Updated on August 3 below. This article was first published on Sunday, August 2, 2020.
The next Apple Watch is expected in a few weeks; may be introduced in early September. Apple Watch Series 6, as it will almost be called, will enjoy all the benefits of watchOS 7 (of which a public beta is scheduled daily, read the main points here), as well as hardware updates made through Apple. A new report published through Digitimes says new sensors will be incorporated into the watch, which will stumble upon blood oxygen saturation levels. Which is great news.
Updated August 3. Perhaps in a sign that, as we prepare for the planned launch of the Apple Watch Series 6, it is hardly rumored that a sensor for oxygen saturation degrees in the blood has emerged, the main points of which then adhere, but photographs of a battery that is most likely leaked to be the one that will pass to the next Apple Watch.
Certified through KTR, a regulatory framework in South Korea, certification was noted through Abhishek Yadav and detected through MacRumors. While the fugitives themselves suspected it might be for a headphone charging case, other Twitter users said it looked more like a watch battery. The mobile in question is called A2327, which is none other than the name of the existing battery, which is A2181.
But the ultimate intriguing detail of discovery is the battery power, 303.8 mAh. This is good news because the existing battery, which is perfectly decent and lasts more than a day, is 296 mAH, making it more than thirteen mAh larger.
MacRumors says the additional length may have been achieved through Force Touch technology, which is not used in watchOS 7. It’s possible, but I’m not convinced it makes a discernible difference. In any case, the additional battery life is welcome, especially if it comes to force the oxygen sensor into the blood and help with sleep tracking. Anyway, more about tracking oxygen in the blood.
The news of the blood oxygen saturation tracking is also very well synchronized because the degrees of oxygen in the blood are all we want to remain in the brain as the Covid-19 crisis continues. This is because blood oxygen saturation has to be regularly above 95%, however, with Covid-19, some do not feel bad when blood oxygenation decreases and control the point with a blood oximeter, which uses an SpO2 sensor. Which tells them first that something is wrong. Therefore, being able to control the oxygen in the blood at any time, simply by referring to your wrist, is a big step forward.
Apple’s inclusion of this, of course, will have a previous coronavirus. The company isn’t the first to come with SpO2: Fitbit uses it in recent trackers to measure the evolution of its oxygen points, but only while sleeping. Huawei also comes with oxygen point readings in the blood.
The Digitimes report, discovered through MacRumors, is transparent about what you expect, saying: “Apple Watch 6 will feature biosensors capable of tracking sleep conditions, detecting oxygen in the blood and measuring pulse, heartbeat and atrial fibrillation, and will also incorporate MEMS accelerometer. and gyroscope, all of which allows the new device to remain the leader in measurement accuracy among portable devices.”
There were already indications of such an update when the filtered iOS 14 code advised measuring those levels. Previously, it was an idea that this could have been anything Apple could measure on previous Apple Watch models, although he personally suspected that it would take new hardware to make it work. It is now highly likely that the feature is only visual in the next Apple Watch Series 6.
This innovation, assuming it is correct, will mean an improvement in health. And, keep in mind, the Digitimes report also mentions biosensors to measure sleep conditions. We already know that watchOS 7 will have sleep tracking features for the Apple Watch Series 3, four and 5, but this seems to me to imply that more sensors will provide more complex sleep tracking in Series 6. Stay tuned.
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