Bloomberg: 2024 Apple Watch to Gain Blood Pressure Monitoring and Sleep Apnea Detection

[Eddyo]

I’d be happy to purchase a new watch with these added features including adding blood pressure and sleep apnea measurements but
I’ll wait till Apple can fix the measurement of cardiofitness in a gym running/elliptical exercise. It does not work and apparently no plan to support based on feedback from Apple support.

 

[Razorpit]

I’d be happy to purchase a new watch with these added features including adding blood pressure and sleep apnea measurements but
I’ll wait till Apple can fix the measurement of cardiofitness in a gym running/elliptical exercise. It does not work and apparently no plan to support based on feedback from Apple support.

When you say it does not work what do you mean? I use an elliptical and my watch is practically 1:1 with calories burned and heart rate. As I mentioned earlier my machine has one of those chest straps. I’m amazed at how close they are, granted I’m not looking at it from anything other than that, I’m interested in what you found. What am I missing?

 

[twistedpixel8]

Sleep Apnea detection would be great if I didn't have to choose between wearing the watch during the day or through the night due to battery life.

Imagine if you could have user-replaceable batteries in the watch that functioned like the SIM ejector tray on iPhone. That would be game-changing.

 

[Momof2.1107]

I keep track of my blood pressure and blood sugar at home, and upload my data into the health app. I’m on bp meds so I definitely have to keep track of that. Diabetes run in my family, so I’m tracking my blood sugar to see where I stand. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea last summer, after suffering from a PE, and have been using a CPAP machine since then. I also use a Wellue O2 ring to track my SPo2 at night, and have a vibration alarm go off when my oxygen go below 90% or my heart rate go below or above a certain number. I’m waiting for the day, when my Apple Watch can track all of this and I will not have to use other pieces of technology to track this.

 

[DrRadon]

"The system is designed to just tell a user if their blood pressure is trending upward"

I did some research last year on wearable blood pressure monitors. So far, the only one which exists (and is approved as being clinically valid) is https://aktiia.com/uk/blood-pressure-monitor.

It comes supplied with an arm cuff which is used regularly to calibrate the watch.

As Gurman guesses, the new Apple watch can only work out whether blood pressure is increasing (or decreasing). It's like those fat-percentage scales - they're not at all accurate but they are consistent so can usually report if values are increasing or drecreasing.

However Apple Health dos collect blood pressure data from Bluetooth devices. So there is plenty out there to feed into a hybride system like this for higher accuracy.

 

[DrRadon]

Hate to break it for you, but BP is just not possible on the wrist. Even HR is hard and extremely inaccurate. That's how our bodies are built, no way around it.

I have a certified device for my wrist and my doctor seems to be happy with the data I am providing him with.

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