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Re:Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA me... by hackernewshell on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:43PM (#30394482)
I don't want to know my health status when looking at my watch. I'm neurotic enough. From college to nervous breakdown; I was way to occupied what my body was doing.

Apple must do marketing research, and decided most people want to know their vitals on a daily basis?

Re:Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA me... by kayodelycaon on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:59PM (#30394540)
The blood oxygen level has been useful to me. I have both asthma and anxiety. Figuring out what’s an asthma attack and what’s a panic attack is helpful.
Re:Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA me... by kadoban on Saturday February 19, 2022 @12:16AM (#30394601)
Have you found one that's actually anything like accurate? Every smartwatch I've tried either reads way low or has some other ~obvious sign of not being correct.
Re:Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA me... by kayodelycaon on Saturday February 19, 2022 @08:01AM (#30396841)
My Apple Watch seems accurate enough, if the pulseox reader I have is correct.
Re:Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA me... by hulitu on Saturday February 19, 2022 @03:21PM (#30400161)
How about being served ads based on your state ? Is this still ok ?
Re:Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA me... by abletonlive on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:47PM (#30394500)
I mean it's pretty useful information. Imagine seeing an indicator that tells you that you have elevated levels of stress, and then you can try different things to reduce the stress. Eventually you could learn, with pretty decent confidence, what works for you and what doesn't.