Because the O2 sensor was a COVID-era feature that nobody cares about now and moves zero units. Soon Apple will have definitive confirmation in the form of Watch sales data.
It’s not only useful for COVID, that just got it mainstream attention. If used along with the sleep tracking, it seems like the O2 could signal someone to get treated for sleep apnea. The Apple Watch Ultra is geared toward hikers and people going off the beaten path, for those in the mountains, this is something to monitor at high elevations. It can also signal the user of heart and lung issues that they’d want to get eyes on.
I care about it. Its actually the only new feature that I would have upgraded for.
I know a lot of people that got it for that specific feature. Not one of them got it for COVID or medical reasons.
There are huge communities of people that really like this feature. Notably, many people that do things at altitude.
I won't pretend that my narrow experience is a market maker, but I also won't generalize it to say something as broad as its a feature "nobody cares about now and moves zero units."
Try to think beyond your own experiences and worldview.
No, SpO2 isn't used for VO2 Max calculations. SpO2 measured at the wrist doesn't tell you anything about how much oxygen is being metabolized. Only heart rate (including HRV) and speed or power are used as input for the VO2 Max estimate. Wristwatches can't even measure SpO2 accurately when you're running around, you have to hold fairly still to get a consistent reading.
Not entirely true. My wife has O2 respiratory efficiency problems, and uses both an Apple watch and an Oura ring for sleep monitoring and charts O2 patterns daily. So at least some people care intensely. As to sentence two, it was exactly the O2 feature that prompted my wife to get the watch. No O2 monitoring, no sale. If O2 monitoring went away on her current watch, the watch would be up on E-Bay, most likely, as she doesn't find anything else about it that compelling. In my case, the compelling feature for me is exercise tracking and heart-rate monitoring.
This is yet another case where it is easy to fall into the "product manager trap" -- that is: designing for "most people". The trap is to de-feature things where "most people" have only modest engagement, but a few (likely your most evangelical customers) care intensely about that feature. Don't fall into that trap. The goal is to create a feature collection of "the one thing" that each segment cares intensely about, not to create a basket of meh features that everyone finds meh.
al_borland|2 years ago
dghlsakjg|2 years ago
I know a lot of people that got it for that specific feature. Not one of them got it for COVID or medical reasons.
There are huge communities of people that really like this feature. Notably, many people that do things at altitude.
I won't pretend that my narrow experience is a market maker, but I also won't generalize it to say something as broad as its a feature "nobody cares about now and moves zero units."
Try to think beyond your own experiences and worldview.
d6e|2 years ago
nradov|2 years ago
dbcurtis|2 years ago
This is yet another case where it is easy to fall into the "product manager trap" -- that is: designing for "most people". The trap is to de-feature things where "most people" have only modest engagement, but a few (likely your most evangelical customers) care intensely about that feature. Don't fall into that trap. The goal is to create a feature collection of "the one thing" that each segment cares intensely about, not to create a basket of meh features that everyone finds meh.
arthurofbabylon|2 years ago