Apple Watches won’t come with blood oxygen app
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San Francisco: In a document filed with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, medical technology company Masimo has said that Apple has prepared modified Apple Watch models that "do not contain pulse oximetry functionality".
As per the filing, the tech giant will be removing the blood oxygen app from new Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 models sold in the US -- at least temporarily, reports MacRumors.
This change will let Apple bypass an import and sales ban on its watches with blood oxygen feature, which the US International Trade Commission ordered last year after ruling that Apple violated Masimo's pulse oximetry patents.
"Apple's claim that its redesigned watch does not contain pulse oximetry is a positive step toward accountability," a Masimo spokesperson was quoted as saying.
