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measuring your body fat. The Amazon Halo
wristband and app ($99.99, plus $3.99 per month
for a membership) uses your smartphone’s
camera, along with computer vision and machine-
learning technology, to measure your body
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snap photos of your nearly-naked body, a process
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watch displays your skeletal muscle mass, fat mass, body fat percentage, body
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one device to the next, we recommend picking one method and sticking with it
to monitor your changes over time.
SNORE-TRACKING TECH
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sleep apnea, a potentially serious health problem that causes
breathing to repeatedly pause during slumber. If a co-
sleeper complains that you sound like a chainsaw in the
night, new technologies can help you understand the
extent of the problem. The Google Nest Hub smart
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listen for coughing and snoring when you sleep. In the
morning, it shows your cough count, minutes spent
snoring, and respiration rate (the average number of
breaths taken per minute) for the following night and over the past week. The
Samsung Galaxy Watch4 smartwatch can also track snoring along with your
overnight blood oxygen saturation level.
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