Apple Watch 4 Series

2018: Apple Watch 4 Series Announcement: ECG Withdrawal and Automatic Ambulance Call

On September 12, 2018, Apple introduced the fourth generation of its hand-held computerized watches. The American manufacturer claims that we are talking about the largest Apple Watch update in three years.

The Apple Watch 4 Series has received an improved accelerometer that can detect a user's fall, which can be useful for older people. If the smart watch "understands" that a person has fallen and does not move a minute after that, they automatically call the emergency service and send the user's coordinates.

Apple introduced the new Apple Watch Series 4

The device allows you to remove an electrocardiogram (ECG) of the heart. At the same time, the owner of the watch does not need to have special training: you just need to open the application and attach a finger to the plane of the control ring - two electrodes on the back of the Watch 4 touch the skin of the other hand. The whole procedure takes only half a minute. Data of electrocardiograms and their analysis, as well as notes are stored in the appendix "Health." Information can be forwarded to the attending physician in PDF format or printed.

The ability to consider an electrocardiogram allows you to record the nature of the heart at the time of malaise, because at medical appointments it is not always possible to record the symptoms that the patient complains about. Apple watches have received certification from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), that is, they are officially a medical product in the field of heartbeat.

The new Apple watch is equipped with a frameless display, which is 30% larger than the previous model

The American manufacturer calls the Apple Watch 4 Series the first consumer device with an ECG sensor, which was approved by the FDA. However, at the end of 2017, a similar   approval was received by the device KardiaBand the American developer AliveCor, which is embedded in the strap for Apple smart watches and similarly monitors the owner's heart rate, and in cases of deviations from the norm, offers to remove the ECG and send the results to the doctor. At the same time, it costs KardiaBand twice as much as the Apple Watch Series 4: $199 against $399. In Russia, a similar device is being developed by Cardiokvark.

The hardware basis of the Apple Wach 2018 model year wearable gadget was the improved 64-bit S4 processor with two cores. It works "up to two times faster," say Apple. The "digital crown" - a wheel on the side of the clock - was redesigned from scratch, and now has tactile feedback to activate the ECG sensor.

During the Apple Wach 2018 model year, a new generation accelerometer and gyroscope are built in

This sensor allows the device to recognize abnormal heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation and other deviations from the norm at the earliest stages.

The size of the Apple Watch 4 Series display grew by about 30-35%, the edges of the screen became rounded. The data displayed on the screen can be adjusted to itself in many variations, for example, to place photos on it, dials with local time of the countries in which trips are planned. There are new screensavers that beautifully beat the screen shape.

The clock speaker became 50% louder. The ceramic cover provides better signal conductivity.  Battery life can reach 18 hours.^[1]

New Apple Watch themselves will call an ambulance and remove the ECG

The clock was created in two versions: with cases of 40 and 44 mm. Apple notes that despite the increase in chassis, old straps from previous models approach the Series 4.

The case is available in three colors: silver, gold and "gray space" for aluminum watches and silver, gold, black for steel. 

The new generation of Apple Watch will appear on the Russian market in September 28, 2018. The price is known - from 32 thousand rubles. Sales of the Nike + version will begin on October 4. The price of the Apple Watch Series 3 watch has been reduced to 23 thousand rubles.

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