iPhone users in the UK and Canada now have a central repository for all their health care information. The health records feature, which has been available in the US since 2018, collects medical records from multiple sources and consolidates it all within the Apple Health app. Oxford University Hospitals and Women’s College Hospital are two …
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The new Series 6 Apple Watch, unveiled Tuesday, can measure people’s blood oxygen levels in 15 seconds, Apple claims. Blood oxygen levels are an indicator of the severity of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. “With Apple Watch Series 6, you can measure your blood oxygen right from your wrist,” Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer, said on Tuesday. …
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After months of speculating whether or not we’ll get an iPhone 12 and Apple Watch 6 in the same timeframe as previous years, Apple has confirmed it will host a launch event today — virtually, of course. The Apple Store is down and the company last week sent out an invite for Sept. 15 at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. …
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Less than a month after announcing its Galaxy Watch 3, Samsung added yet another wearable to its portfolio with the Galaxy Fit 2. The second-gen tracker is a slimmer alternative to the company’s smartwatches and it has fitness at its core. Samsung announced the tracker during its Life Unstoppable virtual event, which it held this year for the first time in …
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The Apple Watch may be able to predict how healthy or unhealthy you are and keep you in check as you age. WatchOS 7, the next version of Apple’s wearable software due to arrive this fall, will bring a new set of mobility metrics to the Watch. (You can try the public beta of WatchOS 7 now, too, but we …
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Samsung announced the new Galaxy Watch 3 at its online Unpacked event Wednesday alongside the new Galaxy Note 20 phones and its latest foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Fold 2. The newly unveiled Galaxy Watch 3 has the same sleek look and large, circular screen as the original Galaxy Watch, with all the fitness features of the 2019 Galaxy Watch Active 2. There’s also the …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple hosted an online keynote for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference last month during which it announced iOS 14. The new iPhone operating system includes a major redesign of the iPhone’s home screen, picture-in-picture video, better widgets, a new way to automatically organize your …
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Several years ago, Apple was caught slowing down older iPhones without their owners’ knowledge or consent. Apple eventually came clean, explaining that as the health of the battery inside the iPhone degrades, the company decided to hobble performance in order to avoid random shutdowns and other potential issues. After the blowback, Apple added a Battery Health feature to the iPhone, revealing …
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In these uncertain times, your health is more important than ever. So it’s timely that Apple’s newest iPhone software update — iOS 13.5 — comes with a small, but potentially important feature. The update is available right now (go to Settings > General > Software update), and after installing it, you’ll have the option to automatically send all of your …
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The next big Apple event is just a few days away, and while we think we know a lot about the upcoming iPhone 11, there’s still plenty more to be revealed about other potential products we may see, like a new Apple Watch. In this week’s Apple Core roundup, we’ll be going over the latest leaks on what to expect from …
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