> With Apple Watch Series 3 or later with watchOS 8, you can measure and track your Respiratory Rate.2 With Track Sleep with Apple Watch turned on, when you wear your Apple Watch to bed, it will automatically measure and record the number of times you breathe in a minute.
I assume that this information is enough to warrant "go see a sleep specialist", but possibly not much more than that. There is at least one watchOS app that claims to use the Apple Watch data to detect sleep apnea[1], though it may not be a completely reliable source[2].
With Apple's increasing focus on the health for the Apple Watch, I would not be surprised if future watchOS updates (or future Watch hardware) focus on sleep apnea detection as a flagship feature.
> With Apple Watch Series 3 or later with watchOS 8, you can measure and track your Respiratory Rate.2 With Track Sleep with Apple Watch turned on, when you wear your Apple Watch to bed, it will automatically measure and record the number of times you breathe in a minute.
I assume that this information is enough to warrant "go see a sleep specialist", but possibly not much more than that. There is at least one watchOS app that claims to use the Apple Watch data to detect sleep apnea[1], though it may not be a completely reliable source[2].
With Apple's increasing focus on the health for the Apple Watch, I would not be surprised if future watchOS updates (or future Watch hardware) focus on sleep apnea detection as a flagship feature.
[0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211685
[1] https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/10/napbot-sleep-apnea-analysis/
[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/SleepApnea/comments/vxkkxx/napbot_a...