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Cycle Tracking Adds Menopause Support for the First Time, With Rules Apple Spells Out
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Cycle Tracking Adds Menopause Support for the First Time, With Rules Apple Spells Out

Mike Peterson · September 12, 2026

Cycle Tracking is adding perimenopause and menopause support for the first time, a feature Apple has never previously built into the Health app. It arrives in watchOS 27 on Monday, September 14, and Apple has attached specific rules to it: an age floor, symptom logging, and two sentences the company is careful to include about…

How to Set Up Cycle Tracking and Perimenopause Notifications on Apple Watch Series 12
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How to Set Up Cycle Tracking and Perimenopause Notifications on Apple Watch Series 12

Mike Peterson · September 10, 2026

Cycle Tracking for Apple Watch Series 12 is set up in the Health app on iPhone: tap Search, then Cycle Tracking, then Get Started. Once it is on, you log a period from the Cycle Tracking app on the watch, and the perimenopause and menopause notifications Apple added for watchOS 27 arrive with the free…

watchOS 27 Cycle Tracking Adds Perimenopause and Menopause Support: What It Does
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watchOS 27 Cycle Tracking Adds Perimenopause and Menopause Support: What It Does

Mike Peterson · September 9, 2026

watchOS 27 adds perimenopause and menopause support to Cycle Tracking on Apple Watch. Users 40 and over will get a notification when changes in their cycle suggest perimenopause, and the app adds notifications for postmenopausal bleeding. The update arrives free on Monday, September 14, 2026, though Apple says the feature is not available in all…

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