{"id":3826,"date":"2022-11-04T07:56:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T07:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.fourthfrontier.com\/blog\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2024-07-25T08:25:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T07:25:01","slug":"wearable-technology-now-with-ecg-apple-watch-series-7-vs-frontier-x2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fourthfrontier.com\/uk\/wearable-technology-now-with-ecg-apple-watch-series-7-vs-frontier-x2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wearable Technology, now with ECG \u2013 Apple Watch Series 7 vs Frontier X2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since the Fitbit ECG watch was released in 2009 wearable technology\u2019s presence in the mainstream has been growing significantly. While some products that preceded it could\u2019ve been put in a similar category, Fitbit paved the way for the fruitful merger between daily use wearable technology and healthcare.<\/p>\n

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This last decade has seen a massive influx of wearable technology, and the addition of health features has been great news for all athletes, frequent exercisers, and those who want to track their health a little more closely. Today wearables are able to measure numerous important metrics such as your heart rate (using a heart rate monitor<\/strong><\/a>), number of footsteps, blood oxygen levels, as even your ECG.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nWHAT IS ECG?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ECG, which stands for Electro-Cardiogram, has become a particularly hot topic for consumers ever since Apple announced it as new a feature in the Apple Watch Series. In simple terms, an Electro-Cardiogram is a recording of the heart’s electrical activity. An ECG recording can show how fast the heart is beating, the rhythm of the heart beats (steady or irregular), and the strength and timing of the electrical impulses as they move through the different parts of the heart. Now a feature in the Apple Watch and other wearables, the ECG is an excellent tool to analyze your heart activity that used to mainly be available only in clinics and hospitals.<\/p>\n

Watches like the Series 7 have gained serious popularity due to such healthcare features, but is the ECG feature actually good enough to track your\u00a0Heart Health<\/a>? And what are the alternatives?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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WHAT CAN THE APPLE WATCH ECG DO?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Like most premium smartwatches these days, the Apple Watch can take a spot-check of your ECG. This allows you to get a current reading of your heart activity as you push your finger against the appropriate button.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, since a reading can only be taken when your finger is pressed against the watch, it is impossible to continuously track your ECG through exercise, regular day-to-day activities, or even sleep.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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LIMITATIONS OF THE APPLE WATCH ECG<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The primary limitation of the Apple Watch ECG feature is that the inability to continuously measure your readings means the data you get is less accurate and less valuable. Especially when trying to spot any heart issues.<\/p>\n

With a chest-based wearable like the\u00a0Frontier X2, you can measure your ECG continuously throughout the day and during exercise. The Frontier X2 ECG monitor even has the ability to alert you if it catches anything abnormal through its continuous measuring. And that\u2019s not nearly all the benefits of such a wearable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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BENEFITS OF A CHEST-WORN ECG WEARABLE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1. MUCH MORE ACCURATE SIGNAL QUALITY WHICH CAN MEASURE SEVERAL HEART ISSUES<\/strong><\/p>\n