Apple launch “Redesigned Blood Oxygen Functions” on Apple Watch in the US today – 9to5mac

Apple has an Anddested that today it will release the software update for iPhone and Apple Watch with “Redesignéed Blood Oxygen” for Apple Watch users in the United States. This comes more than 18 months after Apple started selling Apple Watch without blood oxygen function in America due to a patent dispute.

The new feature will be available as part of iOS 18.6.1 and Watchos 11.6.1.

In a state 9to5mac Apple spokesman said today:

“Apple will introduce Apple for some Apple Watch for some Apple Watch users in the US via the iPhone and Apple Watch, which is later available. With this update, sensor data from Blood Oxygen Apple Watch and the Calculator on the IPhone, Health.

As a renewer is Apple Emboled in a legal battle with Masimo medical technology for years over patents related to Apple Watch oxygen function. The situation escalated in December 2023, when the ban on import prohibited Apple to sell Apple Watch models with Blood oxygen function in the US

Apple stopped the sale of Apple Watch in the US for several days due to imports. On January 18, 2024, Apple began selling Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 without blood oxygen function.

This has been the status quo since then. Apple introduced the new Apple Watch Series 10 last September, and Blood Oxygen oxygen function is missing in America. Meanwhile, Masimo and Apple continued to have a chance.

iOS 18.6.1 and Watchos 11.6.1 today comes

Apple says iOS on June 18 and Watchos 11.6.1 today the introduction of “redesigned oxygen blood” for Apple Watch users in the United States. The company says the update will be available for Apple Watch Series 10, Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the US that were not the original function of blood oxygen.

After updating to iOS 18.6.1 and Watchos 11.6.1, your Apple Watch also downloads an immediate asset for the new Oxygen Blood Oxygen. This can take up to 24 hours. You want to help initiate download, you can open the ECG Apple Watch or Health App on the iPhone.

Update specifically applications for those Apple Watch models purchased in the United States with parts of parts ending LW/A. The part number can be found by switching to the Apple Watch settings app, clicking the general, and then clicking. It’s also in Apple Watch on your iPhone under the general and around.

How will overhaped blood oxygen to Apple Watch Series 10, Series 9 and Ultra 2?

You can start session in Blood Oxygen App on Apple Watch and sensors on your Apple Watch will then collect the necessary data. Your iPhone then used this data to calculate blood oxygen measurement. The results are visible in the respiratory part of the Health app on your iPhone. You will not be able to view the results on Apple Watch itself.

The revised version of the function will also support oxygen measurement in the background. This means that your Apple Watch can collect background data and pass it on an iPhone for calculation.

Apple says “there is no impact on previously purchased Apple Watch units that include the original blood oxygen function or Apple Watch units purchased outside the US”

Apple has nothing to share when the Oxygen blood features are available in Watchos 26 and iOS 26 Betas.

Apple explains that this step comes after the US Customs has made a decision that Apple can import Apple Watch models using this new software design for Blood Oxygen. The company also continues its appeal to the initial ITC decision and believes that the US Court of Appeal should be reversed for the Federal District.

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