Apple To Reintroduce Blood Oxygen Feature On Select Watches Following Customs Ruling

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) 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 later on Thursday.

Users with these models in the U.S. 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.

Following this update, sensor data from the Blood Oxygen app on Apple Watch will be measured and calculated on the paired iPhone, and results can be viewed in the Respiratory section of the Health app.

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A recent U.S. Customs ruling enabled this update.

There will be no impact on Apple Watch units previously purchased that include the original Blood Oxygen feature, nor will it impact Apple Watch units purchased outside of ...