r/AppleWatch • u/Phlogistoned • Sep 09 '24

New Apple watch features ⌚️ Discussion

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u/Smooth_Macaron8389 Sep 09 '24

Any clue on the blood oxygen sensor/mission situation? I missed most of the watch portion.

Also does the American version of AWU2 still not do blood oxygen?

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u/chrisdancy Sep 09 '24

Still missing. Such disappointment. I'm going to pass.

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u/byronnnn Sep 09 '24

Rumor is the sleep apena detection needs blood ox sensor to work. So either they figured out a loop hole or are about ready to have a licensing deal with mosimo.

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u/chrisdancy Sep 09 '24

I think they have to be looking at it because of that feature. My hard need is how well it's doing with COVID for blood oxygen.

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u/DeltaGammaVegaRho Sep 09 '24

Same with Post Covid disease for me.

I additionally had high hopes for additional blood pressure or blood sugar measurement, which would have helped too. Maybe next year…

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u/_Ghost_07 Sep 09 '24

I think those two things are years away, especially blood sugar - we are probably looking at another 6-8 years for that technology at best.

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u/jaenomin S10 42mm Aluminum Sep 09 '24

Yeah, especially BP, which needs pressure to measure it. BG/BS needs blood to measure sugar

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u/KimBrrr1975 Sep 15 '24

The downside to the blood glucose is that people absolutely will rely on it for life-impacting decisions (diabetics) and that is something they will have to be cautious of and I'm sure they know it. It's not just a "health metric" due to the fact so many diabetics have insurance that won't cover a CGM. It's a major risk and liability for Apple, I think, even with disclaimers.

That said, CGMs actually use interstitial fluid and not blood to measure BG. Of course, they are still IN the skin, so really I'm just picking nits 😂