#apple wants to save your hearing and track your menstrual cycle with new #apple Watch update

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Apple’s big upcoming update for the Apple Watch, WatchOS 6, is going to try to protect your ears — Apple’s going to use the built-in microphone to tell you if ambient noise is too loud, and warn you to take care of your hearing. And that’s just one of several new health features coming to the watching, including menstrual cycle (and fertility) tracking on the Watch itself, and a new Activity Trends feature that’ll let you see how you’re tracking towards your fitness goals over time, the company just announced at WWDC 2019.

Yes, this means your Apple Watch microphone may now be listening to you more often, but the company says it will only be “periodically” sampling and doesn’t record or save any audio. We’re guessing security researchers…

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