Receive retrospective ovulation estimates on Apple Watch

When worn to sleep each night, your Apple Watch can help track temperature changes and use this data to help improve period predictions and provide retrospective ovulation estimates (available on supported models; not available in all countries or regions*).

Important: The Cycle Tracking app should not be used as a form of birth control. Data from the Cycle Tracking app should not be used to diagnose a health condition.

Set up wrist temperature tracking

Set up Cycle Tracking and Sleep.
To establish a temperature baseline, ensure the Sleep Focus is on, then wear your Apple Watch while sleeping.
Wrist temperature data becomes available after about five nights.
To view wrist temperature data, go to the Health app on your iPhone, tap , tap Body Measurements, then tap Wrist Temperature.

Retrospective ovulation estimates should be available after about two menstrual cycles of wearing your Apple Watch to sleep each night.

Note: Your body temperature naturally fluctuates, and can vary from night to night due to a number of variables. Wrist temperature can also be impacted by external factors like your sleep environment.

Turn off wrist temperature for Cycle Tracking

Go to the Health app on your iPhone or iPad.
Do one of the following:
- On iPhone: Tap , then tap Cycle Tracking.
- On iPad: Tap the sidebar, then tap Cycle Tracking.
Scroll down, tap Options, then turn off Use Wrist Temperature.

If you turn off wrist temperature tracking, you no longer receive retrospective ovulation estimates and wrist temperature data is not used for period predictions.

For more information, see the Apple Support article Track your nightly wrist temperature changes with Apple Watch.

See alsoUse Focus on Apple Watch

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Receive retrospective ovulation estimates on Apple Watch

Set up wrist temperature tracking

Turn off wrist temperature for Cycle Tracking