After years of development, Apple will likely push the next frontier in health tracking with the Apple Watch in 2025.

We’ve been hearing about Apple working on blood pressure monitoring for years, but various technological challenges have prevented the company from launching this feature. Apple appears to be on the right track to overcome those final hurdles.

Your next Apple Watch may not give you accurate blood pressure numbers, but it’s still very useful

Blood pressure monitoring on Apple Watch is expected to work differently than the usual way of measuring blood pressure using a cuff. Instead of inflating the cuff and taking accurate readings, Apple will rely on a less annoying method using the sensors in the Apple Watch.

This may seem much easier, but notice the way this new feature is referred to – “High Blood Pressure Detection”. This likely means that your next Apple Watch will only alert you when it detects moments when your blood pressure rises, but it may not be able to give you accurate blood pressure numbers. It’s possible that if you detect high blood pressure, your Apple Watch will encourage you to take a more accurate reading using a traditional blood pressure cuff.

This may seem a bit disappointing, but this can be quite a life-saving feature. Since taking blood pressure readings is the procedure that many people with undetected high blood pressure go through, so by simply wearing the Apple Watch, these people may discover such a condition.