**Taking Your First ECG with Apple Watch**
To begin, you'll want to open the ECG app on your Apple watch and make sure it's properly configured to take an ECG reading. Ensure that the watch is securely fastened to your wrist and is set to record on the correct arm – I've had mine set up for my left wrist, so I'm going to demonstrate with that configuration. Tap okay, and you'll see a little heart logo appear on screen. This will guide you through the process of taking an ECG reading.
To start, place your finger on the digital crown and keep it there for 30 seconds. The watch will measure your heartbeat in real-time and record it through the Health app. It's essential to keep your finger snug on the digital crown during this time, as removing it will cause the ECG reading to rewind back to the beginning. This means you'll need to re-take the reading from the start.
Once you've completed the 30-second recording period, you'll be able to view your ECG results in the Health app. The screen will display all of your recorded ECGs, allowing you to review them at any time. To see more details about a specific ECG, simply tap on it. You can also export the PDF for further analysis and sharing with your doctor.
**Understanding Your ECG Results**
When viewing your ECG results in the Health app, you'll see a graphical representation of your heartbeat pattern. The watch will measure several key metrics, including the heart rate and rhythm. In this case, my initial reading shows a sinus rhythm – a good sign! However, it's essential to note that an irregular rhythm or AFib detection is not always a cause for concern. If you've been diagnosed with AFib or have experienced symptoms, it's crucial to consult with your doctor.
**Additional Features of the Apple Watch ECG App**
The Apple Watch ECG app offers several additional features beyond just taking ECG readings. You can set up notifications for irregular heartbeat or rhythm, which will alert you if the watch detects a potential sign of AFib. To do this, simply go to the Heart section in the Watch app and toggle on Irregular Rhythm Notifications. Enter your birthday again, and choose whether you've been diagnosed with AFib. When you're sitting still, the Apple watch will periodically check your heartbeat for irregular rhythm and send you an alert if necessary.
**New Features in Control Center**
The Control Center has also received several updates, including a new Walkie-Talkie toggle. This handy feature allows you to quickly switch on or off walkie-talkie availability, preventing any awkward situations. Additionally, the Apple Watch now offers a special notification when you achieve daily maximum points in an activity competition – a great way to celebrate your achievements!
**New Features in the Watch App**
The Watch app has also received several updates. You can now access direct support, including movie tickets coupons and reward cards, directly from the Watch app. To do this, simply tap on the Wallet section and navigate to the contact list.
**Conclusion**
That concludes our look at the new features in Apple Watch 5.1.1. From taking your first ECG reading to enjoying new features like Walkie-Talkie toggles and direct support access, there's something for everyone in this latest software update. What's your favorite new feature? Let us know down below in the comments! If you appreciate this video, be sure to give it a thumbs up – thanks for watching with nine-to-five Mack.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: ena look at what's new in watch OS five point one point two so of course the big news with watch West five point one point two is the presence of this right here the ECG app on Apple watch the ECG app will record an electrocardiogram right on your Apple watch using the digital crown now you'll have to enter your birthday first you have to be over 22 years of age no geriatric chill to please folks spare them so how does the ECG app on the Apple watch work first of all it gathers electrical pulses from the digital crown and the rear optical sensor it then checks the pulses to get your heart rate to see if the upper and lower chambers of your heart are in rhythm if they're not in rhythm that's a fib or atrial fibrillation and as you may have guessed that's not a good thing when running an ECG on the Apple watch you'll see one of two results the sinus rhythm which is a normal beating pattern or afib which is an irregular beating pattern in fact it's the most common form of serious irregular heart condition aka arrhythmia and while it's possible that the app could present some false positives you probably want to go ahead and get checked out by a doctor if it tells you you have afib just in case now there are other things to consider such as low or high heart rate if you have a heart rate under 50 or over 120 it could affect the ECG apps ability to check for afib and recording is considered inconclusive now inconclusive results mean that the recording can't be properly classified and this can happen for a lot of different reasons some of the reasons are not resting your arm properly or having your Apple watch worn too loose so just keep that in mind now there are some things you should know before using the ECG app and Apple outlines this in their documentation right here so number one the ECG app cannot detect a heart attack so if you're feeling chest pain pressure all that call emergency services immediately it also cannot detect blood clots stroke or any other heart related conditions so keep that in mind this is to detect for afib and afib only at this point all right so to take your first ECG you want to open the ECG app and make sure that the watch is on the proper arm that you have configured so I have it configured for my left wrist the watch is on my left wrist tap okay you'll see this little heart logo here and it's going to tell you what to do so just hold your finger the tip of your finger on the digital crown and keep it there for 30 seconds and you'll see you your heart your heartbeat pattern there just like that so it's measuring that in real-time and recording that through the health app a couple of things to keep in mind you want to make sure that your watch is secure and snug on your risk and you want to make sure that you have it resting like I have it resting like this on a table or something now if you remove your finger from the digital crown while the ECG is in progress it's going to do that it's basically gonna rewind all the way back to the beginning and you're gonna have to do the whole thing over again so keep your finger nice and snug on the digital crown for the full 30 seconds in order to record the ECG now I've sped this up a little bit obviously it's going a little faster than real time alright so there we go oh I'm good sinus rhythm that's a good thing I was kind of worried about that at first just that was my that literally was my first ECG that I've ever done with the Apple watch you guys saw it live so it will record the results in the health app you'll see here the screen all the ECGs taken are stored in the health app so you can see that ECG that I just took tap on it get some more details and if you really want some details you can just tap on the button that says export a PDF for your doctor and that will allow you to pan around and see the full scope of the ECG just like that it even tells you the time just persons birth date all that and basically it tells you that this is like a 1 lead ECG this is akin to a 1 lead ECG at the hospital they have multiple leads that they can put on there you know all those little things that stick on your chest and your arms and things like that to get a more accurate depiction of your heart rhythm with regard to the of the upper and lower chambers of your heart now let's continue to weave the ECG app into this whole demonstration here if you go into the heart section in the watch app you're gonna notice the ability to set up irregular heartbeat or I'm sorry irregular rhythm notifications so you can go in and the Apple watch will actually alert you it will monitor occasionally whether afib is occurring with your Apple watch you can set this up have to enter your birthday again yeah you got to do that again and then have you been diagnosed with afib no okay so when you're sitting still the Apple watch will occasionally look at your heartbeat to check for irregular rhythm and it will send you an alert to let you know that hey we detected potentially a sign of afib you should probably contact medical professional and again it gives you some additional reminders so now you just tap turn on notifications and you're good to go you can feel good knowing that your Apple watch is looking out for you but it's not all about the ECG Apple watch iOS 5.1.1 ow get additional complications so that means that the complications you used to be able to use like male remotes messages Maps news phone find my friends home you can now get those on the infograph watch faces and no surprise there's also a new ECG complication so you can jump right into the ECG app and check your heart rhythm that's super handy if that's something you like to do on a regular basis so you just tap it it loads up like that super simple super easy another new feature is found in control center so if you scroll all the way to the bottom you're gonna notice walkie-talkie availability so this handy little toggle allows you to quickly switch on or off walkie talkie availabilities you're not surprised by a message in what could be an awkward or an embarrassing situation this allows you to outright prevent that which is a good thing right now I'm not able to demonstrate this but when you achieve daily maximum points in a day during an activity competition you'll receive special notifications and an immediate celebrations and lastly you now have direct access to support a movie tickets coupons and reward cards in the wallet win tapped to a contact list so ladies and gentlemen that has been a look at what's new and watch the West five point one point two what's your favorite new feature let me know down below in the comments and also thumbs up if you appreciate this video this is Jeff with nine-to-five Macka look at what's new in watch OS five point one point two so of course the big news with watch West five point one point two is the presence of this right here the ECG app on Apple watch the ECG app will record an electrocardiogram right on your Apple watch using the digital crown now you'll have to enter your birthday first you have to be over 22 years of age no geriatric chill to please folks spare them so how does the ECG app on the Apple watch work first of all it gathers electrical pulses from the digital crown and the rear optical sensor it then checks the pulses to get your heart rate to see if the upper and lower chambers of your heart are in rhythm if they're not in rhythm that's a fib or atrial fibrillation and as you may have guessed that's not a good thing when running an ECG on the Apple watch you'll see one of two results the sinus rhythm which is a normal beating pattern or afib which is an irregular beating pattern in fact it's the most common form of serious irregular heart condition aka arrhythmia and while it's possible that the app could present some false positives you probably want to go ahead and get checked out by a doctor if it tells you you have afib just in case now there are other things to consider such as low or high heart rate if you have a heart rate under 50 or over 120 it could affect the ECG apps ability to check for afib and recording is considered inconclusive now inconclusive results mean that the recording can't be properly classified and this can happen for a lot of different reasons some of the reasons are not resting your arm properly or having your Apple watch worn too loose so just keep that in mind now there are some things you should know before using the ECG app and Apple outlines this in their documentation right here so number one the ECG app cannot detect a heart attack so if you're feeling chest pain pressure all that call emergency services immediately it also cannot detect blood clots stroke or any other heart related conditions so keep that in mind this is to detect for afib and afib only at this point all right so to take your first ECG you want to open the ECG app and make sure that the watch is on the proper arm that you have configured so I have it configured for my left wrist the watch is on my left wrist tap okay you'll see this little heart logo here and it's going to tell you what to do so just hold your finger the tip of your finger on the digital crown and keep it there for 30 seconds and you'll see you your heart your heartbeat pattern there just like that so it's measuring that in real-time and recording that through the health app a couple of things to keep in mind you want to make sure that your watch is secure and snug on your risk and you want to make sure that you have it resting like I have it resting like this on a table or something now if you remove your finger from the digital crown while the ECG is in progress it's going to do that it's basically gonna rewind all the way back to the beginning and you're gonna have to do the whole thing over again so keep your finger nice and snug on the digital crown for the full 30 seconds in order to record the ECG now I've sped this up a little bit obviously it's going a little faster than real time alright so there we go oh I'm good sinus rhythm that's a good thing I was kind of worried about that at first just that was my that literally was my first ECG that I've ever done with the Apple watch you guys saw it live so it will record the results in the health app you'll see here the screen all the ECGs taken are stored in the health app so you can see that ECG that I just took tap on it get some more details and if you really want some details you can just tap on the button that says export a PDF for your doctor and that will allow you to pan around and see the full scope of the ECG just like that it even tells you the time just persons birth date all that and basically it tells you that this is like a 1 lead ECG this is akin to a 1 lead ECG at the hospital they have multiple leads that they can put on there you know all those little things that stick on your chest and your arms and things like that to get a more accurate depiction of your heart rhythm with regard to the of the upper and lower chambers of your heart now let's continue to weave the ECG app into this whole demonstration here if you go into the heart section in the watch app you're gonna notice the ability to set up irregular heartbeat or I'm sorry irregular rhythm notifications so you can go in and the Apple watch will actually alert you it will monitor occasionally whether afib is occurring with your Apple watch you can set this up have to enter your birthday again yeah you got to do that again and then have you been diagnosed with afib no okay so when you're sitting still the Apple watch will occasionally look at your heartbeat to check for irregular rhythm and it will send you an alert to let you know that hey we detected potentially a sign of afib you should probably contact medical professional and again it gives you some additional reminders so now you just tap turn on notifications and you're good to go you can feel good knowing that your Apple watch is looking out for you but it's not all about the ECG Apple watch iOS 5.1.1 ow get additional complications so that means that the complications you used to be able to use like male remotes messages Maps news phone find my friends home you can now get those on the infograph watch faces and no surprise there's also a new ECG complication so you can jump right into the ECG app and check your heart rhythm that's super handy if that's something you like to do on a regular basis so you just tap it it loads up like that super simple super easy another new feature is found in control center so if you scroll all the way to the bottom you're gonna notice walkie-talkie availability so this handy little toggle allows you to quickly switch on or off walkie talkie availabilities you're not surprised by a message in what could be an awkward or an embarrassing situation this allows you to outright prevent that which is a good thing right now I'm not able to demonstrate this but when you achieve daily maximum points in a day during an activity competition you'll receive special notifications and an immediate celebrations and lastly you now have direct access to support a movie tickets coupons and reward cards in the wallet win tapped to a contact list so ladies and gentlemen that has been a look at what's new and watch the West five point one point two what's your favorite new feature let me know down below in the comments and also thumbs up if you appreciate this video this is Jeff with nine-to-five Mack\n"
