News Summary

• Apple Watches with blood oxygen detection have been banned from import to the United States, but the feature is still active on devices already sold to users..
• Apple Watch Series 9A 14-year-old with acute altitude sickness was kept stable through the night by being monitored via an Apple Watch with blood oxygen detection..
• One Apple Watch user named Joseph reached out to Apple CEO Tim Cook with his incredible story of using Apple Watch blood oxygen detection in a critical situation..
• I trust that he is ok now.Thanks for sharing his story with us.Please give him my best.TimThe Apple Watch is filled with sensors that can help warn a user of an impending health issue, though it isn't technically classified as a health device..
• Thankfully, he had an Apple Watch and could monitor his son's blood oxygen levels through the night until help could arrive..
• Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 sold by Apple in the United States today have blood oxygen detection disabled..