Apple Watch getting redesigned blood oxygen feature following legal dispute

In this articleAAPL your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTTim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on June 9, 2025.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesApple on Thursday announced a redesigned blood oxygen feature for some Apple Watch users, ing a yearslong intellectual perty dispute over the capability.Apple said the redesigned feature is coming to some Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 users on Thursday

The was possible because of a recent U.S

Customs ruling, the company said.In 2023, the International Trade Commission found that Apple's blood oxygen sensors infringed on intellectual perty from Masimo, a medical nology company

Apple paused the sale of some of its watches and began selling modified versions of the wearables without the blood oxygen feature."Apple's teams work tirelessly to create ducts and services that empower users with industry-leading health, wellness, and safety features that are grounded in science and have privacy at the core," the company said in a release announcing the feature rollout.Read more CNBC newsGoogle faces loss of Chrome as Perplexity bid adds drama to looming breakup decisionAmazon launches same-day dery of meat, eggs, duce in more than 1,000 citiesCoreWeave tanks 20% after posting wider-than-expected loss ahead of lock-up expirationHow Big is paying its way out of Trump's tariffsCNBC has reached out to Masimo for .Users who do not currently have the feature will be able to access it by updating their iPhone to iOS 18.6.1 and their Apple Watch to watchOS 11.6.1, Apple said

Users will be able to see their results in the Respiratory section of the Health app.Apple has been pushing deeper into health care in recent years.The company recently released a sleep apnea detection feature for Apple Watch users and hearing health features for its AirPods headphones

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