Matt Bianchi
Research scientist on Apple's Health Technologies team and a board-certified neurologist and sleep medicine physician who maintains a clinical practice at the Stanford Sleep Clinic.
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Jan 24, 2025 • 37min
Sleep Apnea Detection: Inside the Apple Watch Algorithm
Matt Bianchi, a sleep medicine physician and research scientist on Apple’s Health Technologies team, discusses Apple Watch screening for moderate–severe sleep apnea. He explains how wrist accelerometry detects nightly breathing disturbances, the 30-day notification logic, the tradeoff favoring high specificity, and why the feature is screening-only and not a replacement for clinical testing.
