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Amazon is offering the Apple Watch Series 8 with GPS for $319, down from $399, which is the lowest price ever for this configuration. The smartwatch includes crash and fall detection, emergency SOS feature, and is water-resistant. It also has sensors to monitor heart rate, blood oxygen levels, and sleep stages. The sale includes the 41mm and 45mm versions of the watch with GPS, and it is available in four colors.
A study of over 83,000 people suggests that a smartwatch can detect a telltale early warning sign of heart failure. People whose heartbeats are too close together, indicating a different electrical pattern in the lower chambers of the heart, have about twice the risk of heart failure. This abnormality can be picked up using an ECG on a smartwatch, and around one in 50 middle-aged people have irregular heartbeats like these every 15 seconds. Knowing this could allow middle-aged people to ask their GP to monitor their heart more closely. Smartwatches may also flag up someone's risk of an irregular heartbeat, called atrial fibrillation, which can lead to dizziness and shortness of breath.