Apple may have found a way to evade the ongoing Apple Watch ban, and allow the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 to remain on sale in the United States. And it reportedly comes down to removing the blood oxygen monitoring feature.
The ban arose after the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that Apple had infringed on patents relating to blood oxygen sensing tech — which is owned by Masimo. While it was ruled the infringing technology had been in place since the Apple Watch Series 6, only the latest Apple smartwatches were briefly pulled from sale — though Apple was later permitted to continue sales while it appealed the decision.
