Amazon is reportedly developing Alexa-powered device to track signs of sleep apnea; Details

Amazon Alexa: E-commerce giant Amazon is building a new device powered by Alexa that would use radar to track the sleep of the user and monitor it for signs of sleep apnea, if reports are to be believed. The device would be the size of a palm, and it would be designed to sit on the bedside table of the customer and make use of the millimeter-wave radar in order to sense the user’s breathing, while looking out for any interruptions that could be linked to sleep apnea.

Monitoring sleep using radar is not a new idea, and the attempts to commercialise the technology have been made by at least one other big company – the Nintendo. In 2014, the Japanese video gaming company had said that it would develop a non-wearable device that would use radio waves to track sleep, but two years ago, Nintendo said that the product might not be viable, leaving the project unreleased to date. On the other hand, last December, smartphone giant OnePlus announced a concept phone that would monitor the user’s breathing with the help of mmWave radar.