Fitbit announced the Charge 4 this month last year as its most advanced fitness tracker with built-in GPS and SpO2. Data from the latter sensor was previously only accessible in the Fitbit app, but ...
Demand for pulse oximeters has soared during the pandemic. However, these devices—an essential part of oxygen therapy for covid-19 treatment—are no longer easy to get. And the market is flooded with ...
When Fitbit launched the Charge 4 fitness band, one of the features we found the most interesting was its ability to estimate users' blood oxygen saturation levels through its SpO2 monitor. Users ...
Maintaining a healthy blood oxygen saturation level, often referred to as SPO2 (or SpO2), is crucial for blood circulation of your body. SPO2 measures the amount of oxygen in your bloodstream, and ...
Have you ever had the experience where a patient you thought was fine because their SpO2 was 95% suddenly deteriorated the next morning? In respiratory rehabilitation, while many say they are ...
Tech Editor at MensXP. Analogue at birth, Digital by design. Better known as Bhallanator on Twitter. Akshay is a massive Star Wars fan, A professional gamer and collects sneakers in his spare time. He ...
Google launched the Pixel Watch in October last year. Now, the search giant’s first-ever smartwatch is gaining a vital feature that should have been available since its launch. The feature is none ...
digiDoc Pulse Oximeter is an iPhone app that uses your camera to measure your heart rate and your oxygen level. Apps that measure your heart rate are a dime a dozen, but this is one that combines ...
The bioengineer Takuo Aoyagi died in Tokyo in April, around the same time that people began clamouring to panic buy his 1970s invention, the pulse oximeter. Blood oxygen saturation, which pulse ...
Fitness tech companies, particularly Fitbit and Garmin, want to monitor the level of oxygen in your blood. It’s a metric that could help spot signs of sleep apnea and other breathing-related problems, ...