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FDA Blocks Apple Watch Blood-Oxygen Feature That Would Help Millions

• greenyoda 6y ago
  > Some of Apple’s competitors have begun rolling out blood-oxygen monitor devices—such as Fitbit, which received FDA approval earlier this year. If the FDA has already approved the oxygen monitor in another wrist-worn consumer product, doesn't that suggest they're willing to approve that kind of device, but that Apple's hardware may have specific problems that are preventing approval? > A company like Apple, with enormous brand equity, is unlikely to release a product that it doesn’t believe will work. Apple has already had high-profile problems with some of their iPhone models (e.g., bending) and with Mac keyboards. I assume that they believed that these products would work before releasing them. A company's brand name doesn't guarantee that their products won't have flaws. And defects that might cause death or significant harm to the user ought to be treated very seriously.