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Apple Watch may only get blood pressure tool in 2024

Samsung's Galaxy Watch4 family features a blood pressure monitor already, but Apple is taking its sweet time in adding something similar to its wearables. According to a new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the company may only have an Apple Watch with blood pressure monitoring on the market in 2024. This is because it's apparently "hit some snags", which mean "the technology isn't expected to be ready until 2024 at the earliest", according to the omnipresent "people with knowledge of the matter". Teams are already working on this, but accuracy has allegedly been a challenge in determining whether a user has high blood pressure. The feature has been planned "for at least four years", but eventually the release might actually slip to 2025. Apple reportedly wants to go its own way with blood pressure readings, and not give out specific systolic and diastolic readings, instead just warning Apple Watch wearers that they may have h