frankacter 4 days ago

>Can't wait to get this in more devices.

Samsung received FDA approval back in February:

https://aasm.org/samsung-galaxy-watch-sleep-apnea-feature-re...

It works on a different monitoring method and requires 2 sleep cycles over 4 hours each in a 10 day window to start detecting.

>The feature, a software-only mobile medical app, uses smartwatch built-in sensors to monitor the user’s sleep for significant breathing disruptions associated with OSA. Users may track their sleep twice for more than four hours within a 10-day period to utilize the feature.

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coldpie 4 days ago

Yeah I'm generally a tech skeptic, but getting FDA approval for a real, common problem is a fantastic use for this kind of device. I did an at-home sleep study a few months ago, and while it wasn't an unpleasant experience, it did involve a long wait for an appointment, two trips to & from a specialty clinic, and awkwardly strapping on this device to sleep with overnight. That's a lot of barriers. Being able to do get a useful result for a very impactful health condition, just with an affordable piece of hardware that many people already have is a game changer.

Great job to the team at Apple for getting this together & getting real approval for it.

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  • MBCook 4 days ago

    This won’t tell you that you have sleep apnea, it will tell you you might. From there you’d probably need a real sleep study.

    However how many people will this catch that had no idea they should get checked? Not unlike some of the people who found out they have afib after their watches suggested they get checked? I agree this is great.

    It’d be interesting if we find out that a very different percentage of the population have sleep apnea than we thought simply because so many more get checked as a result of this.

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