Thanks, Jonathan! I'm increasingly impressed by the criticality of on board processing in a mobile device. The less hand-off to some network system, the better.
I need to pay a visit to my local Apple store and gets a feel for the devices themselves before making a decision. Hopefully, soon. Janina Jonathan Cohn writes: > I think you mean the blood oxygen sensor. Watches are not cabable of > measureing blood pressure. > Also, since the Watch 8 was mentioned, the primary difference between a > Watch 8 and a Watch 9 that I remember is that the 9 (and also the Ultra 2 ) > can do some speech processing on the watch directly and don't need to hand > it off. > I believe there were also some changes in the technology used for crash > detection. . > > On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 1:39???PM Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se> > wrote: > > > Hi! > > One thing I miss is the blood pressure check. > > THey removed ot for some reason I think. > > At least on my Apple Watch Ultra 2 it can not be found. > > /A > > > > > 30 maj 2024 kl. 06:56 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries < > > macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>: > > > > > > Hi ET, > > > > > > Not Jonathan, but the watch has: > > > Emergency alerts > > > Fall detection > > > Heart monitoring, including EKG > > > > > > > > > I know from personal experience that the emergency feature on the watch > > works quite well. A year and a half ago, when I was in a car accident, my > > watch called 911, and also all of my emergency contacts. > > > HTH, > > > Donna > > > > > >> On May 30, 2024, at 12:14 AM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries < > > macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> Jonathan, > > >> In brief, how would an Apple watch benefit me? Thanks much. > > >> > > >> From E.T.'s Keyboard... > > >> "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." > > >> -Helen Keller > > >> My e-Mail: > > >> ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > >> > > >> On 5/29/2024 1:22 PM, Jonathan C. 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