Three years ago, Apple released the Apple Watch Series 4, which upgraded the larger display and brought the electrocardiogram function. However, the BNP version of the watch has nothing to do with it - not that the hardware does not support it, but that the software needs to be adapted and reviewed.
Until today, apple in the latest iOS 15.2 and watchOS 8.3 system, finally brought the long-reviewed electrocardiogram function to the National Bank of China Apple Watch. In addition to the electrocardiogram, iOS 15.2 actually has a lot of features worth paying attention to, let's take a look.
The Bank of China Apple Watch supports electrocardiograms
Hopefully, hopefully, the ECG finally came. As long as your watch is an Apple Watch S4 and later, after upgrading watchOS 8.3 and iOS 15.2, you can open it in the "Health > Browse > Heart" of your iOS device. After a while, the ELECTROCardi app will appear on your Apple Watch.
If you have previously enabled the ECG function through various means, it will not be affected after the update.
To use an ECG is also very simple, just put on the watch and open the ECG app, put the index finger of the other hand on the digital crown, and you can complete the test after 30 seconds, and the test results will be instantly synced to the health app of the iOS device. You can export your ECG as a PDF file in the Health app for your doctor's reference.
However, it should be noted that Apple Watch is not a professional medical device, and the results of the ELECTROCARDI test can only be referred to and cannot be used to diagnose diseases such as heart disease. If you have doubts about the results of the test or are unwell, it is better to consult a doctor as soon as possible.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the ECG function of the Apple Watch of the National Bank of China is fully known as the "Mobile ECG Atrial Fibrillation Prompt Software", and the software version is V1, which supports the detection of atrial fibrillation at normal heart rate. The latest software version is V2, which, in addition to supporting the V1 version, can also detect atrial fibrillation at high heart rates.
App privacy report visualization
In the previous iOS 15 system, the app privacy report function has existed. However, at that time, we could only choose to export to an NDJSON format file and use a third-party app to view it. This is complicated to use, not to mention, a large piece of plain text has directly dissuaded many people. In iOS 15.2, Apple finally provided a visual interface for this feature.
By going to the "Settings > Privacy > App Privacy Report", we can visualize which apps have called our privacy information or connected to in the past 7 days.
In practice, you can find that this function is very powerful, no matter whether the app / web page is in the foreground or background, what data it reads, sensors, and what domain names it has contacted will be recorded. If they do something non-compliant, then we can get them out very quickly.
In addition, for some apps that fully support this feature for updates, Apple will also prompt you to "The developer has not updated this app to show which domain sites in the app or other content to view."
Of course, the old NDJSON file format export feature hasn't been cut out either. Click the Share button to the right of the app's privacy report title.
Macro photography control buttons
For iPhone 13 Pro series models, Apple provides a switch in iOS 15.1 to turn off auto macro to avoid repeated jumps across the main camera and ultra-wide-angle macro when shooting close-up objects. Now, this switch has been upgraded to "macro control", further enhancing the user experience.
Turn on the "Macro Control" switch in the "Settings > Camera", and when you enter the camera, when the viewfinder is close to the object, a macro shooting button like a flower will appear. If we need to shoot macro, tap it to start, otherwise the camera will continue to use the original shooting lens and mode.
Notification summary UI improvements
In iOS 15.2, the UI design of notification summaries has also ushered in a new change. Compared with the previous notification summary, the notification cards in this version of the summary are more "unrestrained", and the effect after clicking is more obviously distinguished from other notifications.
The Legacy Contacts feature is officially launched
The Legacy Contacts feature was introduced in WWDC in June this year, and it wasn't until iOS 15.2, half a year later, that it was officially launched.
Click "Settings > Apple ID Username > Password & Security > Legacy Contacts" to come to the corresponding settings interface. Click Add legacy contact, then verify Face ID or Touch ID, follow the prompts to successfully add and get an access key.
After our death, users who are added to the legacy contact list can access some of our private data and remove the activation lock from all Apple devices without the need for an Apple ID password and two-factor authentication with the access key and death certificate above. Therefore, it is important to choose people you trust as your estate contacts, such as parents, lovers, children, etc.
New Apple Music voice-activated subscription solution
Not long ago, Apple launched a new "Apple Music voice-activated subscription program" at the autumn conference, which also came with iOS 15.2. In simple terms, the voice-activated subscription plan can only play content on Apple Music through Siri, but does not provide a graphical interface in the Music app to operate, and does not support spatial audio, lossless music, lyric display, and other features.
This also means that voice-activated solutions are not available on third-party devices — because there are currently no non-Apple devices that support Siri and provide Apple Music services.
Other feature updates
In addition to these features mentioned above, iOS 15.2 has many more feature updates. However, it should be noted that not all of the following features can be used Chinese mainland.
Apple TV App adds a new store classification to make it easier to distinguish between Movies sold in Apple TV+ and Apple TV;
Music app supports searching for music in playlists;
The Mail app supports selecting "Hide My Email" when sending (requires an iCloud+ subscription);
Controversial
The iMessage Information Child Information Security Test will be officially launched. It automatically determines whether a child user is sending (or receiving) a pornographic image. If a child receives a pornographic image, it will be automatically blurred. If you want to forcibly view or send pornographic images, a warning card will pop up and notify the parents. Apple says this is done using local machine learning, and Apple servers don't know any data;
New search protection mechanism for Siri, Spotlight, and Safari Search, with warning alerts popping up when children search for certain content that suggests that such topics are harmful;
SOS Emergency Contact adds a "Press and Hold to Make a Call" function. Keep pressing and holding the side button and any volume key button to make the iPhone automatically make emergency service calls;
CarPlay adds more map details to supported cities;
Find added a "Identify Items Found" button to check if there are some products in the vicinity tracking their location, or to view the information left by the lost person;
Reminders support batch renaming and deleting tags;
iPhone can recognize a change record of the screen, battery, or camera. Genuine parts can be queried for repair dates and more information, while non-genuine parts will prompt a warning.
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