Updated Health app and arrival of the Apple Watch body temperature sensor

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(Pocket-lint) – Apple is reportedly planning to update the iPhone’s Health app this year by improving sleep tracking and reminding people to take their medications. The company is also planning to add a body temperature sensor to the Apple Watch in the coming months, and it’s still developing a blood pressure monitor.

According to Bloomberg, the new medication feature would allow you to scan pill bottles and know when you’ve taken your medication. However, not all planned features will be available at launch. Apple may announce the feature, possibly even at WWDC 2022, but it might not actually arrive until a later date.

As for the body temperature sensor, it could help improve fertility tracking features on the Apple Watch. Changes in body temperature within a menstrual cycle can help predict when a person might have their period or determine when their ovulation window occurs – similar to other fertility trackers.

The blood pressure monitor is different from the body temperature sensor.

According to Bloomberg, it probably won’t be available on the Apple Watch until 2024. It should be useful for tracking heart health. But it might need some work before rolling out worldwide. Apple hopes to use this feature to alert users to high blood pressure. According to Bloomberg, the company is currently conducting employee trials.

For more on what Apple might or might not announce this year, check out Pocket-lint’s WWDC 2022 rumor guide.

Written by Maggie Tillman.