Apple’s new Watch Series 6 can measure your blood oxygen level
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The latest Watch will have a pulse oximeter, a sensor that has become increasingly important in monitoring patients with COVID-19.
Apple started its big reveal of the Series 6 Watch with a close up on its newest sensor: a pulse oximeter, which measures blood oxygen levels. Even though the company did not mention the coronavirus in its presentation of the new sensor, the measurement tool is a sign of the times. Perhaps nothing has put the measurement of blood oxygen saturation more front and center than COVID-19.