Apple Watch sleep apnea detection gets FDA clearance

Apple’s caller sleep apnea detection characteristic has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration — and Watch Series 9 aliases Watch Ultra 2 owners tin usage it starting today.

Sleep apnea is simply a upset that causes group to abruptly extremity breathing during sleep. The caller feature, which is rolling retired arsenic portion of the watchOS 11 update, will usage the Apple Watch’s accelerometer to observe mini wrist movements linked pinch breathing disturbances during sleep. Apple will past usage this accusation to alert users of imaginable mean to terrible slumber apnea.

You tin find and way the caller “breathing disturbances” metric successful the Health app, wherever you tin besides download information to stock it pinch a doctor. Apple says its slumber apnea notification algorithm was developed pinch “advanced instrumentality learning and an extended information group of clinical-grade slumber apnea tests.”

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch also sewage FDA authorization for its slumber apnea characteristic earlier this year. Apple will besides rotation retired slumber apnea discovery to the forthcoming Watch Series 10 and plans connected making the characteristic disposable successful complete 150 countries and regions.