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By 2020, Apple Watch had shipped 30.7 million units worldwide, compared to 21.1 million for all Swiss watch brands combined. The Apple Watch is one element of a broader strategy for Apple to be the data backbone of healthcare. Apple has applied its vaunted design skills to make the Apple Watch a leading wearable. The Watch is useless as a wellness device without healthcare apps that Apple has been developing, such as an ECG app and irregular heart rhythm notification feature that Apple released in December 2018.