045 - Ryan Kraudel - Blood Oxygenation Sensors for Consumer Wearables

Guest: Ryan Kraudel, VP Marketing at Valencell  Topic: Breaking Down the New Apple Watch Series 6 Blood Oxygenation Sensor Ryan and Dave sit down to discuss the new flagship feature of the Apple Watch Series 6: the blood oxygenation sensor.  As an expert in biometric sensors stemming from his background at Valencell, Ryan shares how exactly this type of sensor works, why it uses red and infared light, what types of use cases can be built off this metric, and how this new variable factors into Apple's quest to build a true "intelligent guardian of health." In addition, the two talk about Apple Fitness +, why it's not a threat to Peloton (but rather a boon), and how the Apple Watch's data is being overlaid in real-time to video as a precursor to AR.