About four years ago, I had a stroke and I fell, and I couldn’t get up and I use the SOS feature of my watch to call 911. So, in a very real sense,  my watch did help save me from a worse outcome.

My Apple Watch heart notifications only go off when I'm playing Dark Souls.

I was hit by a car in New Jersey at the middle of the night stepping off a bus. My watch immediately started calling my mom and 911, my mom was able to ge y partner at the time up and I was literally not even a 5 min walk from the house. But that watch saved me, my mom tells me that I was saying “I’m cold and I’m tired I can’t open my eyes, I just want to sleep” and I guess an officer heard my mom screaming “don’t you dare! You stay awake with me” and he came over and kept me awake (definitely not coherent but hey) I got my ankle destroyed and my back ribs broken but I’m a okay, it was quite a strange chapter of my life, but I now tell everyone who I can that my watch saved me.

I treat my watch as a tool, if something is irregular I’ll just ask my doctor. Never soly rely on one tool.

My mother tripped on an uneven sidewalk and fell right on her cheek bone on the concrete. Her Apple Watch called 911 as she was concussed and confused with no one around. It truly can be a life saving device for many people. I’m forever sold.

I worked at a heart center for a while and every single cardiologist in there (13 or so) would tell all their afib patients to get the Apple watch to monitor.

I just got a wearable wristband for my kid who has seizures. It notifies parents when it detects a seizure. The device is just a wristband, but there is an app for apple and android watches that claim to do the same function. They all take a monthly sub for the monitoring, so it would be helpful to have studies that were run by independent sources to make sure we are getting something that actually helps.

I spent a year in and out of a&e multiple times a week, doctors couldn't find what was wrong with me as the readings were normal when I got there, I eventually got fed up and bought a Samsung watch a kept all the readings for the cardiologist, I was able to get my Dx a year later with the help of my watch, it literally saved my life. I now lead a fairly regular life with it.

Edit: and it has saved my life since upon fainting and hitting my head when alone, it's great technology to have at fairly affordable prices.

Just bought myself a galaxy watch the other day. The unexpected benefit I've notified right away is the "Time to move" automatic feature which does work in my case. Even if I shut it down, slowly but surely it makes me stand up and move compared to spending 6-11 hours in front of my computer all day (besides the obvious rounds to the fridge, sink and toilet). Which was a surprise.

My mom has had afib since she was a teenager, but she didn't know it until 2020. It was getting worse, happening more often, and lasting longer. She got a Galaxy watch for free with a phone, and even though she doesn't ever wear it, she was using it to keep track of her afib before she had an ablation. It helped her doctors get a better idea of how much it was affecting her.

I totally get how people become anxious over the functionalities on their watches and not understanding how helpful or harmful certain data is.

He's just one doctor... I'm a health professional, and I can tell you most doctors have mixed opinions about this, but most agree the ECG is (incomplete, but) pretty accurate. I know of one doctor that does house calls to remote areas, and uses his own watch to take people's ECG sometimes. However, wife is an ER doctor, and she's tired of people coming in 'cause their "heart rate is lower than normal".

Personally, I can't wait for the day it monitors glucose

I’m disappointed that there was no discussion about the Whoop band- ESPECIALLY since it was in the thumbnail.

I have Afb. Before I was diagnosed, my heart rate is really irregular like 25% if the time. Then after taking medication, it notified me that it lessens, since then it only reads I have 2%.

I totally agreed with him. The watch has great sensors, but it’s different from proper medical gearing. If you do an EKG on your watch, you only have one lead. Standard EKG is 12 leads, just to pinpoint one of the differences. What we really need is research and a lot of AI to help understand how can we use this data and standardize it, because if Apple does something in one generation and change it in the other, results are gone be different, not to mention the variation between all the different products that do this measures. Now, it’s more of a gimmicky/enthusiast tool than a life changer.

3:05 that audio hurt👀

Educated patient who has learned to live with cardiac issues for 25+ years. I can easily feel tachy (SVT), PVCs, and atrial flutter but it's nice to have confirmation without reaching for my Kardia. Can I tell a PVC from a PAC? Nope, and unsure anyone can from a single-lead device. But again, it's an arrhythmia and having a record of the event and being able to track it over time is actually reassuring. Certainly, if I had a different personality I might be running to the ER every time my watch beeped and just get anxious waiting for the next alert. But short of getting my own halter or (heaven forbid) Medtronic giving me access to my pacemaker readings a smartwatch is my only reasonable option.

Totally agree with Dr. Mike...for me the only real reason I have a Apple Watch is for convience, much like a regular watch, but now I can respond to a text message, maybe look up directions, and pay/monitor stuff without needing my giant phone which I cannot have on me when working out or riding my bike as it would fly out of my pocket.

The ultimate thing these smart watches can do the best at:  making a phone call for an emergency  (aka...old school Life Alert).

Its why I wear my smart watch, just in case I fall, crash, get stranded, etc I can make a call.

It all depends on how you take the information. I'm a nurse and when I see the information I take it with my knowledge of what I have learned with my education. If I see something troubling I use it as more of a warning. You can't take maybe the 1 or 2x of high BP and panic. It's like when I have been asked by people "I have a cough. What does that mean?" Cancer! I don't know!

Retired physician. I've had intermittent A.fib for over a decade. It occurs for about 24 hours or less about every 2-3 months. I always know when I have it if I'm awake. I don't ever remember it waking me up but I have had it while I'm asleep. I got the Apple Watch and it now summarizes what % of the time I'm in A.Fib every month. That, the Activity app, and (especially) the Shazam complication on my watch face is why I continue to wear one.

I am not in great shape so just to do a light  cleaning. I  noticed my heartbeat go to high. Now I noticed that when I started getting more  active my  heartbeat went lower. So I ues my fit bit to see  my  progress. So I am getting healthier. It's really helping me with my bad sleep habits and I am getting better. I really feel that is good for me to get healthier