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Re:Cardio fitness notifications are available today on Apple... by nradov on Monday December 14, 2020 @04:17PM (#25423438)
Garmin smart watches have had continuous blood oxygen monitoring for some time now. But measuring at the wrist can never be as accurate as fingertip.
Re:Cardio fitness notifications are available today on Apple... by elric on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:01PM (#25423991)
Take their readings with a serious grain of salt. Even with the admonition "not as accurate as fingertip". Their readings are garbage. A random number generator does a better job of reading my SpO2. And I'm particularly pale. It's even worse on people with dark skin.

I see absolutely no benefit in the pulox feature on my garmin watch.

Re:Cardio fitness notifications are available today on Apple... by nradov on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:51PM (#25424453)
Mine usually reads about 97%, which is probably close to right. But I haven't been able to test it at high altitude yet.