Apple’s ‘redesigned’ blood oxygen monitoring characteristic hits Apple Watches within the US at this time

Greater than a 12 months after an import ban compelled the corporate to take away blood oxygen monitoring from some US Apple Watch fashions, Apple says it’s going to introduce a redesigned model of the characteristic later at this time. In a submit on its newsroom website, the corporate mentioned the characteristic will roll out to Apple Watch Collection 9, Collection 10, and Watch Extremely 2 customers by means of a joint Apple Watch and iPhone replace. As soon as Apple begins rolling out the software program, you will have to replace your gadgets to iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1 to entry the reworked characteristic. Following the replace, any blood oxygen information captured by your Apple Watch might be calculated in your iPhone, with the ensuing information viewable within the respiratory part of the Well being app.

“There might be no influence to Apple Watch models beforehand bought that embrace the unique Blood Oxygen characteristic, nor to Apple Watch models bought outdoors of the US,” Apple mentioned.

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