Can Fitbit FINALLY Detect Sleep Apnea? - One Year Later with Charge 3

Explanation w/ results' data 2:47
Summarized results at 5:34
Using Charge 3 One Year Later Thoughts 7:05

It only took 1.5 years for Fitbit to activate their promised Sp02 hardware since initial product launch date. Fitbit Charge 3 and Versa 2 are some of the Fitbit fitness trackers that can monitor your relative SpO2 during your sleep to provide clues into whether you may have sleep apnea, a condition where you pause breathing throughout your sleep causing your blood oxygen saturation to be lowered, which can cause a myriad of health issues.

But does the new hardware actually work? Let's find out and uncover my extensive testing and comparison with other sleep trackers, such as Garmin Vivosmart 4, Vivoactive 4, Beddr SleepTuner, Lookee Ring Sleep Monitor.

My favorite fitness trackers of 2020 thus far:
Fitbit Versa 2

Fitbit Charge 3

Garmin Vivosmart 4

Garmin Vivoactive 4

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[neuroronan]

Great video, man! I was waiting on your input on this, knowing you have sleep apnea and regularly use a CPAP. Very good to know what I can expect from the results.

[Euch]

This channel is criminally underrated. Keep up the good work!

[tammygurl]

Thanks for the review and data analysis of each device. I'm getting a new Fitbit and I'm ok with it picking up estimated variances. It's better than nothing and it's something I can show my doctor. You mentioned you had more non-breathing events on your back. My cardiologist told me to sleep on my side because breathing stops more often when you're on your back. I think it's because the tongue and throat muscles get relaxed and tend to close the throat (because of gravity pushing it backwards, I think). I'm probably not saying it exactly right but it's something like that. Either way, it's best to sleep on your side if you have breathing problems. Thanks again for the analysis! 👍🙂

[fluorescentblack]

Very interesting video and you did a good little study on the different devices. Thanks

[JudyBarrette]

Thanks for this video. I just purchased a FitBit. I was concerned about my low oxygen during sleep. I am reasured and am reading my results differently.

[juanesteban]

I rarely uplike videos, but you did a phenomenal comparison job, I had to at least press that like button.

[alexanderg]

Thanks dude. This is massively helpful. Awesome video.

[annasalazar]

Great information 👍 I actually found out I have moderate sleep apnea because of my fitbit versa 3 😁 I had high variation almost every night . It's really important to check blood oxygen levels .

[RobSomeone]

I also have sleap apnea and you've been the biggest help. It's disappointing that nothing's perfect yet, but I'll be following you now so I'll know when you know :)

[davidvanbruggen]

Hey great video, I think that the fitbit does "roughly" line up with your data shown at the 5 minute mark. It's just that that you should invert it, and cut the fitbit timeline off because they are not the same.

[lenalena]

Great video, thanks a lot! Will be waiting for Fitbit Charge 4 review in term of apnea!

[agufana]

Thankyou for this, really useful. Subscribed!

[brandon]

According to the ring data not only don't you have sleep apnea, you're unusually healthy. It shows a low of 92%, and displays it as yellow, not red. While 92 is concerning during the day it's the ideal low for the healthiest people alive. When you sleep, especially during deep sleep, you're respiration naturally slows, resulting in a base of 88+ in healthy adults, but ideally a base of 90-92. Any higher than 92 is actually a bad thing and is indicative of a large number of diseases, including hyperthyroidism. But also excessive stress or exercise prior to sleep.

[a.jpurple]

I got the garmin vivosmart 4 after buying a fitbit versa and returning 3 days later when it completely shut down on me, exchanged it for the versa 2. Returned it again cos it burnt my skin, other than that, I really really wanted to enjoy it, and I liked how they sneaked in some smart features, but there was always something NOT working. Not to mention the forums after after forums with fitbit's lifespan of only a year and a half. Whats the point of buying a fitness tracker with fancy features and a pricey tag, if its not accurate and dies on you the next year?

[StephieGilley]

I would like to compare the ‘time asleep’ metrics of someone with sleep apnea to someone who doesn’t have sleep apnea. All of those little red bars indicate each time you wake up during the night. Don’t you think lots of bars might be a better indication of sleep apnea?

[yaguang]

Thanks very much! i was looking into pulse ox and potentially purchasing the Garmin

[Crftbt]

Your reviews on sleeptracking, particularly with spo2 are exactly what I've been looking for for quite a while. So I appreciate what you've done! I was curious what might be your recommended device for sleep tracking with spo2. Sounds like Fitbit is off the table.

[extendedp]

Great video, thanks. I am looking for a watch for my 75 yr old mom who uses oxygen at night. The problem is, sometimes her oxygen cannula slips out of her nose, and her O2 drops. I end up having to check on her several times a night, which ruins my sleep too. Which watch or device would you recommend for O2 tracking during sleep? A watch that could alert or alarm low O2 during sleep would be awesome, especially if it could push the alert to a phone. Thanks for the video.

[jorgezepeda]

Very good video! I like how you broke down the data and comparisons. New subscriber.

[robertjordan]

Very much appreciated. You explained this well.