECG app v2.18S801 (now available in Japan, Mayotte, Philippines, and Thailand)

 

[Pochi Hanaki]

I really wish they would enable ECG for the family share. It's just wasted.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I really wish they would enable ECG for the family share. It's just wasted.

That would probably get into some legal areas Apple doesn't want to step into, from a medical privacy standpoint.

 

[Les-retired]

It is a very good thing you were observant and took heed.

Sadly ECG is not supported everywhere 😞 I have a series 6 and can’t use it here in Thailand

 

[Apple_Robert]

Sadly ECG is not supported everywhere 😞 I have a series 6 and can’t use it here in Thailand

Contact your local government representative about that problem. You shouldn't have to go without that feature. It is too important.

 

[EugenesSoggySalami]

I turned off heart and fitness tracking on my AW6, I just stopped caring about anything after being unemployed for 12 years in a row, no matter how hard I try not a single living soul will ever hire me. Why bother caring about what your health is like when youre already lost and forgotten. Im sorry to sound so negative, but being in my shoes is not fun. Now I use my AW6 as a regular clock instead of health companion. Im like a ghost wandering amongst other lost souls, my soul is adrifting in the wind, no one sees me, no one notices me. Im not dead but Im not alive either, Ive moved on to middle world between hell and earth. Now Im just waiting for someone to free my spirit so I could finally find peace.

 

[cvam1985]

seems racist.

 

[ShadowJade]

I searched everywhere on MacRumors for others suffering the “non-functioning control center/notifications” issue called out and corrected in this update. I even got a brand new replacement Series 5 Stainless Steel (which I still have not activated because my Series 6 came in at about the same time) from Applerepair when they couldn’t fix the issue. I realize that a low %age of people enable the zoom feature on their watches, but if they added a patch for it, seems like the stores or repair center would have known about it. Oh well, their loss, my gain.

 

[whatgift]

Apple please release ECG in Australia.

Two generations down and there’s still no ECG in Australia!

My understanding is that the TGA requires two separate measuring methods for a device to be approved for use as an ECG. The Withings Device that was approved in Australia has those 2 methods.

The Apple Watch only has one method, so unless regulations change it will never be approved for use in Australia, and why Apple never applied for its approval.

I don’t have the reference unfortunately, but it was part of a previous discussion of a watch update in these forums.

 

[NomusaMagic]

Updating my iPad, iPhone, iMac or Apple TV is super easy but boy.... updating my Apple Watch is always a drama. Extremely slow (download!), unreliable and takes forever to install.

Hope Apple will fix that in the future.

Usually true for me .. but this update was shockingly, maybe 5 minutes. AW6. 1/26/21, 11:38pm, Michigan

 

[NomusaMagic]

ECG is amazing. Something was wrong with me this past weekend - heart was feeling weird. Ran the ECG on my watch and said "Atril Firbrillation" - talk to you doctor. I went to emergency and am now being treated for Afib. Sounds like a commercial - but wow. Thanks Apple.

As an RN .. kudos to you for taking this seriously and quick action!

 

[NomusaMagic]

Wow! “Only” an hour and a quarter... \o/

11:30 pm, Michigan time. Took my AW6 maybe 5 minutes. But .. I have minimal number apps and no stored music + pix if that matters.

 

[NomusaMagic]

Anyone else missing the Unity Watch Face too? I've updated my Series 5 AW and the new watch face is nowhere to be found. Thanks

True here too. Researching ... AW6. 7.3 (18S801). 23.5GB available

 

[NomusaMagic]

Another Watch face to try

Unity Watch face missing for my AW6 despite successful download of 7.3 (18S801).

 

[chrisgrubb]

Feels like this update broke the Peloton connectivity. No bueno.

 

[Les-retired]

Contact your local government representative about that problem. You shouldn't have to go without that feature. It is too important.

just an update - latest watch update from Apple includes access for Thailand - yippee - but have to wait for AF update

 

[verpeiler]

I turned off heart and fitness tracking on my AW6, I just stopped caring about anything after being unemployed for 12 years in a row, no matter how hard I try not a single living soul will ever hire me. Why bother caring about what your health is like when youre already lost and forgotten. Im sorry to sound so negative, but being in my shoes is not fun. Now I use my AW6 as a regular clock instead of health companion. Im like a ghost wandering amongst other lost souls, my soul is adrifting in the wind, no one sees me, no one notices me. Im not dead but Im not alive either, Ive moved on to middle world between hell and earth. Now Im just waiting for someone to free my spirit so I could finally find peace.

Sounds like you need help.. :-(

 

[DinkThifferent]

Usually true for me .. but this update was shockingly, maybe 5 minutes. AW6. 1/26/21, 11:38pm, Michigan

Well i cannot even upgrade my S3 because it suddenly doesn't have enough storage space available anymore (2,3GB and it needs 2,5 to install).

 

[wbeasley]

ECG Australia I mean Hello!

I bought a 4 when it came out for my partner due to a heart attack and the notion this function could alert to future events seemed like a good investment... and here we are 2 versions later and Australia STILL can't approve this. Geez. It's not like they will do any more testing - probably just want Apple to pay some fee.

wonder how many other people bought a watch expecting this function to arrive shortly after it was announced?

Apple, please let us know what is the hold up. Is it you or the government regulators?

 

[JoshBoy]

Fair dinkum mate. Where the bloody hell is the ecg for aussies? Been waitin ages for it.

 

[BigDO]

Two generations down and there’s still no ECG in Australia! Either Apple or TGA is screwing it up. Deadly annoying!

Not Apple, it's the nanny state.

 

[pmbooks]

Is my series 2 Apple watch unable to update past 6.2.9? (Says the software is up to date.)

Okay, I got it. I think I'll wait for the next gen (w/hopefully, the blood glucose monitor) to upgrade my wrist computer.