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I'm having a problem getting it set up. AW4. Just updated the watch to 5.1.2 and the phone is 12.1.1. I go into the Watch app then scroll down to Heart. The only things I see are high heart rate, low heart rate and notification grouping. I don't see anything about setting up the ECG app.

You have open it on the Watch first, which will then direct you to the Health app on the phone.
 
I find it’s more stable if you have the watch pretty snug. At first I noticed it was all over the place if I slightly moved or even stood up and took it. I tightened my watch 1 hole and it’s much better now.
 
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Very cool. There are some heart issue with some members of my family but hopefully mine won't be alerting me about anything.
 
After much anticipation I used it today. It's an incredibly cool bit of engineering - but my reading was normal and I had no reason to have expected it to be anything else.

So I'm now wondering if I'll ever bother to use it a second time. I didn't anticipate having that reaction.
 
After much anticipation I used it today. It's an incredibly cool bit of engineering - but my reading was normal and I had no reason to have expected it to be anything else.

So I'm now wondering if I'll ever bother to use it a second time. I didn't anticipate having that reaction.
Your watch can still periodically check for AFib,
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208931
 
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People who have the ECG app also has the abnormal heart rhythm notifications too.

I don’t need it, but it’s great to have for me and my parents.
 
During my first reading I was nervous. Said I was fine. Wew...

Word of advice, if yours keeps coming up that it found something, don't mess around. Go see a doctor. Even if it is nothing. I lost my brother at 25. He had unknown heart issues, was thought to be very healthy, in fact was rock climbing the day he died. You never know. I think we all want to be around for the next iPhone release....
 
Well I saw that I have a sinus rhythm but my t-waves are inverted. Will inquire with my pcp, but I don’t think there’s any cause for alarm...yet. :eek:

Overall a great medical/tech savvy feature to have at your dispense. Conducting a session was seamless and setup was a breeze.

Are you wearing the watch on the arm that is specified in Settings? If it’s set up for left arm and you’re wearing it on the right (or vice versus), that could result in inverted T waves on the ECG.
If you’re wearing it on the specified arm and still seeing inverted T waves, it’s not necessarily cause for alarm, or indication of a dangerous condition. But maybe ask a doctor!
 
ECG will come in really handy for me when I have fast heart beat episodes, doctor can't diagnose it if I don't have symptoms or wear holter monitor until I have the episode to record it.
 
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Can’t wait for this to come to the UK.

Sinus means normal. But you can have normal and slow heart rates or normal and fast.

I was in ER a few weeks ago and had an ECG but it would be great to have the monitoring on my wrist.

Next we need blood pressure monitoring - that will be an even bigger game changer. More people have blood pressure issues (1 in 3) than AF issues.
 
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Looks like Apple Watch already made someone go to the hospital because it trigger AFIB. story here. So when is Samsung going to come out with Galaxy Watch with ECG feature?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/comments/a40qm5/heading_to_a_cardiologist/
It was interesting to see the ECG printout from the clinic compared to the Apple watch one. I now know what an irregular rhythm looks like. Good info.

Just for fun, I tried to trick my Apple Watch into producing an irregular one - by walking around randomly and jumping while taking a reading. No luck. The Apple watch either restarted the 30 second countdown and re-measured or just gave me an "inconclusive" result. Impressive. It was also fun seeing the red line jumping around on the screen. I thought the red line was just some pre-recorded animation but, no, it's actually charting in real-time.
 
It was interesting to see the ECG printout from the clinic compared to the Apple watch one. I now know what an irregular rhythm looks like. Good info.

Just for fun, I tried to trick my Apple Watch into producing an irregular one - by walking around randomly and jumping while taking a reading. No luck. The Apple watch either restarted the 30 second countdown and re-measured or just gave me an "inconclusive" result. Impressive. It was also fun seeing the red line jumping around on the screen. I thought the red line was just some pre-recorded animation but, no, it's actually charting in real-time.
Yeah, you can't just fake an irregular rhythm. You can create lots of artifact certainly.
 
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It was interesting to see the ECG printout from the clinic compared to the Apple watch one. I now know what an irregular rhythm looks like. Good info.

Just for fun, I tried to trick my Apple Watch into producing an irregular one - by walking around randomly and jumping while taking a reading. No luck. The Apple watch either restarted the 30 second countdown and re-measured or just gave me an "inconclusive" result. Impressive. It was also fun seeing the red line jumping around on the screen. I thought the red line was just some pre-recorded animation but, no, it's actually charting in real-time.

Yeah, I discovered it was the real readout when I sneezed while taking one! Big spike!
 
I wonder if I do a little E K and some G what my EKG will look like? Kidding. Don't try that at home.
 
It would be even better if AW could detect more than just AF. There are many other types of arrhythmias and just screening for AF could give users false assurances that all is well when actually they could have a different kind of bad arrhythmia.
 
It would be even better if AW could detect more than just AF. There are many other types of arrhythmias and just screening for AF could give users false assurances that all is well when actually they could have a different kind of bad arrhythmia.

Can’t we just be thankful for what they did provide? I’m sure more will be coming. This was probably a multi-year endeavor with the FDA for what we have.
 
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Can’t we just be thankful for what they did provide? I’m sure more will be coming. This was probably a multi-year endeavor with the FDA for what we have.
I’m not complaining and it’s a fantastic start, but it’s just that, a start. Apple are aiming for blood sugar which is just fab for people who need to monitor their blood sugars. Same with blood pressure, again, will be fab!
 
Yeah, give ‘em some time. I’m sure that they didn’t roll this app out then fire the development team! Not to mention that features like this are probably a lot harder to pull off than they make it seem like.
 
Looks like Apple Watch already made someone go to the hospital because it trigger AFIB. story here. So when is Samsung going to come out with Galaxy Watch with ECG feature?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/comments/a40qm5/heading_to_a_cardiologist/

Yep, and here's another story already. This feature is going to help many people become aware of issues they didn't know they had.

https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-wat...cted-something-strange-about-my-heart-rhythm/
 
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