Apple has reportedly disabled blood oxygen sensing in the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 on newly imported units to work around the ITC's import ban.
Apple works around ITC’s Apple Watch ban by disabling blood oxygen sensing
Blood Oxygen app
Here’s why Apple didn’t need FDA’s clearance for blood oxygen monitoring on its new watch
The Apple Watch provides a pair of health-tracking features that measure your heart rate and heart rhythm, each officially cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However, blood oxygen monitoring that's available on the new Apple Watch Series 6 model doesn't need a clearance from the FDA, and here's why.
Apple’s Blood Oxygen app is unavailable when using a Series 6 watch with Family Setup
Apple a few days ago noted in a support document that its Blood Oxygen app that comes preloaded on the new Apple Watch Series 6 is unavailable if you set up the wearable device with the company's new Family Setup feature.
Here’s why watchOS 7.1 beta lacks the Blood Oxygen app and the new faces from watchOS 7 [Updated: Now available]
Apple last Thursday seeded the first beta of the upcoming watchOS 7.1 software update to its registered developers, but the company's new Blood Oxygen app along with the new watch faces from watchOS 7.0 appear to be missing from the release. Here's what's going on...