Isn't intuitive?
1) Put watch on wrist.
2) Go to sleep
Perhaps you'd be correct if you suggested the Apple Watch isn't as accurate. But who wants to go through attaching this to ourselves every night? ?
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Isn't intuitive?
1) Put watch on wrist.
2) Go to sleep
Perhaps you'd be correct if you suggested the Apple Watch isn't as accurate. But who wants to go through attaching this to ourselves every night? ?
You know the Apple iWatch 4-5 series battery is just horrible and need more than 2 hours to fully charge. Conversely, oppo watch is capable of recharging from 0 up to 50% under 20 minutes.
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I don't understand. I use my apple watch for sleep tracking already using the autosleep app. Seems fairly accurate enough. I don't mind the watch at all when I am sleeping either. I don't even know it's there. Seems very intuitive to me.
Than 18 hours?
It's very rare that a new Apple generation worsens battery life.
Wonder what would be the accuracy compared to medical devices? Have the heart rate sensors on apple watch gotten better for HIIT styled workouts?
Than 18 hours?
It's very rare that a new Apple generation worsens battery life.
The battery life is a disaster on Apple iWatch 4-5 and took an extremely long time to fully charge and only lasted 18 hours.
OK, you can stop now. You are making no sense.
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Actually there are several apps available that let you use you Apple Watch for sleep monitoring. Sleep Watch and AutoSleep being two.
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My wife and I both get 30+ hours per charge on our AW4's. Her's cellular, mine GPS.
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I personally can’t sleep with it on my wrist. Too bulky and who knows what kind of odd angles my hands end up in as I’m rolling over.
Okay, I’ll bite.
If you wear the watch during the day (normal use) AND wear it at night for “sleep study,” when do you charge it?
There are third party apps that do this. My favorite is AutoSleep. If you’re on the fence, it’s worth taking a look.
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It doesn’t take that long to charge. Going from 50% to full is only about 45-60 minutes.
Probably a patent issue.
US5830137A - Green light pulse oximeter - Google Patents
A reflectance pulse oximeter that determines oxygen saturation of hemoglobin using two sources of electromagnetic radiation in the green optical region, which provides the maximum reflectance pulsation spectrum. The use of green light allows placement of an oximetry probe at central body sites...
patents.google.com
Measuring body temperature is at the top of my wish list for things to add. Too bad no rumors for that.
They’ll tweak the hardware on the 6 and say that while it might technically be possible on the 4/5, it wouldn’t be as good an experience and doesn’t meet their high standards.
Actually, this is false.
In order to measure SpO2 you require a red & infrared LED array - not green & infrared. Green LEDs are very good at detecting a pulsatile flow of a red substance (ie. Blood) even in tricky situations where there is lots of movement; red, not so much. This is why most fitness trackers use green LEDs for pulse rate detection during workouts.
A pulse oximeter needs a red & infrared LED due to the unique characteristics of the difference between the absorption spectra of oxygenated haemoglobin & deoxygenated haemoglobin at very specific light frequencies - which just happen to be red (660nm) & infrared (940nm).
Unless the old hardware has a dormant red LED which I’m pretty sure it doesn’t, this will require new hardware. But I would also question the need for it for the general public, unless it is coupled with sleep monitoring.
Disclosure: I’m an Anaesthesiologist (and an Apple Developer
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I wear my watch all day and sleep with it. When I get up in the morning I take it off and charge while I am getting ready. This process takes around an hour to some times two. My watch is charged. Repeat every day.
Why? It’s not the LEVEL of oxygen saturation that’s important but the AMOUNT of oxygen that’s transported. You can have 100% saturation, but still have complaints because of low hemoglobin. Also, low saturation values (even under 90%) can be normal for people with lung diseases.
what would you do if you measure low saturation but feel fine, would you start/increase medication? or let a professional have a go at it? Let me be your professional; first you have a complain (E.g. shortness of breath) then you consult a professional, if needed she/he will do further research. This doesn’t work the other way around.
if you have complaints, consult a physician, not an (Apple) watch..
I worked on developing SpO2 a long time ago, this is a great description. Unless the current watches somehow have more LEDs tucked away, this will require another transmitter/sensor pair - so, a new watch.
The location of the sensors is also tricky. This would be reflective and not transmissive. Most SpO2 is done at the fingertip, where you can easily shine both wavelengths through the fingertip (transmissive) and also capture the pulsatile waveform.
Top of the wrist? That'll be interesting - it will have to be reflective, and that's harder to work with. But Apple has resources - money, time, no doubt some smart hires as well.
Also worked on home-based sleep apnea kits, also a long time ago. The union of SpO2, pulse rate and accelerometer readings (maybe even snore detection) - all on the wrist? That would be game-changing. Undiagnosed sleep apnea is very common - getting people aware that they have signs of it would be quite a win.
No, not a diagnosis. No, not treatment. But there are likely millions out there that would benefit from some level of detection - probably quite a few more than the already-accepted Afib detection.
FDA will of course be involved, as well as their counterparts in other countries. Do you allow actual SpO2 readings to be displayed? Or do you only allow something less than readings?
Fun times. But detecting sleep apnea would be entirely in line with Apple's direction of using technology to help people in real & direct ways.
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1. There's no such product as an "Apple iWatch".
2. The battery life on Apple Watch Series 4 and 5 is nowhere near as bad as you claim.
Of course you should see a doctor who can properly diagnose your condition rather than relying on a watch to control your destiny.
My point was the watch、if able to give accurate readings, would facilitate your decision to seek specialist guidance before something terrible happens.
3 years ago I had heart failure after I found out my lungs were clogged up with fluids, short breath and heart rate 170.
I had no Apple watch but I had common sense to see the doc.
That decision was life saving.
It would have been nice to have the watch at that time as I could have seeked guidance much earlier without putting one foot in the grave.
Thx for the professional advice
on hemoglobin, but I get checked up by a professional in Tokyo every 6 weeks and ask him to print out all the stats so I check all critical areas and take care of my health until the next check up.
So yes, I have it the right way around, the doc comes first, but the watch has the potential to be a life saving friend.