Apple focuses on diagnosing Sleep Apnea with its Apple Watch Series 10

Apple Event 2024: Apple is focussing heavily in diagnosing health condition like Sleep Apnea and hearing loss using next-gen AI technologies. They are positioning their latest products like Airpods Pro and Apple Watch Series 10 as pivotal tools in improving health. At its September 9, 2024, Apple event, They showcased its amazing new devices like the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro, the latest series of Apple Watch, and AirPods Pro. Along with these new products, they have also brought in new health-centric features for diagnosing sleep apnea and hearing loss.

Apple’s focus on health tech

Recently we have seen a pivotal change in the focus for Apple for both sustainable green technologies as well as the overall better well-being of its users. Historically, Apple has been criticised for its iPhone for creating a range of health issues for its customers. But now these changes in strategy and increased focus on better health show how the company is positioning itself as an industry leader driving innovation in healthcare using smartphones. Apple’s new products along with its health benefits can also help increase the sales number in the coming years.

In the recent event that concluded on September 9, the company unveiled some new health-related features that use both hardware and software to diagnose hearing loss and sleep apnea conditions. This has created a lot of buzz in the industry and even got a lot of praise from notable tech reviewers and industry leaders.

Apple Series 10: Diagnosing Sleep Apnea

As we all know how sleep is one of the most important activity that impact a person’s overall physical and mental wellbeing. Many people across the world face a condition while sleeping when breathing momentarily stops during sleep, this prevents the body from getting enough oxygen and thus interrupting sleep. According to a study, more than 1 billion people worldwide have been impacted by sleep apnea and many of them are not even aware of this health condition and hence do not get treated. If this condition is left untreated, then it can have other consequences like hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and even other heart conditions.

With Apple’s new watch, it is able to diagnose breathing disturbances faced during sleep. While sleeping, the Apple watch detects small movements at the wrist which are related to breathing disturbances or interruptions. Apple creates this data of the past 30 days of breathing disturbances and will notify the user if there are signs of moderate to severe sleep apnea. The users can use this data and talk to their doctors to plan treatment to treat this condition.

Above is one of the sample data for the past 30 days of Breathing Disturbances. Since we have established how important is the quality of sleep, this app can be used to access precise information about historical data on restfulness during sleep. This is however very important to understand that this data can be influenced by alcohol, medication, or even sleeping positions. So before coming to any conclusion, we should understand the data precisely and make exceptions to the days in which you have been under the influence of any medicine or alcohol. Users can view their nightly Breathing Disturbances in the Health app on the iPhone. This can be used to view data from last month to even 1 year old data.

For a more informed decision regarding your sleep apnea, we recommend you export a PDF of the breathing disturbance data and send it to your healthcare provider. Additionally, if you wish to seek a second opinion online, you can upload this pdf to us where we can request a treatment plan from our top panel of doctors available worldwide.