The Apple Watch 6 carries a new blood oxygen monitoring sensor that can take a blood oxygen level measurement in less than 15 seconds.
The Apple Watch 6 can also track sleep, look for falls with fall detection, make an emergency call via SOS and make a watch that makes too loud a sound.The Apple Watch Series 6 will come with biosensors that can monitor sleep conditions, blood oxygen, pulse, heartbeat, and atrial fibrillation, and will also incorporate a MEMS-based accelerometer and gyroscope, all of which is new technology that will keep the Apple Watch at the forefront of wearables.
The next-generation Apple Watch is already in "smooth development" thanks to close collaboration between Apple and Taiwan's Sun Micron Technology, which has already secured major orders for the Apple Watch.
Watch features
Code found in iOS 14 suggests that Apple is working on an Apple Watch that can monitor blood oxygen levels.According to the code found, the Apple Watch will notify when blood oxygen levels drop below a healthy threshold, and that a drop in blood oxygen levels could mean a serious breathing or heart problems.
As a form of pulse oximetry, the SpO2 monitoring feature in Apple Watch 6 allows users to know their blood oxygen concentration through 15-second on-demand readings and periodic background checks. Lower-than-normal blood oxygen concentrations often indicate an underlying health issue, such as sleep apnea, which can also be a symptom of silent hypoxia, a life-threatening condition that can exacerbate the effects of respiratory disease.