watchOS 9's New AFib History Feature Expanding to Over 100 Countries

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced that watchOS 9's new AFib History feature will be available in more than 100 countries and territories beyond the United States, including Canada, the UK, other European countries, Hong Kong, Mexico, South Africa, and others. Apple said the feature will also be available in Australia starting later this year.

Apple revealed this information in fine print at the bottom of its press release announcing the release of watchOS 9 today:

The first-of-its-kind AFib History feature in watchOS 9 has received a number of local clearances and approvals from health authorities around the world, and will be available in more than 100 countries and territories, including the US, Canada, Europe, Hong Kong, Mexico, South Africa, the UK, and more. AFib History is coming to Australia later this fall.

AFib History is now listed as a feature on the watchOS 9 page on Apple's website in Canada, but still not in the UK, so it's not immediately clear which countries the feature is available in as of today beyond the United States.

Apple says individuals diagnosed with atrial fibrillation can turn on AFib History to view an estimate of how frequently their heart is in this arrhythmia. Apple says the feature, available on the Apple Watch Series 4 and later, is only for users 22 years or older who have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.

Article Link: watchOS 9's New AFib History Feature Expanding to Over 100 Countries

 

[nwcs]

I’m still waiting for all the clogged emergency room stories caused by the “toy” single lead detection predicted when it came out.

 

[HappyDude20]

So this only works if the watch has ever told me it’s detected Afib? I’ve had the watch for 3 years now and not once had any afib notification.

 

[HiRez]

So what % is considered acceptable? Like should it be 0, or is some occasional Afib normal?

 

[ToxicBlue]

Great, now can they make the keyboard to work in Spanish? it doesn't sound like it should be that hard, least to take them more than a year to implement it.

 

[Xenex]

“AFib History is coming to Australia later this fall.”

🤦🏻

This is a fantastic demonstration of why you shouldn’t refer to times of year by season.

 

[HappyDude20]

Can I activate or view my Afib status/history at all?

 

[ErikGrim]

Apple today announced that watchOS 9's new AFib History feature will be available in more than 100 countries and territories beyond the United States, including Canada, the UK, other European countries, Hong Kong, Mexico, South Africa, and others. Apple said the feature will also be available in Australia starting later this year.

Apple revealed this information in fine print at the bottom of its press release announcing the release of watchOS 9 today:AFib History is now listed as a feature on the watchOS 9 page on Apple's website in Canada, but still not in the UK, so it's not immediately clear which countries the feature is available in as of today beyond the United States.

Apple says individuals diagnosed with atrial fibrillation can turn on AFib History to view an estimate of how frequently their heart is in this arrhythmia. Apple says the feature, available on the Apple Watch Series 4 and later, is only for users 22 years or older who have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.

Article Link: watchOS 9's New AFib History Feature Expanding to Over 100 Countries

There is no "this fall" in Australia. Perhaps you meant to write this spring? Or even if you did mean fall next year, it would be autumn.

 

[russell_314]

Apple says individuals diagnosed with atrial fibrillation can turn on AFib History to view an estimate of how frequently their heart is in this arrhythmia. Apple says the feature, available on the Apple Watch Series 4 and later, is only for users 22 years or older who have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.

I just learned about this feature through the Health app where it showed what features were active and what ones available. Since I don’t have afib, this is not available for me, but this might be very helpful to those who do. I know several people with this condition and up till now I was under the impression that the Apple Watch didn’t support any monitoring of afib. I think even the ECG app mentions it’s not for people who have afib. I can’t believe this didn’t get more attention.

Here’s the Apple website explaining this feature.

Track your AFib History with Apple Watch - Apple Support

Learn how to set up AFib History to track how frequently your heart shows signs of AFib and log life factors that can impact your condition.

support.apple.com