# Samsung’s Sleep Apnea Feature on Galaxy Watch First of Its Kind Authorized by FDA **URL:** \ **Category:** Open Forum\ **Tags:** emerging-tech\ **Created:** [February 9, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://ehealthforum.nz/t/samsung-s-sleep-apnea-feature-on-galaxy-watch-first-of-its-kind-authorized-by-fda/30828 "2024-02-09T19:18:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jon\_herries](https://ehealthforum.nz/user_avatar/ehealthforum.nz/jon_herries/32/6584_2.png) [@jon\_herries](https://ehealthforum.nz/u/jon_herries)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://ehealthforum.nz/t/samsung-s-sleep-apnea-feature-on-galaxy-watch-first-of-its-kind-authorized-by-fda/30828/1 "2024-02-09T19:18:30Z")
> **[Samsung’s Sleep Apnea Feature on Galaxy Watch First of Its Kind Authorized by...](https://news.samsung.com/global/samsungs-sleep-apnea-feature-on-galaxy-watch-first-of-its-kind-cleared-by-us-fda)** > >   Samsung Electronics announced that the sleep apnea feature1 on the Samsung Health Monitor app2 has received De Novo authorization from the U.S. Food and We are quite interested in this - wondering what the sensors are that they are using, guessing spo2, resp rate and heart rate? We were wondering if you could use audio from a phone mic to do this. ---
**Author:** ![NathanK](https://ehealthforum.nz/user_avatar/ehealthforum.nz/nathank/32/6064_2.png) [@NathanK](https://ehealthforum.nz/u/NathanK)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://ehealthforum.nz/t/samsung-s-sleep-apnea-feature-on-galaxy-watch-first-of-its-kind-authorized-by-fda/30828/2 "2024-02-11T20:25:33Z")
Please note this comment from an OSA expert respiratory physician: > [@Regional / National platform for resp/sleep tests](https://ehealthforum.nz/t/regional-national-platform-for-resp-sleep-tests/30657/10): > > Thanks to all who have mentioned proprietary devices for home assessment. It’s a fascinating area and moves quite quickly. In our experience when we compare an in-hospital PSG (the gold standard) against wearable devices there’s an OK correlation but not great, and almost all the commercial products have ‘black box’ algorithms that can change with software updates and don’t play nicely with AASM definitions of what is, for instance, obstructive sleep apnoea. ---
**Author:** ![Greig](https://ehealthforum.nz/user_avatar/ehealthforum.nz/greig/32/3653_2.png) [@Greig](https://ehealthforum.nz/u/Greig)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://ehealthforum.nz/t/samsung-s-sleep-apnea-feature-on-galaxy-watch-first-of-its-kind-authorized-by-fda/30828/3 "2024-02-11T21:34:51Z")
@NathanK, I was also thinking of those watches that detect AF, prompt the wearer to seek help and mitigate the risk of cerebral ischaemic events through appropriate prophylaxis. The actual question might be, is how new technology integrated into existing service delivery models. Where the new technologies are not just hardware like this watch but also those that make the relevant knowledge more accessible. It would be fascinating to do a study on the costs of the current state, including from undetected or untreated OSA, and whether watches like these change this, particularly with respect to equity. ---
**Author:** ![jon\_herries](https://ehealthforum.nz/user_avatar/ehealthforum.nz/jon_herries/32/6584_2.png) [@jon\_herries](https://ehealthforum.nz/u/jon_herries)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://ehealthforum.nz/t/samsung-s-sleep-apnea-feature-on-galaxy-watch-first-of-its-kind-authorized-by-fda/30828/4 "2024-02-12T00:02:45Z")
I think you make a good point Greig. With something like this it supports screening at least I think. There have been a few conversations about our ability to offer the gold standard sleep study to our population and how difficult this is - so anything that allows us to not need to see everyone who might have OSA feels like a win. The opposite is also true that we may discover an amount of disease that once discovered needs treatment. Jon