When will the Blood Oxygen app be available on Apple Watch Series 10?

When will be available the blood oxygen app?




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Apple Watch Series 10, watchOS 11

Posted on Jan 10, 2025 6:04 AM

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Posted on Jan 10, 2025 10:51 AM

Note also that none of the official specifications or feature lists for US-sold versions of the Apple Watch Series 10 make any mention of blood-oxygen testing. In fact Apple specifically lists the countries where that feature is available and it is shown as not available in the US:


watchOS - Feature Availability - Apple


So you have not paid for something that was promised that you haven't received. When or indeed if that feature will ever be available in US-version Apple Watches, none of us here can say.


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Jan 10, 2025 10:51 AM in response to herberth114

Note also that none of the official specifications or feature lists for US-sold versions of the Apple Watch Series 10 make any mention of blood-oxygen testing. In fact Apple specifically lists the countries where that feature is available and it is shown as not available in the US:


watchOS - Feature Availability - Apple


So you have not paid for something that was promised that you haven't received. When or indeed if that feature will ever be available in US-version Apple Watches, none of us here can say.


Jan 11, 2025 12:26 AM in response to herberth114

Some more facts:

  • As the sensor, which is the subject of the alleged patent infringement, is disabled by OS on models ending in LW/A, no other app will work.
  • The sensor is physically there and could be reactivated, either after the case is settled or after 2028 when the patent lapses.
  • Apple Watch is not a medical device and people with real pulminory disease such as COPD or asthma are urged to use a finger oxymeter using "through" LED light, and not reflected LED light which is not accurate enough for you.

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