Apple’s 2024 smartwatch may not have a sleep apnea detection feature due to a lost patent dispute with medical technology company Masimo. Read about it in your new newsletter, Power On reported insider and Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman.
Last week, a federal appeals court rejected Apple’s request to lift the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) ban on the sale of its Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches. The ban comes after Apple lost a patent dispute with Masimo over measurement technology. oxygen level. That’s why Apple is forced to disable the pulse oximeter on all new smartwatches.
Gurman believes that disabling the option will not alienate all Apple fans from the 2023 watch. However, according to him, the loss of Masimo still creates big problems for the company.
“First, this is a huge shame. . “Second, and far more importantly, losing the patent dispute puts Apple at risk of implementing other features in future smartwatches,” Gurman wrote.
Specifically, he said the company may stop using sleep apnea detection in watches by 2024. The fact is that the definition of apnea involves measuring the level of oxygen in the blood. So for this function, the watch must use a pulse oximeter, which Apple is prohibited from using in the United States.
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