by Dan Moren
FDA approves Apple Watch sleep apnea detection
The Verge’s Emma Roth reports:
Apple’s new sleep apnea detection feature has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration — and Watch Series 9 or Watch Ultra 2 owners can use it starting today.
This comes on the heels of the FDA’s approval of AirPods Pro 2’s hearing features. As in that case, Apple was clearly very confident these features would get signed off on. As the company is planning to roll out the apnea detection in 150 countries, however, it may take a while before it shows up in every locality.
I did find it interesting that these features are apparently available now; as far as I can tell, the hearing health features of AirPods Pro 2 aren’t available yet (at least on my devices).