Apple's Cycle Tracking app to add gestational age

At WWDC 2024, Apple announced that Cycle Tracking will soon show gestational age during pregnancy.
By Rebecca Ruiz  on 
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Apple's Cycle Tracking app will soon show gestational age. Credit: DigitalVision / Getty Images

Apple's Cycle Tracking app will soon indicate the gestational age of a user's pregnancy, according to an announcement made during the company's WWDC 2024 presentation.

Gestational age is a term that describes how far a pregnancy is, based on the first day of a woman's last period. Currently, app users can input their pregnancy into the app, which tracks menstrual cycles but does not show gestational age.

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The Health app will also prompt pregnant users to review important wellness metrics, including their high heart rate notification threshold. Heart rate typically increases during pregnancy.

The changes will take effect with iOS 18, which is expected to launch in September.

Rebecca Ruiz
Rebecca Ruiz

Rebecca Ruiz is a Senior Reporter at Mashable. She frequently covers mental health, digital culture, and technology. Her areas of expertise include suicide prevention, screen use and mental health, parenting, youth well-being, and meditation and mindfulness. Prior to Mashable, Rebecca was a staff writer, reporter, and editor at NBC News Digital, special reports project director at The American Prospect, and staff writer at Forbes. Rebecca has a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and a Master's in Journalism from U.C. Berkeley. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer, watching movie trailers, traveling to places where she can't get cell service, and hiking with her border collie.


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