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A person uses an Apple Watch Series 3 at the Apple Omotesando store on September 22, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan.
The FDA has approved an EKG monitor as an accessory for the Apple Watch — the first certified medical device for the increasingly popular wearable, medical tech company AliveCor announced Thursday.
AliveCor’s KardiaBand allows Watch wearers to check their heart activity with an embedded sensor, flagging abnormal heart rhythms that could indicate a serious health issue.
The band starts at $199 and requires a yearly subscription of $99 for the monitoring services, the company said.
Apple has said its seen rapid growth in Watch sales in recent months, boosted by the addition of cellular service that allows the Watch to be a standalone product, untethered from the iPhone.
The company has tapped the Watch as a key to its growing commitment to health tech.
