Apple will avoid ban by selling latest Apple Watches without blood oxygen feature

Apple to disable blood-oxygen feature on premium watches sold in US as part of patent dispute

Cupertino, January 17, 2024 – Apple says it will disable a blood-oxygen monitoring feature on its two most popular watches in the U.S. beginning Thursday to comply with a court-ordered revival of a sales ban stemming from a patent dispute. The decision to turn off the blood-oxygen sensor for consumers who buy either the Apple Watch Series 9 or Ultra 2 in the U.S. came after a federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to extend an order that had…

Apple Watches go on sale without blood oxygen sensor amid patent dispute

Apple plans to sell its Series 9 and Ultra 2 Apple Watches without blood oxygen sensors after a federal court denied its bid to continue sales while it appeals an import ban imposed on those watches due to a patent infringement dispute with medical monitoring technology firm Masimo. Last year, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) ruled that Apple’s blood oxygen sensors in those two smartwatches violated Masimo’s patents. The USITC imp…

Apple must stop selling watches with blood oxygen feature

The ITC ruled in October that Apple’s latest watches violate patents related to blood oxygen measurement.

Apple Watch no longer sold with blood oxygen monitoring after patent battle loss

Apple removes Series 9, Ultra 2 patent-infringing feature to avoid import ban.

Apple says it will remove health feature from new watches

SAN FRANCISCO >> Apple said Wednesday that it would begin selling its flagship smartwatches without the ability to detect people’s blood-oxygen levels.

Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 2 Will Sell Without Blood Oxygen Feature

The watches without the sensor go on sale Thursday.