After 10 days with the Apple Watch Series 12, I'm disturbed by one 'slightly off' reading
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Wearables are now treated as quasi-clinical devices, so a single “slightly off” reading can reshape user trust and behavior. If you build on health data, design for anomaly explanation and escalation paths, not just dashboards, or your product will be blamed when the numbers feel wrong.
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