Smartwatches and fitness trackers don't actually measure VO2max; they just estimate it. To actually find your VO2max, you'd need to go to an exercise lab and do a test on a treadmill or cycle while ...

Apple getting approval from Customs and Border Protection may not have been enough to restore the Apple Watch blood oxygen feature permanently, as the US International Trade Commission may still stand ...

For millions of Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10 and Ultra 2 users who didn’t have the blood oxygen monitoring (SpO2) feature on their smartwatches, last week’s software updates offered a key ...

Apple today released the fourth public beta of watchOS 26, a day after the beta was made available to developers. This particular beta adds support for the redesigned Blood Oxygen feature on the Apple ...

For nearly two years, Apple Watch users in the United States lived without one of the most popular health features: blood oxygen monitoring. Today, Apple has officially reintroduced the function ...

Apple is out with iOS 26 beta 7 and watchOS 26 beta 7 today for developers. Most notably, the updates include the redesigned Blood Oxygen feature that Apple announced last week for Apple Watch Series ...

Apple Watch owners in the U.S. just got a big reason to update their devices. Apple just rolled out a redesigned Blood Oxygen feature to specific models, following a recent victory in a legal dispute.

Apple has restored blood oxygen tracking on new Apple Watch devices in the United States through a clever data-handling workaround. The company had to disable this health feature in January 2024 ...

Apple just brought blood oxygen tracking back to millions of Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10 and Ultra 2 models, missing since early 2024, when Apple removed it. Here’s what’s happened, how the new ...

Apple has officially released iOS 18.6.1 and WatchOS 11.6.1, reactivating the blood oxygen monitoring feature for the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and the Apple Watch Ultra (2nd generation) in the ...

After almost two years, Apple has finally redesigned and relaunched the Blood Oxygen feature on Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the United States. This feature ...

Apple has officially released iOS 18.6.1, a minor yet significant update that reintroduces the blood oxygen monitoring feature for Apple Watch Series 9, 10, and Ultra 2 users in the United States.