If you're on WatchOS 26, if there's any liquid glass silliness then you might not even (clearly) see it at all lol!
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Blood Oxygen Feature Finally Returning to Apple Watch in the US
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FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) licensing still exists. The two parties have been at opposite ends of negotiations for years. I don't know if Masimo actually asked for $100 per Apple Watch for SpO2 monitoring. Would that have been fair? Not to me, and certainly not to Apple. Even $10 is a big ask for a feature that I wouldn't use on a regular basis, even decreasingly so as Covid has come under better control. Under Masimo's previous CEO, they gambled hard. They won the battle (the ITC ban) but probably lost the war (Apple waiting the patent to expire). The CEO is out thanks to activist investors who got tired of waiting for Apple to buckle. Lots of luck with the rest of your portfolio, Masimo.
I was really shocked when I learned about this case and how Apple was acting. This is not my Apple I was loving and looking up to. This story also changed my perspective and the way I see Apple now.
Just updated my Apple Watch 10 (GPS+Cellular) to watchOS 11.6.1, and the Blood Oxygen app is still missing from my Apple Watch. iPhone 16 Pro Max was updated to iOS 18.6.1. Does anybody else have this issue, too? Thanks!
Clearly. As it is patented, not trademarked, and a novel enough way of doing it on a wearable device could be patented. That is the whole point of patents, encouraging novel approaches to existing problems.
If it is being done in a different way, and it does not infringe the patent.
I actually discovered what it was. The app had been removed. I went to the App Store on the Apple Watch and reinstalled it. It is working now, albeit with results only on the iPhone. Thanks!
The international trade commission is not court. It is an ad administrative body, with much lower standards. In the actual court proceedings, with the jury trial, Massimo was unable to convince six of the seven heroes that Apple was in violation.
Would you pay over an extra $140 an Apple Watch to have a feature? I was not, nor would most people.
All the more reason she completely discounted a position on the issue.
How is that? I have an AWU2 and I don't have it. Are you launch day? I'm not and I guess that's why; I probably bought mine after the court ruling.
Very close to launch day. Also you had to have the 2023 one, not the black one that released in 2024.
When I got covid a couple of years ago the doctor who also had an Watch told me it was quite accurate
I had the same issue . The app was still there but not working .So I finally un paired and repaired the watch to my phone and it's working fine now . You can download the app from the appstore thats on your watch.
What is the App called? Sorry for the stupid question.
Too bad I already worked out today!
You are not obligated to license under FRAND terms absent a pre-existing agreement, such as being part of a standards essential body.
I just updated my phone (16 Pro) and watch (Ultra 2 Black). Ran an ECG test, then went to the Blood Oxygen app and it worked perfectly (result 97%, showed up immediately in Health app).
There have been several suggestions in this thread and a similar one to run an ECG test first, then go to the Blood Oxygen app and it will work. Might want to try that.