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The feature was removed on select smartwatches due to a patent-infringement lawsuit, but Apple has “redesigned” it.
Apple is restoring the blood oxygen tracking feature on its smartwatch in the U.S. following a yearslong legal fight.
Apple on Thursday said some of its top smartwatch models are getting a redesigned blood oxygen sensing feature, sidelined for ...
Tech giant redesigned the feature after losing a bruising patent case over it in 2023.
Apple is bringing blood oxygen monitoring back to some Apple Watches with an update after a US Customs ruling.
Thursday marks the surprise reintroduction of the Apple Watch blood oxygen feature, redesigned for some Apple Watch Series 9, ...
Apple today announced that blood oxygen monitoring will today return to Apple Watch models in the United States via a ...
Masimo originally sued Apple over the blood oxygen monitoring feature in January of 2020. According to Masimo, Masimo and ...
The company said it would issue a software update to restart the technology, which was caught up in a patent dispute.
The change doesn’t affect previously sold models with the original version of the feature or units bought outside the U.S.
More than a year after an import ban forced the company to remove blood oxygen monitoring from some US Apple Watch models, ...
The blog post reads, "Following this update, sensor data from the Blood Oxygen app on Apple Watch will be measured and ...