Samsung's sleep apnea feature now gives a number
An upgrade for the Galaxy Ring and Galaxy Watch 9 estimates how often breathing is disrupted. It launched in the US on November 4.
Sleep tech
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What a sleep score measures, and what it guesses
Your wearable turns a night into a number out of 100. Some of the inputs are solid measurements and some are estimates.
Samsung's Galaxy Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2 went on sale
The August 2026 watches start at $379 and $699 and reached 106 markets.
August 2026: the first smart ring cleared to flag sleep apnea risk
Samsung's Galaxy Ring got FDA clearance for a feature that checks two nights of breathing data. It screens for risk and does not diagnose.
Oura Ring 5: a thinner ring and a step toward the clinic
The June 2026 model shrank the hardware and added a way to bring lab results into the app, at a starting price of $399.
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