Apple Watch 8 To Feature Body Temperature Sensor

This year’s Apple Watch Series 8 is expected to feature new health tracking functions. According to a new report, the upcoming Apple Watch 8 could gain a body temperature sensor that can assess whether you have a fever. However, it will not be able to show you an exact reading.

In Bloomberg’s latest Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman predicts that the standard Apple Watch 8 and the new rugged models will come with a body temperature feature. Gurman adds that this year’s lower-end SE Watch will most likely miss out on this capability.

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“The body-temperature feature won’t give you a specific reading—like with a forehead or wrist thermometer—but it should be able to tell if it believes you have a fever. It could then recommend talking to your doctor or using a dedicated thermometer,” Gurman says.

Back in April this year, the journalist had predicted that the Apple Watch 8 will get body temperature monitoring. He had said that the function will arrive on this year’s Apple Watch if it passes internal testing. It was reported that the body temperature sensor would be arriving as a part of the new women’s health features. For the uninitiated, a woman’s basal body temperature can be used to track her ovulation cycle. The report added that in the future, this feature could be used to check if a user has a body temperature that’s higher than usual.

Apart from the body temperature sensor, Gurman predicts that the Apple Watch 8 will come with minor hardware changes. Additionally, he reiterates that the new models will be powered by an S8 processor with the same processing power as S7 and S6 chips. Gurman says that he has learnt from internal sources that the new high-end versions will get updated displays.