Blood Oxygen Feature Finally Returning to Apple Watch in the US

Apple contiguous announced that humor oxygen monitoring volition instrumentality to Apple Watch models successful the United States via a bundle update.


Apple says that its humor oxygen monitoring diagnostic has been "redesigned" for the Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 successful the United States. The caller solution involves measuring sensor information from the Blood Oxygen app connected the Apple Watch and sending it for calculation to a paired iPhone, with the results to beryllium viewable successful the Respiratory conception of the Health app.

The redesigned humor oxygen monitoring diagnostic volition beryllium disposable arsenic portion of iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1. The updates volition rotation retired aboriginal today.

Apple Watch models successful the United States that see the archetypal humor oxygen monitoring diagnostic and those purchased internationally volition stay unchanged, with nary request for the workaround solution.

Apple says that the update is enabled by a caller U.S. Customs ruling. Apple has been successful a long-running patent quality with wellness exertion institution Masimo implicit the Apple Watch's Blood Oxygen feature. The struggle intensified successful December 2023 erstwhile an import prohibition took effect, which blocked U.S. income of Apple Watch models with the feature.

Apple paused sales successful the U.S. for respective days earlier resuming connected January 18, 2024, with the Series 9 and Ultra 2 being sold without humor oxygen monitoring. That statement has remained successful spot since then. The Apple Watch Series 10 launched successful September 2024, inactive lacking the feature. Legal proceedings betwixt Apple and Masimo continue.
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