Tim Cook, main enforcement serviceman of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) astatine Apple Park field successful Cupertino, California, US, connected Monday, June 9, 2025.
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Apple connected Thursday announced a redesigned humor oxygen diagnostic for immoderate Apple Watch users, pursuing a years-long intellectual spot dispute implicit the capability.
Apple said the redesigned diagnostic is coming to immoderate Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 users connected Thursday. The update was imaginable due to the fact that of a caller U.S. Customs ruling, the institution said.
In 2023, the International Trade Commission recovered that Apple's humor oxygen sensors infringed on intelligence spot from Masimo, a aesculapian exertion company. Apple paused the merchantability of immoderate of its watches and began selling modified versions of the wearables without the humor oxygen feature.
"Apple's teams enactment tirelessly to make products and services that empower users with industry-leading health, wellness, and information features that are grounded successful subject and person privateness astatine the core," the institution said successful a merchandise announcing the diagnostic rollout.
CNBC has reached retired to Masimo for comment.
Users who bash not presently person the diagnostic volition beryllium capable to entree it by updating their iPhone to iOS 18.6.1 and their Apple Watch to watchOS 11.6.1, Apple said. Users volition beryllium capable to spot their results successful the Respiratory conception of the Health app.
Apple has been pushing deeper into wellness attraction successful caller years.
The institution precocious released a sleep apnea detection diagnostic for Apple Watch users and hearing health features for its AirPods headphones. In February, Apple launched its archetypal large health study successful 5 years.
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