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Apple Watch Sleep Apnea Detection Gets FDA Approval 31

Posted by BeauHD from the green-lit dept.
The FDA has approved sleep apnea detection on the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Watch Ultra 2. "The green light comes four days ahead of the Series 10's September 20 release date," notes TechCrunch. From the report: The feature, announced at last week's iPhone 16 event, will arrive as part of the imminent watchOS 11 release. Once enabled, it requires 10 nights of sleep tracking data spread out over a 30-day span to determine whether a user may have the condition. During that time, it also offers insights into nightly sleeping disturbances, utilizing the on-board accelerometer.

The FDA classes the feature as an "over-the-counter device to assess risk of sleep apnea." Apple is quick to note that the addition is not a diagnostic tool. Rather, it will prompt users to seek a formal diagnosis from a healthcare provider. The condition, which causes breathing to become shallower or repeatedly stop during the night, is associated with a variety of different symptoms. The Mayo Clinic notes that it can cause insomnia, headaches, daytime sleepiness, and other longer-term conditions.
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  • Sleep apnea is no joke... (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Jhon ( 241832 ) on Monday September 16, 2024 @07:19PM (#64791677) Homepage Journal

    I wish I had some type of notification a few years ago. It went undiagnosed for years before My body got fed up with me and started attacking itself. I ended up with a huge auto-immune response where my own lungs were targeted. Ended up in the hospital for about 2 weeks and my lungs had so much inflammation that they thought I was riddled with tumors originally. Nope, just inflammation.

    No telling how many brain cells I killed before I got my face-hugger mask -- but many of the health things that started pop up on my radar (higher blood pressure, for example) got back under control once I started with my handy-dandy APAP machine.

    Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to paint this gizmo as the greatest thing since sliced bread -- I hate the thing with the fiery heat of 10,000 suns -- but I hate brain-damage and strokes more.

    • Bro scared me into working out!!!!

      • Sleep apnea doesn't just affect unhealthy people. Just ask the many athletes or sport legends like Shaq O'Neal who have it.

  • Website says 18 hours (36 in low power mode). Which part of the day would you do without the watch to have it monitor you at night?

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by ls671 ( 1122017 )

      Wow! This sounds awful. I guess you need to wear 2 watches then if you rely on a watch to get time.

      • Wow! This sounds awful. I guess you need to wear 2 watches then if you rely on a watch to get time.

        Having to buy a second Apple watch dedicated for the night shift sounds awful..

        ..until you hear what the real crooks want to charge you for that dedicated machine.

        • Re: (Score:2)

          by ls671 ( 1122017 )

          Time to open source it and make build your own kits and instructions available? With 3D printing available, I don't think at first glance it should be that hard to implement.

          • Re: (Score:2)

            by stooo ( 2202012 )

            3D print very precise metal parts and electronic circuits? Yeah. Nope.

          • Time to open source it and make build your own kits and instructions available? With 3D printing available, I don't think at first glance it should be that hard to implement.

            Philips just settled a billion-dollar lawsuit for making machines that cause harm and death. Guessing they have a bit more than a garage, a 3D printer, and a first glance. Probably harder than you assume.

      • doesn't that mean you're never quite sure of the time ?

    • When you get up to shower and get dressed, then when you're headed out the door put the watch on. You'll be fine.

    • I donâ(TM)t need the sleep apnea feature, however I tend to charge my watch while I shower each morning, and it lasts throughout the day and night without needing low power mode.
      The one exception is when I go on a long trip with gps enabled - the vibe on the watch means I have to recharge before bedtime.

    • You don't really need to wear the watch every night to check for sleep apnea. In fact, I'm not too sure the value of this feature honestly. You get diagnosed, treated (usually with a CPAP machine) that's it. Every year or so you're supposed to get rechecked to see if the machine needs adjusting. Not sure how the watch really helps here.

      • The average person with undiagnosed sleep apnea doesn't wake up one morning with the term 'sleep apnea' suddenly in their brains. They just feel tired and shitty all the time, and figure that they should eat better or get more exercise or something.

        Having your watch prompt you that hey, this is a thing that you might have, and can get checked and treated is a good thing.

    • I've consistently gotten well over 24 hours per charge with my Apple Watch(es) - starting with a Series 1, then a Series 5, and now a Series 9 - through year three at least. But I'm sure it depends on what complications you use and whatnot.

      I only recently decided to try sleeping with the watch on. In my case, I've found I can charge it at my desk during the day in about an hour - so it amounts to 23 hours on, 1 off - which works pretty well.

      My Apple Watch 5 is actually still doing quite well at year five, a

    • Personally, I go exactly 24h a day without an Apple watch.
      Also, without any watch for that matter.

    • The battery life (or lack of it) is the top reason I no longer wear one of these. You can usually get by with it charging while you shower or make a meal but if you miss that it certainly isn't making it through the day fully functional, and it's the one device with an oddball charger I don't carry. So a watch, phone, and laptop making sure they are all ready for the day, it's honestly annoying and dropping the watch and all it's annoying notifications and battery anxiety was one of the things I did for my

    • The part of the day where I wash myself because I really don't need to know the time or my heartrate while lathering up in shampoo.

      It's trivial to keep any smartwatch fully charged in your daily routine, even ones which charge slower than the Apple watch.

      Also do you need to know your heatrate while reading this? It could be on the charger right now if you're one of those people who don't clean themselves.

    • Website says 18 hours (36 in low power mode). Which part of the day would you do without the watch to have it monitor you at night?

      I dunno about that watch...I have the Apple Ultra 2 watch...I easily get like 2.5+ days of power, no savings mode used.

      I generally get in bed a bit early and my watch may be 15%-20%...I'll take it off while watching TV before sleep...and in about an hour, it's charged up fully, I put it on and go to sleep.

      No big deal....I thought the new Apple Watch 10's had about the same ba

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by antdude ( 79039 )

      Then, you get two of them. Apple would be happy. /s :P

  • calling all hypochondriacs (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward

    Apple watch is quickly becoming the hypochondriac device of choice.

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  • People who wear their apple watches 24/7 are going to get fungal infections under them. Next, expect the watches to come with antifungals.

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