As we reported yesterday, Apple has come up with a workaround to deal with the US import ban on the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2 – and just hours later, it implemented it. From today both versions of the Apple Watch will be sold in the US with their blood oxygen monitoring feature disabled.
That's good news for would-be Apple Watch buyers, but there's also good news for existing owners and for non-US purchasers. Apple isn't removing the app from existing watches, and it won't be disabling the feature outwith the US. So both the Series 9 and the Ultra 2 will work as Apple always intended unless you're buying them from today in the USA.
