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Update Oct. 24, 2024: Apple has officially launched Sleep Apnea notifications today for all on Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2. It’s not just for beta users of iOS 18.1 and iOS 18.2.
Update Oct. 23, 2024: iPhone in Canada can confirm the Sleep Apnea feature has also been enabled within iOS 18.1 beta as well.
When Apple first unveiled its Sleep Apnea notification feature at its September special event, there were questions whether we’d see it land in Canada, since it launched first in the U.S. and over 150 countries and regions.
Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder where a person briefly stops breathing during the night. This interruption can lead to snoring or gasping for air, leaving them exhausted the next day due to poor sleep. It can also contribute to other health issues over time.
But concern about the feature’s availability was put to rest when Health Canada approved the sleep apnea feature last month.
Now, with today’s release of iOS 18.2 beta 1, it includes the sleep apnea feature in Canada (iPhone region set to Canada), as noted by FSK Shots & Tech (@faythebest), who shared the following screenshots with us:
Your sleep apnea notifications will show up on your Apple Watch and iPhone. You can also track sleep apnea notifications within the Health app, under ‘Breathing Disturbances’:
Only the following Apple Watch models will support this sleep apnea feature:
Are you looking forward to this sleep apnea detection feature? It should bring the issue to light for numerous people, as normally you need to get a referral to a sleep clinic to get a take home test kit, or go sleep somewhere while hooked up to sensors to detect your oxygen levels and breathing. The only problem here is you’ll need to make sure your Apple Watch has enough battery life to make it through the night.
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Too bad this feature is not available on first ultra. 😕
Love how easily you're influenced by hype. 🤦♂️
Apple has removed the blood O2 sensor feature in the USA, and it's expected to be discontinued in Canada as well, given its lack of accuracy and patent issues. The OSA monitor seems more like a marketing gimmick, similar to how Esso promotes "diesel efficient" fuel to justify high prices.
Additionally, many physicians are overprescribing sleep studies for patients with sleep complaints. Unlike in the USA, where many people lack access to a doctor, Canadians benefit from "free" Medicare, making this feature less relevant—assuming it was ever accurate. Just because someone snores loudly (which can quickly drain your watch battery when monitoring is on) doesn’t necessarily mean they have sleep apnea.
First of all, Apple didn't discontinue the Blood O2 fonction in US or won't happen soon in Canada.
It was disable in the US (only) after court's ruling in patent case… And the option will probably come back eventually!
About the Sleep Apnea detection on the Apple Watch, it had nothing to do with snore detection.
And even if " Canadians benefit from "free" Medicare", as you said, these health features are still relevant because many don't have a family doctor OR many of them will used the data from apple watch as a starting point.
Obviously, you are not an Apple Watch user.
WTF are you talking about? Not one factual or logically intelligible sentence in your entire screed.
Apple has removed the blood O2 sensor feature in the USA, and it's expected to be discontinued in Canada as well, given its lack of accuracy and patent issues. The OSA monitor seems more like a marketing gimmick, similar to how Esso promotes "diesel efficient" fuel to justify high prices.
Additionally, many physicians are overprescribing sleep studies for patients with sleep complaints. Unlike in the USA, where many people lack access to a doctor, Canadians benefit from "free" Medicare, making this feature less relevant—assuming it was ever accurate. Just because someone snores loudly (which can quickly drain your watch battery when monitoring is on) doesn’t necessarily mean they have sleep apnea.
Just showed up in my Health app on 18.0.1, no beta.