{"id":236913,"date":"2025-09-18T17:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/236913\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:55:15","slug":"how-to-use-apple-watchs-hypertension-feature-in-watchos-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/236913\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Apple Watch\u2019s hypertension feature in watchOS 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hypertension-notifications-apple-watch.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One of the flagship new features of Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Series 11 (<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/16\/review-apple-watch-ultra-3-series-11\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">review here<\/a>) is hypertension notifications. But in a welcome surprise, watchOS 26 brings the new hypertension feature to select older Apple Watch models too. Here\u2019s how to set it up, and which models are compatible.<\/p>\n<p>Compatibility requirements for Apple Watch hypertension alerts<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hypertension-apple-watch-ultra.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1020279\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Hypertension notifications are now available in watchOS 26 for the following Apple Watch models:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Apple Watch Series 11<\/li>\n<li>Apple Watch Series 10<\/li>\n<li>Apple Watch Series 9<\/li>\n<li>Apple Watch Ultra 3<\/li>\n<li>Apple Watch Ultra 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To activate the feature, you will also need an iPhone 11 or later that\u2019s running iOS 26.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/117296\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">some additional listed requirements<\/a> to use the feature:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wrist Detection <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/105002#wrist\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">must be enabled<\/a> on your Apple Watch<\/li>\n<li>You must be 22 years or older, not pregnant, and have not been diagnosed with hypertension<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The activation process for hypertension notifications involves confirming most of these details when prompted.<\/p>\n<p>How to use hypertension feature in watchOS 26<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hypertension-setup-health-app.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1020280\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you have met all of the requirements listed above, here\u2019s what <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/117296\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple says<\/a> you need to do to enable hypertension notifications.<\/p>\n<p>Follow these simple steps:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On your iPhone, open the Health app<\/li>\n<li>Tap your\u00a0profile icon in the upper corner<\/li>\n<li>Under Features, tap \u2018Health Checklist\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Tap \u2018Hypertension Notifications\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Confirm your age and if you\u2019ve ever been diagnosed with hypertension, then tap Continue<\/li>\n<li>Tap Next to follow the onscreen prompts to learn how the notifications work<\/li>\n<li>Tap Done<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>After walking through the setup process, you won\u2019t start getting hypertension notifications immediately.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because Apple needs 30 days to gather initial data before it can accurately predict whether you might be demonstrating a pattern of hypertension.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/117296\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Your Apple Watch can analyze data collected by the optical heart sensor and notify you if it detects a pattern of hypertension. This is done over 30 day evaluation periods, starting from the day you set up hypertension notifications.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/117296\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">full support document<\/a> on Apple\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>Best Apple Watch accessories<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1756837811_734_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1756837812_347_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3VLdfqA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1019889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/09-04-iPhone-17-Series-Grip-Banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"205\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the flagship new features of Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Series 11 (review here) is hypertension&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":236914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[705,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-236913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-gadgets","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115226589741349513","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}