{"id":29557,"date":"2026-09-27T22:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=29557"},"modified":"2026-09-27T22:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:56:17","slug":"apple-bets-on-heart-health-features-to-win-watch-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=29557","title":{"rendered":"Apple bets on heart-health features to win watch buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134528836,imgsize-75076,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/apple-watch.jpg\" alt=\"Apple bets on heart-health features to win watch buyers\" title=\"Apple is highlighting advanced heart-health readings on its Watch in India as smartwatch shipments decline but health-focused demand grows.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Apple is highlighting advanced heart-health readings on its Watch in India as smartwatch shipments decline but health-focused demand grows.\">Apple is highlighting advanced heart-health readings on its Watch in India as smartwatch shipments decline but health-focused demand grows.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Apple is putting more detailed heart-health readings at the centre of its Watch pitch in India, where overall smartwatch shipments are declining but demand for advanced models is growing.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Eric Jue, director of Apple Watch Worldwide Product Marketing, told TOI that the redesigned sensor in the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 can measure heart rate as often as every five seconds in the background, including while users are moving. Apple says it achieved the higher frequency without reducing battery life.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>&#8220;The goal of this new sensor really was to try to find a way that we could take everything we&#8217;ve learned over the last many years developing these sensors to design something that could deliver continuous, higher frequency heart rate and heart rate variability,&#8221; Jue said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The push comes as India&#8217;s smartwatch shipments fell 4% year-on-year to 6.4 million units in April-June 2026, according to IDC. Advanced-smartwatch shipments &#8211; a category in which Apple operates &#8211; however, rose 94.8%, lifting their share of the category from 2.2% to 4.5%. IDC said Apple, Samsung and Garmin led that segment, with all three recording strong growth, helped by sales of earlier-generation devices. It did not disclose Apple&#8217;s individual market share.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Apple is working with doctors in Delhi on investigator-supported studies testing the Watch on Indian users in clinical settings. Steve Waydo, Apple&#8217;s director of health sensing, said more frequent background readings &#8220;is a hardware enabled feature&#8221;. The redesigned system changes both the optical components and internal chips, he said, so older Watches cannot gain the same capability through a software update.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/apple-bets-on-heart-health-features-to-win-watch-buyers\/articleshow\/134528827.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is highlighting advanced heart-health readings on its Watch in India as smartwatch shipments decline but health-focused demand grows. 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