How to check blood oxygen on Apple Watch

(Pocket-lint) - The Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch Series 7 some diagnostic a pulse oximeter that allows them to non-invasively measurement the percent of oxygen being carried by reddish humor cells from the lungs to the remainder of your body, giving you an denotation of your wide health.

It's commonly referred to arsenic humor oxygen levels oregon SpO2, and emblematic humor oxygen levels are determination betwixt 95 per cent and 100 per cent for the bulk of people, though not all.

You tin read much astir however humor oxygen monitoring works successful our abstracted feature, but if you person an Apple Watch Series 6 oregon Series 7 and you privation to cognize however to get an instant humor oxygen level measurement, arsenic good arsenic however to acceptable it up and however to find erstwhile readings, you're successful the close place.

How to cheque humor oxygen level connected Apple Watch

You'll request to marque definite you are implicit 18, you person the Apple Watch Series 6 oregon Apple Watch Series 7, you are successful a compatible state (see the bottommost of this feature) and you are person an iPhone 6S oregon later.

You'll besides request to marque definite you person acceptable up the Blood Oxygen app - you tin work the conception further down this diagnostic if you haven't acceptable it up yet.

If you tick each the requirements above, past travel these steps to instrumentality a humor oxygen measurement:

1. Make definite your Apple Watch is snug connected your wrist
2. Press the Digital Crown to unfastened the app database oregon view
3. Open the Blood Oxygen app (red and bluish circle)
4. Place your limb connected a table, oregon your lap, and marque definite you support inactive and the Apple Watch look is up
5. Tap Start
6. Keep inactive for 15 seconds
7. Your results volition look connected surface aft 15 seconds
8. Tap Done

Where to find your humor oxygen measurements connected Apple Watch 

All humor oxygen measurements taken by the Apple Watch Series 6 and Series 7, whether connected request connected inheritance measurements, look successful the Health app connected iPhone.

To find your humor oxygen measurements, travel the steps below:

1. Open the Health app connected iPhone
2. Tap connected the Browse tab
3. Tap connected Respiratory
4. Tap Blood Oxygen
5. Tap connected Show More Blood Oxygen Data to spot more

How to instal humor oxygen connected Apple Watch

If you haven't utilized the humor oxygen sensor connected your Apple Watch yet, these steps volition assistance you get setup. The Blood Oxygen app is installed pursuing the setup instructions below. If you accidentally delete it, you tin find it successful the App Store connected your Apple Watch.

1. Open the Health app connected your iPhone
2. Tap the Browse tab
3. Tap Respiratory 
4. Tap connected Blood Oxygen
5. Tap connected Set up Blood Oxygen
6. Follow the instructions 

Where is the Blood Oxygen app available?

The Blood Oxygen app is lone disposable successful immoderate countries and regions. You tin spot the afloat database of countries connected the Apple website here.

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 19 July 2021.