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Apple Watch has been designed to help people improve their cardiovascular system. It is packed with different features related to heart health. But can you measure blood pressure on Apple Watch? Read on to find the correct answer to this popular question.

How do blood pressure monitors actually work?

Blood pressure Apple Watch is a popular search topic on the internet. Lots of people are trying to find a watch with blood pressure monitor. Before we dive into this topic, let’s review how blood pressure monitors actually work. To measure blood pressure it requires only a stethoscope and an inflatable arm cuff hooked up to a manometer.

This manual technique of checking blood pressure is widely replaced these days by automatic blood pressure monitoring devices. The automatic devices work on the same principle. The turbulent blood flow causes vibrations of the artery wall. These vibrations are detected by the sensors in the arm cuff. Hence automatic blood pressure monitors replace the guesswork with a no-brainer approach and produce accurate results without a need to use a stethoscope.

Are wrist based blood pressure monitors accurate?

Even if you do not have a blood pressure health challenge, you most likely had your blood pressure measured at least once in your life with an inflatable cuff at the upper arm. Most likely you also have seen different wrist based blood pressure monitors. Some of them are bigger than others and I am sure you have a question in your mind: how accurate are they compared to upper arm calf monitors? How does blood pressure watch work?

Does it mean that blood pressure in watch has no practical use?

Some people can't have their blood pressure readings taken at the upper arm because they have a very large arm. In these cases, measuring blood pressure at the wrist is acceptable. You need to take your wrist based monitor to your doctor to check for accuracy and correct body position when taking a blood pressure reading.

Scientists explore another method for blood pressure measurement: cuffless wave velocity blood pressure measurement or blood pressure wave propagation. Some experimental models produce reasonable results in lab testing. However calibration of these devices is notoriously difficult so currently none of them have been approved for medical purpose.

These are the main reasons why blood pressure monitoring watch have not become popular.

What heart health indicators can you measure with the Apple Watch?

But can you measure blood pressure on Apple Watch? Read on, we are almost there.

What you should look for in blood pressure apps for Apple Watch

Why do you need to choose a blood pressure app wisely? Scientific research shows that people who track their blood pressure regularly demonstrate better recovery rates for treating hypertension. For sure, you can note your blood pressure changes with pen and paper but it is much more convenient to do this with a mobile blood pressure log. There are plenty of such apps on the market to choose from. Here are the key features which you should look for in a mobile blood pressure diary app:

One of the well established blood pressure apps on the market with excellent user feedback is SmartBP. This app has all the key features mentioned above.

IMPORTANT. There is one feature which you should NOT try to find in a blood pressure app. That is to measure blood pressure WITHOUT an EXTERNAL blood pressure monitor. The current mobile phone technology simply does not provide such functionality, at least for now.

Many apps are doing their best to lure users with promises like ‘blood pressure checker’ but once you install them and read the small print, you figure out very quickly that taking blood pressure with a phone app without an external blood pressure monitor is simply not possible for now.

Can you use an Apple Watch to lower blood pressure?

If you cannot measure blood pressure on Apple Watch can you actually use it to address your hypertension? The answer is a definitive YES.

Multiple apps in the Apple Appstore allow you to enter BP readings from external monitors manually with the help of Apple Watch. Or pull out the BP data from Apple Health.

The question is, why would you want to fiddle with a small screen and inconvenient keyboard to do this if you need to use an external blood pressure monitor to measure BP anyway?

There is a much more useful function of Apple Watch when it comes to dealing with high blood pressure. That is to display slow breathing exercises to lower blood pressure. Small screen and gentle vibration allow us to perform these calming breathing exercises discreetly, without inviting much attention.

You can do these exercises even during business meetings when you need to bring down anxiety and stress without anyone noticing it.

Summary

Though you can’t measure blood pressure with Apple Watch (at least as of June 2027), it is a very useful device when it comes to improving heart health. Also none of the existing mobile apps allow you to measure blood pressure WITHOUT EXTERNAL blood pressure monitors. Tracking blood pressure changes and factors which impact it is CRITICAL for treating hypertension. There are multiple apps which allow you to do this including displaying blood pressure on Apple Watch. Some apps, i.e. BreathNow, go one step further and help you lower blood pressure with slow breathing exercises on Apple Watch.

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