back

by emptybits·2y ago·view on hn ↗
> I desperately want active breath monitoring. Like measuring breaths per minute.

Not sure about the state of Apple Watchen but my Garmin watch (a several year old Fenix) monitors breaths per minute, history, and has breath exercises. Seems this would be easily within reach of Apple so I’m not sure why they’re not doing it if Garmin is. Unless what Garmin considers accurate or reliable isn’t up to Apple standards. Shrug.

1 comments
Thank you! I don't know how I missed the Garmin. (My google-fu is weaker than I had feared.)

TIL: Garmin also uses HRV to infer respiration, aka respiratory sinus arrhythmia. But it's good enough for all day. And skimming their forums suggests their users are content that it works as advertised.

https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/garmin-technology/health-scienc...

https://www.garmin.com/en-SG/blog/critical-relationship-betw...