Apple’s newest health-tracking features are coming to older watches

Apple is bringing several new health-tracking features to its older Apple Watch models, including hypertension notifications, live translation, and the new wrist flick gesture. The hypertension notifications will use the watch's existing optical heart sensor to analyze how a user's blood vessels respond to the beats of the heart, and the algorithm will notify users if it detects signs of high blood pressure. Apple expects to receive regulatory approval for this feature this month, and it will be available in over 150 countries and regions. Additionally, Apple's upcoming Sleep Score feature, which uses heart rate, wrist temperature, blood oxygen, and respiratory data to rate the quality of a user's sleep, will be available on Watch Series 6 and later, as well as all Watch Ultra models and the 2nd-generation Watch SE and later. These features will be released with the launch of watchOS 26 on September 15th.