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Friday 1 May 2015

Apple confirms tattoos can impact heart rate sensor performance on Apple Watch

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In an update to an Apple Watch support document this week, Apple confirms that tattoos around the forearm and wrist area can impact the heart rate sensor performance on the wearable. Earlier this week, Watch owners took to Twitter and Reddit to complain that their tattoos were causing all sorts of errors with the device.

Apple addresses the issue in a document entitled “Your heart rate. What it means, and where on Apple Watch you’ll find it.” Many factors, it says, can affect the performance of the Watch’s heart rate sensor, including skin perfusion (blood flow), irregular motion/movements, and permanent or temporary changes to your skin.... Read the rest of this post here


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