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There’s a new wearable tech metric in town – and it’s all about blood oxygen. It might sound complicated and a little pointless, but pulse ox can reveal conditions like sleep apnea – and help athletes ...

Oppo Watch S was launched in China by the tech firm on Thursday, along with the Oppo Find X9 series. The company also launched the Oppo Pad 5 during its October 2025 event. The new smartwatch will be ...

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, ...

The new Fitbit Charge 3 may have a slick touchscreen and swimproof design, but it's a new sensor that could turn the wearable from a simple sleep tracker to a nighttime diagnostician. The ...

Put simply, SpO2 is a measure of blood oxygen saturation. The more oxygen you have in your blood, the higher your SpO2 levels are going to be. Seeing as our bodies need oxygen to survive, we can ...

One of the most important metrics on a Fitbit tracker is the Estimated Oxygen Variation – and now that every tracker is fitted with an SpO2 sensor, everyone can take advantage. Blood oxygen can be ...