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Looks like nothing has been announced that is groundbreaking here. It seems it was rumoured that the Apple Watch Series 10 would have blood pressure monitoring

Looks like nothing has been announced that is groundbreaking here. It seems it was rumoured that the Apple Watch Series 10 would have blood pressure monitoring but instead removed the blood oxygen detection from US models in the fine print: "The ability to measure blood oxygen is no longer available on Apple Watch units sold by Apple in the United States beginning January 18, 2024."

laweijfmvo 2y ago
maybe i'll buy one on my upcoming trip to europe then...
- ValentineC 2y ago
  Apple Watches (even Series 9) sold by Apple resellers in the US (Amazon etc) still came with blood oxygen detection, even after firmware updates.
  - chaostheory 2y ago
    Only those that shipped before this year. They were getting hard to find even last may.
    - _rs 2y ago
      Oh is that true? I was under the impression that retailers still were selling the series 9 with it enabled to this day
      - nchase 2y ago
        I presume they can use over-the-air updates to disable the feature when the device is activated? My watch’s logs always have some OTA stuff.
jameshart 2y ago
The blood oxygen detection is disabled to comply with a patent ruling.
ValentineC 2y ago
I think it's interesting that the new sleep apnea detection uses the accelerometer for detection, instead of blood oxygen levels.
hombre_fatal 2y ago
In another article I read last week, Apple just couldn't get passive blood pressure to work well enough. The tech isn't there yet, but I can't wait until it's standard. Whoop (another wearable) has been doing closed consumer testing on optical blood pressure. Probably trying to figure it out for the Whoop 5.0, but if it Apple couldn't figure it out this year, I don't think anyone will. Maybe next Christmas.