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Despite Blood Oxygen ban, Apple Watch is still saving lives — Tim Cook thanks couple for story of South Carolina man saved by heart rate monitoring

Apple Watch heart rate monitor.

Despite some light legal trouble that recently saw the Apple Watch line’s blood oxygen technology removed from new devices, they are still saving lives. The latest is a gentleman from Summerville South Carolina, Jeff Priest.

According to Post and Courier, Priest initially “thought there was something wrong with [his] watch” when it started buzzing at him about heart issues that he didn’t feel. Eventually, however, his wife Ellen told him to head to the doctor for a checkup — something which ultimately saved his life.

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