Apple is working on improving Apple Watch's health-related activities, and one of the new ones has been the talk of a long time: the saturation of oxygen. In addition it will also enhance the electrocardiogram function that has been available since the Apple Watch Series 4.
The details are being brought to us by 9to5Mac and seem to confirm something that's been talked about for some time. The Apple Watch can detect blood oxygen levels, known as the "oxygen satellite" and It is affected by many diseases, both chronic and incurable
Oxygen saturation can be affected by chronic respiratory diseases such as bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema or asthma, cardiovascular diseases, and other diseases caused by asthmatic crises, pneumonia, etc. After the progress many Apple users have with their Apple Watch to check their heart rate or allow them to perform an electrocardiogram, this new functionality will help many people with illnesses when this measurement is important. Especially since without user intervention, the Apple Watch was always monitoring oxygen levels, and would notify you if an anomaly was detected
Apple will also work with it improve electrocardiogram activity, with a limit where the heart rate is above 120 beats per minute. This final upgrade can come in software update mode, while oxygen levels should come with a new device that puts the right sensors in it. Two steps (heart rate and oxygen levels) can be used eventually introducing another activity we talked about for a long time: sleep monitoring.
