Apple Watch sensors are so good, it could provide the first pregnancy indicators

Apple's latest research shows that using a combination of Apple Watch sensors and all Apple Health data, results in a remarkably accurate pregnancy detector.


From its most recent academic paper from its Heart and Movement Study, Apple researchers have been testing how combinations of factors can be used to determine health, and most effectively, pregnancy. "Beyond Sensor Data: Foundation Models of Behavioral Data from Wearables Improve Health Predictions," is broadly about all health sensor data that can be measured through devices such as the Apple Watch, and then combined.

It's a development of the study's previous research into topics ranging from menstrual cycles to hearing loss. But one result from the paper is that combining wearable sensors with physical measurements such as step counts, can make for a pregnancy detector.


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