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Where is the ECG App?

Just picked up my apple watch today and was excited to try the ECG app. It is nowhere to be found. The launch presentation sure promoted that feature. So where is the app? That feature is one of the key ones of why I bought the watch.

Watch Series 4 (GPS+Cellular) Alum 44mm, iOS 12

Posted on Sep 21, 2018 5:12 PM

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Dec 4, 2018 11:30 AM in response to Solargreenjake

This is a user-to-user forum. No one here could possibly know the exact date. And anyone who does know it is not permitted under their non-disclosure agreement to say anything. It's even quite possible that no one in the world knows it, as it is dependent on when the remaining critical bugs in the release that includes it are resolved.

Dec 4, 2018 1:20 PM in response to 1SpeedRacer

Like they say things go better with Coke. Don’t know who said that. But there is no Cocaine in Coke any more. Guess that’s a long long time ago.

Just like Dr Pepper soft drink used to have lots of real Pepper now they’ve Doctored the Pepper drink.

Conclusion: we do not know the Coke a Cola or Dr. Pepper drink forulmulas .

So we shall not know the Apple Watch EKG SW release date.

Anybody’s guess what the SW EKG algorithms status are????

Dec 4, 2018 2:31 PM in response to rockmyplimsoul

I don't want a refund: I want the watch to do what Apple said it would do! I want to know what is happening when I am piloting a 45,000lb motorhome down the freeways and highways, or "scootin" my BMW RT1200RT, with my wife sitting behind me, down the roads! I really believe that people coming towards us would appreciate that fact also; since I do have intermittent A-Fib: never know when it is going to happen or is happening !

Dec 4, 2018 2:47 PM in response to deggie

Don't need to do that. The watch already registers irregular heart beats and I would then pull over to check. But to answer your question: Yes, since my motorcycle has cruise control, I could hold the watch for 30 seconds, with my other hand, and since I have been riding for over 50 years, I believe I have the skills to accomplish the task.

My wife would not really have to permit it, because I have control of the bike: she doesn't. Some women don't understand men having control, because they are so use to controlling their husbands, friends or situations around them!

Seems like you were more interested in me getting my wife's permission, than the safety factor.

Dec 4, 2018 3:08 PM in response to JESUS LOVER

JESUS LOVER wrote:


Don't need to do that. The watch already registers irregular heart beats and I would then pull over to check.

Unless you developed AFIB on the day you bought your Apple Watch, you've been doing something else to deal with it up until now. You'll need to continue that.


Some women don't understand men having control, because they are so use to controlling their husbands, friends or situations around them!

Lots of men are the same way about women having control.


Seems like you were more interested in me getting my wife's permission, than the safety factor.


I think the point was that any passenger on a motorcycle might have cause to be concerned, regardless of their gender or marital status. You happened to mention that your passenger was your wife.

Dec 4, 2018 5:24 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

I Just found out. That's why I took the steeps to be cautious and bought the watch: but Apple hasn't fulfilled it's part yet. So we are sitting at our place in Phoenix, for the Winter and hope that the app gets released before we go back on the road: but really not required.

I went to the hospital 5 times in the past 11 years for the same slight chest pains, as a precaution, and they all end up saying they could find nothing wrong; "You are as healthy as a 20 year old". The last time, the hospital was going to release me after 2 days and a $19,000 bill. I was to be released that day and I decided I was not told to or even suggested to do it, to walk around the whole cardiac floor, as many times as my knees and back would allow. After 4 trips around the floor, which amounted to about a mile, I went back and laid down and continued to watch TV, until I would be released. The Doctor came in and said:"You have A-Fib". I found out that I've probably had it for a long time and it manifested itself over the years in headaches, just not feeling good, slight chest pressure. It will not really affect me except it could cause a stroke, which I am on the meds for to prevent strokes. The Cardiologist explained it to me this way: Strokes are the real danger from A-Fib: Not A-Fib in itself. A-Fib is the heart valve fluttering , which allows the blood to pool and form a clot, which in turn could go to the brain and cause a stroke.

So the Apple Watch Series 4 is just another precaution on my part, so I can know when I'm not feeling exactly right, what is causing it and take necessary steps in case I am in a situation them deems it necessary.


There are a lot of people on the road, even driving semis, and people flying airplanes, that have A-Fib and don't even know it, or even hide it to keep with their employment/jobs! Without anti-clotting meds, a stroke can occur and results of the situational conditions can be overwhelming and probably have been in many cases. A lot of Stroke meds are advertised on TV every day, like Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor, warfarin, and the most common; aspirin. Some Pilots even take Aspirin, if they suspect they have A-Fib, because if they go to the Doctor, it has to be reported. Like Pilots that breath Oxygen before they fly, if they have a hangover from heavy drinking. Oxygen helps to burn or displace the alcohol content's effects on the brain. I know for a fact that Military Pilots do this before flying and it commonly known, but not reported.

That is why I believe heart monitoring and breath analyzers, should be required, for ALL Air Plane pilots and or Co-Pilots! They have device that will monitor and report the findings in real time to the proper authority/authorities.


Maybe people should be asking more questions of those that drive the roads, hauling freight, Gasoline transporters, every day, or fly our skies above us! Think about that when you see a Semi Truck, Gasoline transporter, approaching you or an Airplane overhead!

Have a nice day!

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