Apple Watch Series 7: Complete Scientific Review

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I tested the Apple Watch 7 against a scientific sleep EEG device, and tested the heart rate, HRV, SpO2 and GPS accuracy. Subscribe to my weekly Newsletter(!) on www.robterhorst.com
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The EEG tracker I used is called the Hypnodyne ZMax: http://hypnodynecorp.com/ from @HypnoDyne Corp

⏱️This comparison is part of a larger project where I spend over 11 hours a week tracking everything in my life. If you’d like to know more:
https://youtu.be/8iPWu0Cbq14 ⏱️

Timestamps:
00:00 General intro
00:45 Results: Heart Rate Test
03:56 Results: Heart Rate Variability Test
06:01 Results: SpO2 Test
07:16 Results: Sleep Test
09:51 Results: GPS Test
12:02 Conclusions
12:50 Buy The Apple Watch 7?

🎵Music🎵
(1) Not Without the Rest by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/
(2) Wonders by JVNA
(3) Can’t Sleep (YouTube Audio Library)
(4) Classique (YouTube Audio Library)
(5) Blurry Vision (YouTube Audio Library)
Person Waking up Video by Ba Tik from Pexels
Note: The Quantified Scientist is the original author of this video, we just embed it, if you have any questions please contact him via Youtube.

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