Your fitness tracker is capable of monitoring all kinds of data. The problem is keeping track of what it all means. SpO2 is just one example of a lesser-understood metric that can provide insight into ...

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 ...

Blood oxygen levels have come into the spotlight this year because health practitioners are using that metric to check for and monitor COVID-19 cases. But blood oxygen, or SpO2, levels have been used ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pulse oximeters measure blood oxygen level — how much oxygen is present in your blood and how well it is transported to the extremities (blood pressure monitors are different). Medical pulse oximeters ...

The USPTO has published a patent for 'three-wavelength pulse oximetry', filed by Garmin in 2020. The new style of sensor could make its way into commercially-available smartwatches, although Garmin is ...

SpO2 data is hard to interpret Still requires daily charge with sleep tracking and always on display The Apple Watch Series 6 feels like it has perfected many of the features I liked about its ...

While almost all of us know how oxygen is vital to life, few probably realize that the oxygen is actually distributed throughout our body via our blood. In addition to metrics like heart rate or even ...

Fitbit has released its SpO2 watch face for Fitbit Versa and Ionic devices, which lets users get in touch with their blood oxygen levels. The feature was actually part of the Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 ...

Smartphones are already capable of some neat health-centric tricks. From step counting and sleep tracking to measuring pulse and respiration rate, the phone in your pocket is quite a powerful-health ...

Ahead of the launch of its latest hardware, Fitibit is giving Ionic and Versa owners a handy new watch face. Available now, the Fitbit SpO2 Signature clock face helps you keep an eye on your blood ...