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Wearables Get Serious About Health: The Watch That Flagged a Heart Condition
As sensors improve, smartwatches are crossing from fitness gadgets into genuine medical territory.
Priya Nair
Hardware & Gadgets
Jun 20, 2026 2 min read 13,265
More than step counts
The latest generation of smartwatches packs sensors that would have belonged in a clinic a decade ago. The result: real stories of devices catching conditions their owners didn't know they had.
The accuracy question
Medical professionals urge caution — a consumer wearable is not a diagnostic device. But as a tireless early-warning system, it's increasingly hard to dismiss.
Where it's heading
Continuous, non-invasive monitoring is the holy grail. Each generation gets a little closer.
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