Users say their Apple Watch can predict when they’re about to fall sick

watchOS 11's new Vitals app gave many users a heads-up ahead of time that something was wrong with their body.

Users say their Apple Watch can predict when they’re about to fall sick
An Apple Watch Series 10 rests on its side, displaying the Vitals app.
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  • Several users report that the Vitals app on their Apple Watch could foresee an upcoming sickness by several days, thanks to overnight monitoring of key health vitals.
  • Other users haven’t had the same luck, noting that this could be chalked down to pain tolerance.
  • Apple also warns that Vitals app measurements are not intended for medical use.

The Apple Watch Series 10 is the latest in the Apple Watch lineup. Not only does it make a wonderful addition to the iPhone ecosystem, but it is also one of the best smartwatches for health monitoring. Apple has made some genuinely useful additions over the years through watchOS on Apple Watches, one of them being the Vitals app that launched the latest watchOS 11 release. With the update now available for a few weeks in the stable branch, users are now testifying to the app’s utility, noting how it highlighted bodily changes before a sickness.

Reddit user dalethomas81 noted how the Vitals app on their Apple Watch pointed out three nights of higher-than-normal wrist temperature overnight. This observation turned out to be prophetic, as the user noted that they did subsequently fall sick.