How Apple Watch Sleep Apnea Detection Works

Apple has a new way of identifying signs of sleep apnea using the accelerometer on the Apple Watch. Apple's Deidre Caldbeck and Dr. Matt Bianchi explain how this feature works, how it was tested and the validation process needed to bring it to the watch. Sleep apnea notifications are available on the Apple Watch Series 10, Series 9 and Ultra 2.

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0:00 Sleep Apnea Notifications Come to Apple Watch
0:38 How Your Apple Watch Detects Breathing Disruptions
1:04 Accelerometers Track Breathing Interruptions
1:51 What Does The Apple Watch Actually Track?
2:34 How Accurate is the Apple Watch?
3:57 Availability of Apple Watch Notifications
4:47 Setting Up Sleep Apnea Notifications

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[pinoyteam]

In 2015, I was diagnosed with sleep apnea. My initial sleep study said i stopped breathing 77X per hour. That's a minimum of 10 seconds per stop. 30+ stops per hour is considered severe. I've been using a cpap machine every night now since. In 9 yrs, I've exceeded 1.0 stops per hour less than 10x. I own the Apple watch Ultra 2. I'm glad this is avail for Samsung and now Apple. I can honestly say the cpap machine has greatly increased my quality of life.

[Jayden-lrmm]

Very useful feature for those that suffer from sleep apnea

[WhittyPics]

Blood 02 is the reason I bought the series 6. That is the metric that doctors follow

[jonpritchard]

According to my phone, the Sleep Apnea feature is no longer available in my region (Canada). Is this correct?

[ilovegodverymuch]

I am a candidate. I have sleep apnea and I have a machine. Let’s see how I do with the Apple Watch on with it.

[GG-gkjn]

11, 000 nights tbh is a small figures to study so called a medical device….. basically 30 patients over 1 year

[umangpatel]

Apple Watch cellular from USA
Will it work in india ??

[taybetatik]

Which strap the most comfortable for sleep?

[prajwalyadav]

11k data points doesn’t look enough data for such a critical use case

[davidturner]

I have a Samsung Ultra and an Apple Ultra 2 and the information from Samsung far exceeds Apples. Without the blood Oxygen sensor you get no tracking of oxygen saturation during sleep. My Samsung monitors my temperature during sleep along with all the other things that Apple monitors. Apples refusal to correct the issue with the Blood Oxygen sensor is taking away from the information that is provided to you about your sleep. I can not understand why Apple has no BO app of their own when Samsung can provide this feature. I like my Apple Ultra 2 but I wish Apple would become a company with integrity and fix this issue.

[jonathangoldsmith]

What if my watch hand is usually tucked under my pillow at night?

[justin]

They should partner with the VA.

Veterans get sent An Apple Watch or get a Veteran Discount.

[firstlast-ptpp]

I think blood oxygene used as a detection for apnea from a watch is patented - that's why apple is not using it - a $20 watch with blood oxygene monitor is just as good on that part 😊

[ChrisBa]

I wonder how good this will work if the apple watch cant even detect that i went to sleep again after beeing awake for 10 min

[GrazianoAltieri]

I really hope they would have worked on a better automatic sleep tracking like Fitbit does instead of adding features that no-one cares.

[ES-rpdx]

I hope it works better than other features on Apple Watch. I’m standing at my desk for 8h a day and watch prompts me multiple times to stand up 🤦🏻 I guess if you know how to sell, it people will buy it

[joncruz]

Why limit this tool to Apple Watch 10? sometimes apple acts in ridiculous ways.

[narayantm]

The facade of meeting “performance objectives” is a standard ploy that apple uses to introduce new features only to newer devices forcing people to upgrade to get the feature. They should be more transparent about what those objectives are, and really should be focused on bringing more features to existing product base as well - given how widely their products are used. Just do not tolerate this artificial ‘software wall’ they have created.. and how they tout the same.

[HokgiartoSaliem]

If you want cheap device, you can use Huawei Band 9, latest one. Less than $50.

[StevieCooper]

I love CNET, since dial up days, and I love Lexi (also aussie)
but this just felt like a promo and I’m disappointed x