Apple Watch's hidden talent: Detecting flu and Covid-19 symptoms in advance!

The new "Vitals" app on the Apple Watch enhances health monitoring features and can detect flu and COVID-19 symptoms in advance. With WatchOS 11, the app analyzes vital data such as wrist temperature and notifies the user when it detects abnormalities.

A Reddit user stated that they became ill due to changes in their wrist temperature. Apple emphasizes that this app does not diagnose diseases but is intended to help users monitor their health status.

According to reviews by the site MacRumors, it provides advance notice of contracting the flu and Covid-19.

CAUGHT THE FLU AFTER APPLE WATCH REPORT

The app notifies the user if there are changes in two or more metrics. In a Reddit thread, a user shared a screenshot of their "Vitals" data. This showed that their wrist temperature had been higher than normal for three days.

Apple refers to these changes as “outliers.” A message then follows: “Your wrist temperature was higher than normal while you were sleeping.”

The Reddit user received these notifications for two days and came down with the flu on the third day.

Comments under the post include remarks such as "I'm sick too, and the watch noticed it before I did."

It is also claimed that the Apple Watch documented unusual measurements related to Covid-19 vaccines before side effects appeared.

The user commented, "My watch knew I wasn't 100 percent after the Covid-19 and flu vaccine because three vital signs were outliers."

APPLE DOES NOT CLAIM IT CAN DIAGNOSE

Apple does not claim that the "Vitals" app can diagnose or treat diseases. It states that this is a tool for users to get a better overview of their health.

You can decide for yourself whether to enable notifications. An Apple spokesperson told the Daily Mail, "If two or more measurements fall outside the normal range, users may receive a notification along with a message."