Sentences with phrase «monitor for sleep apnea»

The new Fitbit is also supposedly waterproof to 50 meters, runs the same Fitbit OS software as the Ionic, and like the Ionic has a relative SpO2 sensor, which can monitor blood oxygen levels and will allow the device to monitor for sleep apnea.

For instance, we hear that Fitbit is planning to use the same OS that debuted in the Ionic, and that the Ionic's SpO2 sensor will present in this device as well, allowing users to monitor for sleep apnea.

Current rumors suggest the Fitbit Blaze 2 will have many of the same features as the Fitbit Ionic, with the upcoming wearable said to run the same Fitbit OS software and have a relative SpO2 sensor, which would be able to monitor for sleep apnea.

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This type of mobile thermal imaging could be used for monitoring breathing problems in elderly people living alone, people suspected of having sleep apnea or babies at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

But detecting or monitoring sleep apnea might be more challenging than it seems for a consumer wearable company like Fitbit, and is more complicated than adding oxygen sensors to a watch and cranking data through algorithms.

This is critical for identifying and monitoring sleep apnea, and it's not something you're going to get from a wrist wearable.