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Apple patent describes using AirPods to detect heart disease, likely next year

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/09/Apple-patent-describes-how-it-could-use-AirPods-to-detect-heart-disease.webp?w=1600)</div><p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/09/apple-testing-health-sensors-earbuds/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">9to5Mac recently discovered evidence[/url] in iOS 18 that Apple is testing using future <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/airpods/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AirPods[/url] models to measure heartbeat, with our sources indicating that the feature will be implemented in both <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/airpods-pro-3/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AirPods Pro 3[/url] and the next generation of <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/powerbeats/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Powerbeats Pro[/url].</p>



<p>An Apple <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/patents/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">patent[/url] application describes how the company can use a <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/apple-health/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">health[/url] sensor not just to measure heart-rate, but also to detect heart disease …</p>



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