The Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch Ultra or newer have two temperature sensors that can measure your wrist temperature while you sleep. This gives you a better insight into your overall well-being.
Unfortunately, the temperature sensor function is not a thermometer and only measures your wrist temperature when you sleep. Checking whether you have a fever is therefore not an option. You can view the measured body temperature measured by the Apple Watch.
View body temperature
Are you curious about the exact value of your wrist temperature? Then you can easily view the body temperature measured by an Apple Watch. This can be done on the watch itself or via the Health app on the connected iPhone or iPad.
- Open Settings on your Apple Watch
- Navigate to ‘Health’
- Choose ‘Devices’
- Select your Apple Watch
- Go to ‘Body measurements’
- Choose ‘Wrist temperature’
- View the results
Would you rather view this data in the Health app for iPhone or iPad? Then open Health and go to Data â–¸ Body measurements â–¸ Wrist temperature â–¸ scroll down to ‘Show all data’ â–¸ choose a result â–¸ view the measurements.
What is pulse temperature?
Wrist temperature is a measurement related to the body temperature measured by your Apple Watch while you sleep. Your body temperature naturally fluctuates and can vary nightly due to eating habits, exercise, alcohol consumption, sleep environment, or physiological factors such as menstrual cycles and illness.
Conditions for measuring wrist temperature
To measure the temperature fluctuations of your wrist, you need an Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch ultra or newer. In addition, the measurements are only taken when you sleep. Therefore, Sleep must be configured on the Watch and Track Sleep with Apple Watch must be turned on. Finally, the ‘Sleep’ focus should be turned on for at least 4 hours per night for approximately 5 nights.