Apple’s ‘redesigned’ blood oxygen monitoring function hits Apple Watches within the US immediately

Greater than a 12 months after an import ban pressured 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 function later immediately. In a put up on its newsroom website, the corporate mentioned the function will roll out to Apple Watch Collection 9, Collection 10, and Watch Extremely 2 customers via a joint Apple Watch and iPhone replace. As soon as Apple begins rolling out the software program, you will have to replace your units to iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1 to entry the reworked function. Following the replace, any blood oxygen knowledge captured by your Apple Watch might be calculated in your iPhone, with the ensuing knowledge viewable within the respiratory part of the Well being app.

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

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