# Samsung’s Sleep Apnea Feature on Galaxy Watch First of Its Kind Authorized by FDA

**URL:** <https://ehealthforum.nz/t/samsung-s-sleep-apnea-feature-on-galaxy-watch-first-of-its-kind-authorized-by-fda/30828>\
**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")\
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**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")

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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):
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> 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.

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