IFixit has found that the Apple Watch contains a pulse oximeter that can measure the amount of oxygen in your blood. They speculate that Apple may be waiting for FDA approval before they enable the feature on the watch.
IFixit has found that the Apple Watch contains a pulse oximeter that can measure the amount of oxygen in your blood. They speculate that Apple may be waiting for FDA approval before they enable the feature on the watch.
IFixit has found that the Apple Watch contains a pulse oximeter that can measure the amount of oxygen in your blood. They speculate that Apple may be waiting for FDA approval before they enable the feature on the watch.
I don't know if I would say they found a discrete (ie separate) pulse ox... From reading their teardown, it seems like the way Apple determines heart rate is based on a device that is technically capable of measuring pulse ox in addition to heart rate. I know its basically like saying they found a pulse ox, but that could be construed to mean that they found an additional (previously unknown) sensor that can measure oxygen in the blood.
"Apple's heart rate monitor is actually a plethysmograph—it looks and acts like a pulse oximeter, but Apple isn’t claiming it can measure your blood oxygen level." (Quote from iFixit teardown page)
