The main purpose of this sensor in garmin watches is to detect the sleep apnea which is a sleep disorder and 8 out of 10 people who suffer from this problem don t know about it.
Garmin muscle oxygen sensor.
Owners of connect iq enabled garmin watches can connect to the moxy sensor sold separately to gain more insight into their own muscle performance.
When you view the pulse oximeter widget while you are not moving your device analyzes your oxygen saturation and your elevation.
Garmin has introduced pulse ox sensors into a large part of its range with the fenix 6x fenix 5x vivoactive 4 and forerunner 245 645 945 all using an spo2 sensor.
Then you can display your current muscle oxygen value and your data including muscle oxygen gets loaded to garmin connect but you lose the color coding which is at least 90 of the value.
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Garmin compatibility matrix watch video demo.
Garmin is one of the most popular companies out there and the company has introduced its oxygen sensor pulse ox in their smartwatches and fitness bands.
Moxy a muscle oxygen sensor was created to monitor the oxygen going to your critical muscles during any workout.
In fact moxy was the device sensor that garmin used in almost all of their demonstrations for connect iq.
Achieve more moxy monitor is the proven way to measure smo2 at the muscle layer so athletes and coaches can eliminate blind training and optimize performance.
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I ve talked to the folks at humon and they said that they re working hard on getting the color coding on the garmin data field.
The current connect iq platform does not allow recording new sensor data to the fit file such as the muscle oxygen data that the moxy sensors provides.
A wrist based pulse ox sensor lets you estimate blood oxygen saturation while you re sleeping or you can spot check your oxygen levels anytime during the day.
Demo apps and all were written with the explicit the idea of using the muscle oxygen profile that only moxy leverages.
When this feature is added to the connect iq tools moxy will immediately incorporate it into this app.
Knowing your oxygen saturation can help you determine how your body is acclimating to high altitudes for alpine sport and expedition.
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Moxy isolates the muscle layer to measure smo2 in real time so personalized insights can be applied to training strategies.
