How to track your menstrual cycles on a smartwatch
by Victoria Song from The Verge - All Posts on (#5YXSV)
Apple introduced Cycle Tracking on the Series 5. | Photography by Victoria Song / The Verge Although modern smartwatches and fitness trackers have been around for almost a decade, period tracking didn't arrive until 2018. These integrations shared familiar features with your standard period-tracking app - but a big difference was that instead of having to pull out your phone, you could view or input data from your wrist. And, because these features were part of a wearable platform, users could see how their health trends correlated to their menstrual cycles in one place.
Tracking your menstrual cycles digitally can be more convenient than having to pull out a physical calendar or inputting dates into a spreadsheet. But before you get started, there are a few things to take into account.
First and foremost, you must acknowledge...