Her Apple Watch wouldn’t stop nagging her. Then doctors found blood cancer

If not for my personal experience, I’d see most content about smartwatches saving people’s lives as nothing but a clever marketing ploy. In many cases, smartwatches start alerting their owners about something being wrong before they can even feel it.

“Hand on heart, if it wasn’t for my smartwatch constantly nagging me, I wouldn’t have even noticed something was wrong,” Amanda Faulkner, the consultant psychiatrist, told the Herald.

The Apple Watch kept nagging her about her unusually high resting heart rate. First thinking the watch was faulty, she eventually decided to get her health checked.

Amanda was soon diagnosed with a rare type of blood cancer. This happened back in January. And while Amanda is not out of the woods just yet, she and her husband praise Apple Watch for saving her life.

And while Apple Watch can’t be used as a diagnostic tool, timely heart rate alerts can serve as a reminder to visit your GP.

Numerous testaments describe how a smartwatch saved lives, mostly related to heart rate alerts. Seeing how useful and popular health features are among users, tech companies are working towards more complex features like continuous blood pressure or glucose monitoring.

Now, wearable technology has reached the point where it can save you from falling down a snowy mountain or serve as a hearing aid. And, of course, it’s still very convenient when it comes to losing weight and getting fit.