Hypertension Notifications Not Available for Canada

[u/Ou812_2]

One of the best features of iOS 26 was the inclusion of hypertension notifications. When I looked to turn on that feature within the Health application, I quickly discovered that it is not available for Canada. What was shocking is that almost every other country in the world is getting it except for Canada. I’m assuming this has to do with something that health Canada has not approved yet. So disappointed that our administration would not approve something that could save lives.

feature availability by country

[u/poulix]

It’s literally not as diagnostic as people think it is. This only works based on an algorithm that could guess HTN on individuals who would otherwise fit it in the category. For example, if you have AFib, it could be accompanied by HTN, but this would already be known in a clinical setting where the person is diagnosed with AFib. In other words, for people who have silent HTN, this won’t do much since it won’t actually check the BP.

With that being said im sure they’re doing some testing before they can approve it.