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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Alan Martin

Your next Fitbit could watch your blood pressure

Fitbit Sense 2 — the watch designed to help you to manage stress, improve sleep, and track key heart-health indicators

(Picture: Google)

Watching your blood pressure is vital, as high systolic and diastolic readings can indicate that your heart is working too hard to push blood around the body, increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

But it’s an uncomfortable measure to take and one that requires specialist equipment — typically a cuff that tightens around your arm and then measures the speed at which blood moves once relaxed.

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