Samsung Will Add Sleep Apnea Detection Feature On Galaxy Watch

Sleep Apnea Feature On Galaxy Watch/DOK Samsung

JAKARTA Samsung received permission from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use the Sleep Apnea feature. This feature will be added to the Samsung Health Monitor application.

With the granting of De Novo authorization or the classification of new medical devices, Galaxy Watch users can find out signs of sleep apnea. The presence of this feature is very important because sleep apnea is a quite fatal sleep disturbance.

People who experience sleep apnea usually don't realize that they are having sleep problems. However, this condition must be addressed immediately because it can bring death. Therefore, the emergence of the Sleep Apnea feature can be very helpful.

About 25 percent of men and 10 percent of women in the US are OSA. The new feature in the Samsung Health Monitor application is expected to help more people proactively detect the form of OSA, "explained Samsung in an official statement.

Samsung says this feature can be used by Galaxy Watch users aged over 22 years. This tool can detect signs of Apnea's Obstructive Sleep (OSA), from moderate to most chronic conditions and must be addressed immediately.

To use this feature, users only need to use the Galaxy Watch twice with a period of ten days. This feature will track user activity while sleeping and report the results once the user is awakened.

Unfortunately, this feature is not available on all Galaxy Watch devices. Users must first find out which devices are compatible. For now, Samsung has not released a Galaxy Watch series that can operate the Sleep Apnea feature.