Your phone may be able to do far more when it comes to your health, researchers have uncovered. In fact, using your smartphone’s camera and flash may help to ...

Apple is one of the premium makers of smartwatches. It unveils its next-generation smartwatch every year alongside the new iPhones in the third quarter. Lastly, the tech giant took wraps off the Apple ...

Your phone camera might have another useful feature beyond taking selfies. Engineers at UC San Diego and the University of Washington published a proof-of-concept study that showed a smartphone was ...

The smartwatch's Blood Oxygen app lets you measure the oxygen level of your blood on-demand. It's been MIA for more than a ...

The Apple Watch Series 6 has a sensor built in that can measure the oxygen level in the blood. This ability could have a real benefit in judging health and reacting to the first signs of conditions ...

Say good-bye to pulse oximeters: Smartphone's camera and flash can now help people to measure blood oxygen levels easily at home. No need to search for pulse ...

Smartphones are already capable of some neat health-centric tricks. From step counting and sleep tracking to measuring pulse and respiration rate, the phone in your pocket is quite a powerful-health ...

How does a pulse oximeter work? The role of a pulse oximeter is to measure the oxygen saturation of the blood. When you clip it to your finger or toe or earlobe, the device would check the blood ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. One of the most isolating and scary aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is that people who have COVID-19 or suspect they ...

Apple’s Series 6 Watch will be able to monitor blood oxygen levels—and the company will partner with researchers to see if the sensor can pick up on early signs of the coronavirus. Apple says the ...