However, yesterday the FDA approved the new Apple Watch (a.k.a. the Apple Watch Series 10) to detect symptoms of sleep apnea and notify users of possible cases. While this new tech won’t be able to diagnose sleep apnea, it can highlight common symptoms that will help a doctor diagnose you.

Sleep apnea is an increasingly common condition where a person temporarily stops breathing while asleep, which can cause blood oxygen levels to drop. This can lead to loud snoring or result in people waking up feeling tired.

CNET spoke with Apple's Deidre Caldbeck and Matt Bianchi about the Apple Watch's newest health tracking feature, which took 11,000-plus nights to perfect.

According to the FDA, the sleep apnea detection feature on Apple Watch is "Substantially Equivalent" to an "Over-The-Counter Device To Assess Risk Of Sleep Apnea." Essentially, that means it functions similarly to a device designed for sleep apnea detection.

Apple's watchOS 11 is now available for download, brining sleep apnea notifications to users for the first time. The publicly available version of watchOS 11 comes after several beta variants, with most of the new features focusing on health and fitness.

Following FDA approval, Apple will shortly launch its sleep apnea detection feature for the Apple Watch, and has now published a health paper detailing its development and verification.

Apple has published a new clinical validation summary document that explains how its new sleep apnea detection feature works

While sleep apnea warnings aren't new to smartwatches, they are new to the Apple Watch and could be very helpful for users who stay within Apple's device ecosystem. Sleep apnea can lead to serious health risks if left untreated,

Apple announced the ability to detect sleep apnea on Apple Watch and to both test and treat hearing loss using AirPods. Why it matters: With the new features, Apple is enabling its popular, readily obtainable devices to detect conditions that are widespread but often undetected.