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What does anyone think of the Blood Oxigen back on series 9 and 10?

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Just updated my watch to the latest software update and happy to see blood Oxigen back.
Only draw back is you do the test on your watch and then see the results on your phone.
Im ok with that and happy to see it again.
 
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chiefs1968 said:
Only draw back is you do the test on your watch and then see the results on your phone.
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By the way, checking body temperature from the Apple Watch Series 8 and later also requires you to use the Health app on your iPhone. But if you’re part of the Series 9-10 and Ultra 2s who didn’t have blood oxygen since setup and only recently got it back with this update, can you still see it in the Vitals app? Let me know. I’m still not upgrading to the 10 or probably the Series 11 unless my watch breaks down again or I have the budget for an extra watch.
 
I'm fine with it being there, but it was never a "can't live without it" feature for me. I had it on my S8, checked the readings from time to time, but blood oxygen isn't a health issue for me so I never paid much attention to it after that.

I knew I would be losing the feature when I upgraded to the AWU2 Black, but it wasn't a factor at all in my decision to upgrade. Having the feature back is just a bonus, since it wasn't a feature of the watch when I bought it and I was fully aware of that. We have a fingertip pulse oximeter at home, if I was ever curious about my Sp02 I could use that.
 
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I'm fine with it being there, but it was never a "can't live without it" feature for me. I had it on my S8, checked the readings from time to time, but blood oxygen isn't a health issue for me so I never paid much attention to it after that.

I knew I would be losing the feature when I upgraded to the AWU2 Black, but it wasn't a factor at all in my decision to upgrade. Having the feature back is just a bonus, since it wasn't a feature of the watch when I bought it and I was fully aware of that. We have a fingertip pulse oximeter at home, if I was ever curious about my Sp02 I could use that.
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This mirrors my thinking. I bought my S10 with the expectation of not having Spo2. Having Apple reenable it, even though it's not on the watch is a bonus.
 
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I think it is a good move by Apple. In my opinion, those complaining about having to wait and few seconds and then look at their phone are just looking for an excuse to complain.

The Apple Watch sensor is not intended to be used as a medically approved mission critical (read: defining a life or death situation in the moment) device. It is mean to provide the user with data collection (showing a pattern) that can help provide a pattern that could point to a possible need to consult a medical processional about one's personal health situation.

The Apple Watch is an integrated notification device that also provides varying degrees of physical data that (depending on the app and the method of collection used) may end up being inaccurate and worthless to the user. The most important thing I believe the watch user needs to be keep in mind is that it shouldn't be used or viewed as accurate in all (much less any) situation. And if one has questions about the accuracy or importance of any particular physically based reading from the watch, one should consult a medical processional who can better assess one's overall medical condition, regardless of the Apple Watch usage.
 
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chiefs1968 said:
Just updated my watch to the latest software update and happy to see blood Oxigen back.
Only draw back is you do the test on your watch and then see the results on your phone.
Im ok with that and happy to see it again.
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Seems fine to me. My wife has been waiting to see if the function will return prior to purchasing her first AW. She purchased a Series 10 yesterday now that this is out. The watch is reading in the background as well as when you manually request a reading. Takes her 2 swipes in her Health App and there it is. The AW Table was busy yesterday when we went in. I haven't seen that in a while.
 
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Where would one go about finding the 'customs ruling' because there are many many websites reporting on this issue and yet none of them are posting a link to the customs ruling but yet all the media sources keep quoting 'due to a US customs ruling' because I am curious, how can the ITC invoke a ban but US customs overrule that ban?. From what I have been reading, Apple is getting around the ITC ban by having the blood oxygen data sent to a paired iphone because the ban is specific to 'wearable devices' only but what Apple is now doing is sending the blood oxygen data to a 'non-wearable' device which evidentially gets around the ban.
 
For me the feature never left since I am in the EU. It still works in the "old" way on the watch itself even in WatchOS 26. Well we are locked out of other Apple features...
 
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Where would one go about finding the 'customs ruling' because there are many many websites reporting on this issue and yet none of them are posting a link to the customs ruling but yet all the media sources keep quoting 'due to a US customs ruling' because I am curious, how can the ITC invoke a ban but US customs overrule that ban?. From what I have been reading, Apple is getting around the ITC ban by having the blood oxygen data sent to a paired iphone because the ban is specific to 'wearable devices' only but what Apple is now doing is sending the blood oxygen data to a 'non-wearable' device which evidentially gets around the ban.
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@SierraVista posted it here.

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It never left my wrist; however, based on past discussions in this form, many people here doesn't seem to be too interested in the blood oxygen feature.
 
Masimo is suing CBP.

“Masimo on Wednesday also asked the court for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block enforcement of CBP’s Aug. 1 ruling. The company wants to restore the January decision, reached after a proceeding in which both Apple and Masimo participated, that allowed imports only if the oxygen-tracking function was disabled.” Bloomberg Law
 
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