Samsung’s Galaxy Watches now detect sleep apnea in 36 more countries | Infinium-tech

Today, Samsung proudly announced that it is expanding the availability of detection of sleep apnea on its galaxy watches on a large scale. It will now be available in 36 more countries (out of which 34 are in Europe), bringing global to 70 countries and regions.

Here is the complete list: Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Island, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuidor, EGRGI, Estonia, Estonia, Astonia, Eastonia, Estonia, Estonia, Estonia, Persian, Estonia, Persia, Estonia, Estonia, Estonia, Estonia Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Laxmberg, Malta, Mauritius, Mayet, Mexico, Netherlands, Nickel, Norfoch is the Norfok, Norfoka, Oman Panama, Paragai, Peru, Peru, Polp, Peru, Polyip, Peru, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yemen.

This feature works on the Galaxy Watch 4 and the latter models, running the OS 5.0 and later versions, but the main catch is – your watch is to be added to the Samsung smartphone to work. The phone should also be Android 12 or later. If you travel to an unable, it will also stop working.

Sleep apnea is a normal yet severe medical condition that stops breathing at bedtime, resulting in disruption of oxygen supply, low sleep quality and other health complications – in its press release, Samsung lists hypertension, cardiovascular disorders, strokes and cognitive disorders.

The sleep apnea feature uses Samsung’s bioactive sensor to measure blood oxygen saturation (SPO2) during sleep. It analyzes changes in SPO2 levels related to Apnea and Hypopnea patterns, and estimates the possibility that you have apnea, then informs you.

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