Apple watch gets redesigned blood oxygen detection tech with pairing system

NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Apple revealed a redesigned feature in its Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 related to blood oxygen detection, as per the company’s statement.
The official statement on Apple’s website said, “Apple will introduce a redesigned Blood Oxygen feature for some Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 users through an iPhone and Apple Watch software update.”
” Users with these models in the US who currently do not have the Blood Oxygen feature will have access to the redesigned Blood Oxygen feature by updating their paired iPhone to iOS 18.6.1 and their Apple Watch to watchOS 11.6.1,” the official statement added.
Moreover, Apple Watch’s oxygen monitoring feature was controversial in the past, as a medical technology company named ‘Masimo’ sued Apple for infringing its patents related to blood-oxygen sensing technology.
After that, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) banned the import of certain Apple watches with this blood oxygen monitoring feature in 2023.
Now, the tech giant is again coming with the new feature, as the US customs ruling gives a green signal to a redesigned technology that processes raw sensor data on the iPhone instead of the Watch.
The official statement on Apple’s website also noted the crux of the redesigned feature: ” Following this update, sensor data from the Blood Oxygen app on Apple Watch will be measured and calculated on the paired iPhone, and the results can be viewed in the Respiratory section of the Health App.”
” There will be no impact to Apple Watch units previously purchased that include the original Blood Oxygen feature, nor to Apple Watch units purchased outside of the US,” the statement added.
(UNI)

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