Calories 'burned' is always an estimated calculation, at least on a consumer level -- I'm not aware of all available in the professional medical field. Nevertheless, calorie counting, intake and used, is only a (small) portion of fitness and estimates are well enough to allow a person to adjust their consumption amounts. Additionally, you'll probably be surprised that walking can burn as many calories as weight-training. I know this from personal results as well as reading lots of articles about a wide variety of workouts and results studies. One quick search example:
Or buy an iPod touch. It would manage the Apple Watch and, of course, could be utilized for plenty of other tasks, plus would allow @Swampbaby985 to try/acclimate to iOS and better decide if a platform switch is desired/satisfactory with a much lower initial investment cost versus an iPhone.
I'm with you. My iPhone is fine, but I prefer Android as a phone OS. I really love my Apple Watch though, so I make do with an iPhone.
HI: a few months ago Apple removed an app that did this perfectly created by a Doctor in Norway see his web pagr: https://digidoctech.no/
The Apple Watch Series 6 will add blood oxygen monitoring to its features list when it's launched later this year, according to a new report from DigiTimes.
The Taiwan-based website's sources say that the next-generation Apple Watch has undergone "smooth development" thanks to close collaboration between Apple and Taiwanese company ASE Technology, which has obtained major backend orders for the device.
Leaked code found in iOS 14 has previously suggested Apple is working on an Apple Watch that can detect blood oxygen levels.
Based on the discovered code, Apple will provide notifications when blood oxygen levels drop below a healthy threshold, which is right around 95 to 100 percent saturation. A drop in blood oxygen level can suggest a serious respiratory or cardiac problem.
It was not clear from the code if the feature would be limited to new Apple Watch Series 6 devices or if it would come as a software update in watchOS 7, but today's report suggests it may be exclusive to the Series 6.
When the original Apple Watch was released back in 2015, iFixit actually discovered that Apple's heart sensors have the capability to monitor blood oxygen levels, but Apple has never activated it.
Other smartwatch and fitness tracker makers including Google-owned Fitbit already offer blood oxygen monitoring features in some of their wearable devices, so Apple is playing catch-up in the area, but that could mean the company has a more advanced implementation of the feature in the works.
Apple Watch Series 6 models, which are in development for a fall launch, are rumored to feature faster performance, better water resistance and improved wireless transmission for faster Wi-Fi and cellular speeds.
These improvements will be made in part through a rumored swap to liquid crystal polymer or LCP material for the flexible circuit boards expected to be included in the Apple Watch Series 6, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Article Link: Apple Watch Series 6 to Feature Blood Oxygen Monitoring Sensor
You definitely need to get with the program. If you are going to continue to be a regular on MR, you need to get an Apple Watch. Otherwise, the mods might have to take action should that kind of information be made known to them.
First day on MacRumors and insulting fellow members of the forum - - not a promising start.
Maybe, but there's a difference between breathing lightly (which might produce reduced oxygen levels, but is not apnea) and not breathing at all.
After a bit of web searching, I found an article about reflective pulse oximetry from 2016. It's an interesting read. The conclusion is of particular interest:
Now I'm especially curious what Apple may have done to avoid these problems. Is there a suitable artery underneath where a Watch typically rests? If not, what are they measuring? And how do they deal with position changes?ScienceDirect said:
