Watch this: Apple Debuts Apple Watch Series 10
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Apple's move in sleep apnea mirrors Samsung, which already has its own apnea detection feature for its watches.
Not needing a new watch to diagnose possible sleep apnea is a pleasant plus, although I'm also curious how helpful and accurate the feature will be. As someone with sleep apnea who also uses a CPAP, I had to get a sleep study to determine the severity of my own apnea along with a pulmonologist. Apple's detection feature looks like a way to prod someone who might not have thought about apnea to go see a sleep doctor (I did it because of my high blood pressure). Apnea's not always a symptom you know you have, but it does require wearing the Apple Watch to bed -- something I don't often do, and many others don't either.
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Source: cnet.com