{
  "id": 6618698,
  "title": "Apple Watch's new health upgrades are more than just fitness tracking tools — here are 5 features that could change how you monitor your wellbeing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/apple-watchs-new-health-upgrades-are-more-than-just-fitness-tracking",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-10T16:50:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/apple-watchs-new-health-upgrades-are-more-than-just-fitness-tracking-tools-here-are-5-features-that-could-change-how-you-monitor-your-wellbeing"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Apple’s latest Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, unveiled alongside the iPhone Duo at the 'Surprise and Shine' event, come with a host of new health features designed to provide more personalized and insightful monitoring. While the design upgrades are more of the same, the new color options add a welcome touch.\n\nThe most notable additions include On-camera fitness testing, which leverages the iPhone’s camera and the watch’s camera for full body assessments to measure VO2 max, flexibility, strength, balance, and movement mechanics. To measure VO2 max, the watch requires an Apple Watch, AirPods Pro 3, or a third-party heart rate sensing device.\n\nHealth Age, a feature that ranks your health and fitness level against the average for your age and gender, is also a new addition. It takes various aspects of your health profile into account to provide a holistic score.\n\nA technical upgrade to the Apple Watch itself is the Health Sensing System, equipped with new LED sensor arrays for better skin contact. This results in improved heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) measurements, and a more accurate Readiness score that helps users avoid overtraining and plan their workouts effectively.\n\nThe Insights tab in the Health app is a comprehensive source of timely information about your health metrics, with short summaries about how different fitness categories impact your long-term health. It also offers personalized recommendations and health articles based on your data.",
  "summary": "The new Apple Watch health monitoring tools are broader, smarter, and more personal.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/where-to-preorder-the-new-apple-watch-series-12-and-ultra-4",
        "published": "2026-09-10T15:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Deals: AirPods, Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 up to $325 off, M5 MacBook Air $200 off, more",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/deals-airpods-apple-watch-series-12-and-ultra-4-up-to-325-off-m5",
        "published": "2026-09-10T15:36:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Apple Watch Series 12 is now up for preorder — here's how to get the device for as little as $219 at Best Buy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/apple-watch-series-12-is-now-up-for-preorder-heres-how-to-get-the",
        "published": "2026-09-10T16:33:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "AppleInsider",
        "title": "Amazon offers first Apple Watch Series 12 preorder discounts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/amazon-offers-first-apple-watch-series-12-preorder-discounts",
        "published": "2026-09-10T17:47:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}